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Scheduling Methods for Production Using Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations or Dynamics AX

by Scott Hamilton

A comparison of the scheduling methods of AX/365 for Operations, starting with several common scenarios.

Distribution Dynamics 365 Dynamics AX Finance and Operations Manufacturing Supply Chain Management

Microsoft promises you can "grow customer relationships from Outlook" with Outlook Customer Manager

by Dann Anthony Maurno

For SMB customers in particular, Outlook is the customer management interface they are used to

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Two partners speak: Why they chose selling Microsoft Dynamics 365 over Salesforce

by Alan R. Earls

If all kingdoms come to an end, these partners believe Salesforce has had its day while Dynamics 365 is on the rise

Customer Engagement Customer Relationship Mgmt Dynamics 365 Dynamics CRM

Amazon and Azure outages show growing pains of "hyper-hyper-scale" public cloud

by Greg Pierce

While some are surprised by well-publicized outages, even the largest cloud providers can be vulnerable - and therefore so can their customers.

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“Get to Azure cloud faster” with Microsoft’s database migration service (private preview)

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Microsoft promises data migration made easy, from on-premise SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL databases

Data Migration MySQL Power Automate

Significance of Production-Related Calendars in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations or Dynamics AX

by Scott Hamilton

Part 2 of a series on the significance of SCM-related calendars.

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Microsoft details progress in syncing Common Data Service, Dynamics 365

by Linda Rosencrance

Company is investing significantly to bring together data from across Dynamics 365

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Executive Q&A: Sana Commerce on the demand for its “Customer Experience Release”

by Jill Rose

Sana Commerce CEO Michiel Schipperus believes transactions cannot be simple enough for customers, and only a single-stack ecommerce/ERP integration achieves that.

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Significance of SCM-Related Calendars in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations or Dynamics AX

by Scott Hamilton

The first of a 2-part article about SCM-related calendars

Distribution Dynamics 365 Dynamics AX Finance and Operations Manufacturing Supply Chain Management

InsideView adds prospecting, engagement tools with Insight Enterprise for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and CRM

by Jason Gumpert

International launch adds prospect list building, custom watchlists and alerts integrated with Dynamics.

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Microsoft Business Applications News

Scheduling Methods for Production Using Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations or Dynamics AX

Microsoft promises you can "grow customer relationships from Outlook" with Outlook Customer Manager

Two partners speak: Why they chose selling Microsoft Dynamics 365 over Salesforce

Amazon and Azure outages show growing pains of "hyper-hyper-scale" public cloud

“Get to Azure cloud faster” with Microsoft’s database migration service (private preview)

Significance of Production-Related Calendars in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations or Dynamics AX

Microsoft details progress in syncing Common Data Service, Dynamics 365

Executive Q&A: Sana Commerce on the demand for its “Customer Experience Release”

Significance of SCM-Related Calendars in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations or Dynamics AX

InsideView adds prospecting, engagement tools with Insight Enterprise for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and CRM

New capabilities coming to Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security

Biz Apps Classroom, Episode 7: What's Next?

Behind Createch Group's new Microsoft Dynamics 365 service center: A virtuous circle of jobs, education, SMB support, says GM

From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: Formula suggestions; SharePoint integration; Phone call tagging; Data masking

From the Microsoft Dynamics AX Blogs: Favorites in AX; Service objects; Create new countries; Item units of measure

From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Blogs: License impacts of roles; Physical negative inventory; Configuring groups; Work breakdown structure

Integration: How partnering future-proofs Microsoft Dynamics ISV solutions