‘Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.’ –Benjamin Franklin.
Extend D365 Customer Service Copilot: Ask questions about your data(verse)
Earlier this month I posted an article on how you can extend the Copilot that sits inside of Dynamics 365 Customer Service by using Prompt Plugins. If you haven’t had a chance to read that article yet, then you can do so here. In the article I explained how you can create prompt plugins in Copilot Studio which are then surfaced inside of Dynamics 365 Customer Service as a PluginRead More
Restore deleted Dataverse rows with the Recycle Bin(preview)
Any organization that uses any type of system may at some point in time need to delete records or rows from their database(s). This can be for various reasons, like cleaning up data, correcting errors, or following business rules. Another scenario that is possible is that someone deleted a record that was not supposed to be deleted by accident. This can lead to the fact that sometimes you might needRead More
Add Dataverse knowledge to a Custom Copilot using Copilot Studio
Not too long ago we saw a complete user interface refresh in Copilot Studio, and a lot of new features that were announced during Microsoft’s Build event. One of the things that was announced, was the ability to add knowledge sources to a custom Copilot. We already had some of this functionality, but it was very limited. For example we were able to add one or multiple links to publicRead More
D365 Customer Service: Dialer Enhancements
The 2024 release wave 1 for Dynamics 365 brought us some awesome features for the Dynamics 365 CX apps. So far, this release packed a lot of cool and innovative stuff to make all of the different apps work better. In this article, I will discuss the new improvements that have been made to the dialer inside of Dynamics 365 Customer Service. If you’re not sure what the dialer is inRead More
Extend D365 Customer Service Copilot with Prompt Plugins (preview)
The preview feature that I am writing about today is a feature that a lot of us have been waiting for! I am super excited that it’s finally here, and I think this will be a game changer for service organizations! If you are familiar with Dynamics 365 Customer Service, than you most likely have seen the Copilot for agents (this is what I call it) that lives inside ofRead More
Configurable Copilot Summaries for D365 Field Service
If your organization is using Dynamics 365 Field Service, then you probably have seen the summarization feature for bookings and work orders. This feature is currently in public preview and it uses artificial intelligence to generate a recap for a work order or a booking record in Dynamics 365 Field Service. This summary contains information about the work order and related data, such as work order products, work order tasks,Read More
Use Copilot in D365 Customer Service to generate knowledge articles from cases
Microsoft is adding more and more functionality to Copilot and I am loving it! It’s almost like every time I log into one of the Dynamics 365 apps, there are new things that Copilot can do, no matter which app I am in! Today I am going to discuss a feature that you can test right now, because it is currently in public preview. The feature I am talking aboutRead More
Configure if Booking Status completes a work order
If your organization is using Dynamics 365 Field Service, then you might have come across a scenario where a field technician doesn’t need to fully complete a work order, but instead they need to partially complete a work order. There could be multiple reasons for this need, for example a technician doesn’t have all the required parts on hand to fix the issue, and they might need to order theRead More
Improved email attachment experience in D365 Customer Service
Here is another set of features that kind of snuck into Dynamics 365 Customer Service without anyone noticing! At least I didn’t notice until I opened an email message in Dynamics 365 Customer Service and saw some different options available for me! I (or any other admin) didn’t need to enable anything, these features just showed up out of the blue! It’s hard to pinpoint which release wave these featuresRead More
Copilot assistance for form fill in Model-Driven Apps
Believe it or not, I have actually received requests in the past where prospects wanted the system to automatically create records in Dataverse or Dynamics 365, which of course is kind of crazy! We always need to integrate with another system, or have someone either enter data manually or import the data into Dynamics 365 (or Dataverse) (for example rows like accounts, contacts, opportunities, cases, etc.) after which we canRead More
