Tag: Dataverse
Keep your agents organized: Create File Groups for better responses
When you’re building agents in Copilot Studio, adding knowledge sources is a key step in building your agent. One of the quick ways to add knowledge to the agent is by providing documents! This can be done in 2 separate ways today, and the option you’ll go for will depend on how your agent will be used, and by whom! Today you can use SharePoint or OneDrive as a knowledgeRead More
How to populate lookup columns using Copilot Studio’s Dataverse Connector
Today I was building an agent using Copilot Studio and one of the things that I was trying to do was using Dataverse knowledge for the Agent to access information from a table, reason over it, and use the Dataverse connector to create a new record if needed. The problem that I was facing was that I needed to populate two lookup fields to create a new record and afterRead More
Enhance Data Protection in Dataverse with Secured Masking Rules
Have you heard of column level security in Dataverse? This feature has been around for a long time, and it allows makers to control access down to the column. Imagine you’re building an app in Dataverse. BUT, you’ve got a handful of columns with super-sensitive data, these could be social security numbers, salaries, or other private details. Most likely you don’t want any user to have access to the sensitiveRead More
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
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
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
Find Dynamics 365 Data in Outlook using mentions
Today I stumbled across a feature that is pretty new! This feature was just released on March 6th and I have to say I am loving it! Apparently, it has been in preview, so I am not sure how I missed it, but I guess with so many new features being pushed out on a regular basis, it is to be expected that some features slip through the cracks! First,Read More
Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Dynamics 365 Data (preview)
I am sure you have heard the term “Copilot” a lot in the Microsoft universe. It can be overwhelming to understand the different types of Copilots available. There is a Copilot for Dynamics 365 Customer Service, which helps customer service agents by searching through knowledge sources like SharePoint sites, internal websites, and knowledge bases to help solve customer issues. On the other hand, Copilot for Sales exists in Dynamics 365Read More
Smart Email Validation for Dataverse(preview)
You might remember that I wrote an article about the email validation feature which went into public preview back in October of 2022. (Yes it is still in preview today!). This feature allowed us to validate email addresses for leads (and now also contacts) in Dynamics 365 Sales. As you might or might not know, leads and contacts have several email address columns; ‘emailaddress1‘, ‘emailaddress2‘, and ‘emailaddress3, but unfortunately theRead More
