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Location Intelligence: Know the 'where' of your Dynamics 365 data

by Sam Kumar

Examining common use cases for location data in the context of marketing, sales, and service scenarios

Customer Engagement Customer Insights - Journeys (Marketing) Customer Service Customer Service Dataverse (CDS) Dynamics 365 Dynamics CRM Field Service Field Service Power Platform Sales Sales & Marketing
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Ignite 2021: Microsoft Customer Experience Platform aims to accelerate use of marketing and commerce data

by Jason Gumpert

Revealed around Ignite 2021, the new marketing offering for large enterprises collects existing apps and services with value-added capabilities

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Microsoft previews usage-based licensing for Power Apps, Dataverse via Azure subscriptions

by Jason Gumpert

New model is tied to Azure subscriptions on a per-environment basis

Azure Dataverse (CDS) Power Apps Power Platform
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Microsoft Dataverse Custom APIs in workflows, Power Automate, and beyond

by Sam Kumar

Why the popularity of this new code-first approach to creating APIs has been rising

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MSDW Podcast: Scott May & Rod Donovan on the evolution of Power Platform opportunities for Microsoft partners

by MSDW Reporter
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Updates to Dynamics 365 media and entertainment accelerator adds Teams integration, content workflow support

by Jason Gumpert

Version 2.0 expands the data model for events, adds portals, uses Teams API for new guest participation

Content Management Customer Engagement Dataverse (CDS) Dynamics 365 Enterprise Asset Mgmt Enterprise Content Mgmt Media & Entertainment Portals Power Apps Power Automate Power BI Power Pages
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Microsoft's Power Apps Portals customers were exposing millions of private records, security firm reveals

by Jason Gumpert

While not technically a security vulnerability, Microsoft has since addressed the configuration issue with Portal Checker updates and new configuration defaults

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Microsoft's planned Dynamics 365 HR "infrastructure merge" with Finance & Operations suite has feature, license implications

by Jason Gumpert

D365 HR's architecture, administration will align with the rest of F&O, and it will become the single HR feature set across the apps

Dataverse (CDS) Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations HR Management Human Resources (Talent) Power Platform licenses lifecycle services
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Power Platform 2021 Release Wave 2: Experts note developer improvements, simplified Dataverse access

by Jason Gumpert

Power Platform updates touch a range of roles, and the community has noted the impact of various improvements coming in the next wave

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MSDW Podcast: Gordon McKenna on Microsoft Inspire 2021 cloud themes

by MSDW Reporter
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Agentic AI at Work Inside Business Central: Unlocking Scalable Recurring Revenue Beyond Out-Of-The-Box Limits

Bluefort
Discover how agentic AI turns Business Central into a scalable engine for intelligent recurring revenue
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Overcoming Data Quality Pitfalls Across Microsoft Apps to Achieve AI-Readiness

STAEDEAN
How manufacturing, construction, and retail organizations can leverage AI agents in the Microsoft ecosystem by fixing data quality issues in Dynamics 365 ERP and the Dataverse.
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How Digital Tools Bring New Levels of Productivity and Accuracy to Field Inspections

Resco
Are outdated inspection processes slowing your team down?
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The Role of AI in AP Automation

Mekorma
AP Automation Accounting BI and Reporting Business Central Copilot Studio Dataverse (CDS) Dynamics 365 Dynamics GP Dynamics NAV Power Apps Power Automate Power BI

Getting Started with Sales Nurturing and Marketing Automation

emfluence

Using automated workflows to send your messages

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Modernizing Student Engagement at UVA’s Batten School with Microsoft Power Platform

JourneyTeam
Outgrown its legacy student engagement tools, relying on scattered systems and manual processes
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User Adoption Monitor – Track, Measure & Improve Dynamics 365 CRM Engagement

User Adoption Monitor is an intelligent user activity tracking and performance analytics app for Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM...
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Map My Relationships – Visualize Relationships and Hierarchies in Dynamics 365 CRM

Map My Relationships is an advanced visualization app for Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM and Dataverse, designed to help users...
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Kanban Board for Dynamics 365 CRM – Visualize & Manage CRM Data in Dynamics 365

Kanban Board is an advanced visualization solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM and Dataverse that transforms static CRM...
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Maplytics — a Location Analytical Companion for Dynamics 365 CRM

Maplytics is a Microsoft-certified geo-analytical mapping solution that embeds location intelligence directly into Microsoft...
Customer Engagement Customer Insights - Journeys (Marketing) Customer Relationship Mgmt Customer Service Dataverse (CDS) Dynamics 365 Dynamics CRM Field Service Power Apps Power Pages Power Platform Project Service Automation

DeDupeD – Detect, Prevent & Merge Duplicates in Dynamics 365 CRM

DeDupeD is an advanced duplicate data management solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM and Dataverse. It ensures your CRM...
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