Category: Release Wave

 

2023 Wave 2 Release Notes: D365 Sales

Today is a very exciting day, because Microsoft just published the release notes for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform! I had a chance to look them over and I am working on another series on the new features and updates that are part of this release. I will start the first part of this series with Dynamics 365 Sales. Keep in mind that at the time this article was written,Read More

Copilot for Dynamics 365 Sales(preview)

I’m sure you have all heard of the new Copilot feature that Microsoft announced in March of this year. Essentially, Copilot is an AI-powered productivity tool that uses natural language processing and machine learning to understand users’ requests and provides personalized recommendations, tips, and assistance. This means that users can ask Copilot questions and get instant answers, guidance, and suggestions to help them work more efficiently. Copilot is designed toRead More

Smart Org Chart (preview)

Most people who have worked with Dynamics 365 Sales before probably know about the org chart capabilities in the application. If you’re not familiar, the name already explains it. We can show the organizational structure of an organization as an org chart, by moving the related account contacts around which visualizes the hierarchy of all the people related to an account in Dynamics 365. The smart org chart feature completelyRead More

D365 CS: Spice up your case forms with new controls!

If you read last weeks article, where I talked about the new 360 customer component which came out as part of 2023 release wave 1. I also talked about how you can use and configure this component in conjunction with cases in Dynamics 365 customer service. The Microsoft documentation has this component listed under Dynamics 365 Customer Service, so it might be the case that we can’t use the componentRead More

D365 Customer Service: Customer 360 Component

In today’s article I am going to discuss yet another feature that was part of 2023 release wave 1 which is called the Customer 360 component. This component allows system administrators or makers to display details of a customer field on a case record. We already had the ability to do that by using a quick view form, but by using this control makers can configure which fields to showRead More

Copilot for Dynamics 365 Customer Service

I am sure you have heard all about Microsoft’s new AI capabilities called ‘Copilot’ that is coming to other Microsoft software besides Dynamics 365! In a previous article I discussed some of the Viva Sales Copilot features like the ability to have AI create email responses for customers based on Dynamics 365 data and Microsoft 365 data. (If you haven’t read the article or seen the video you can doRead More

D365 Field Service: Trades

Another feature for Dynamics 365 Field Service that is part of 2023 release wave 1 is the ability to use trades to group services together. There are a lot of benefits to using trades in D365 Field Service, but before I get into that, let me first explain what trades represents in Dynamics 365 Field Service. As you probably already suspected, trades are the types of services that your organizationRead More

2023 Release Wave 1: D365 Customer Service | Part 2

On January 25, 2023 the release notes for 2023 Release Wave 1 were made public, so I took the opportunity to thoroughly review the documentation to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the upcoming features. Please note that these notes are a constant work in progress, meaning that some of these features might be removed at some point in time, and others might get added so I would definitelyRead More

2023 Release Wave 1: D365 Customer Service | Part 1

It’s that time of year again! On January 25, 2023 the release notes for 2023 Release Wave 1 were made public, so I took the opportunity to thoroughly review the documentation to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the upcoming features. Please note that these notes are a constant work in progress, meaning that some of these features might be removed at some point in time, and others mightRead More

2023 Release Wave 1: D365 Sales Release Notes | Part 2

Last week I published part 1 of my series on 2023 Release Wave 1. There are so many features and updates for Dynamics 365 Sales alone, which is why I decided to split the article for D365 Sales into two parts. If you haven’t read the previous article, you can do that here. Last week I dove into the documentation and decided to do read through of all the featuresRead More