As you may be aware, Microsoft is sunsetting Dynamics 365 on premise in favor of Dynamics 365 cloud.  If you are currently on premise and not yet in the process of migrating to the cloud, here is a good article to help get you started. As part of the transition, one important component that you want to add to your checklist is the migration of your custom reports.

Do you leverage data from multiple applications or services? If you haven't already found a way to integrate the data between them, you should check out Microsoft Cloud Flows, which are part of Power Automate and part of the overall Power Platform.
What are Cloud Flows?
Cloud Flows allow power users to build workflows that integrate a diverse set of apps and services, including Dynamics 365, SharePoint, SQL Server, SalesForce, Act!, Twitter, MailChimp and many more! Each workflow can have one trigger, such as a timer or an incoming email or tweet, and one or many actions, such as creating a Lead in your application of choice and sending a text message to a user.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2022 Release Wave 1 is here, and it brings new innovations that provide significant capabilities to transform your business.

The Microsoft Dynamics 365 release contains hundreds of new features across Dynamics 365 applications, including Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Insights, Human Resources, Commerce, Fraud Protection, Business Central, Connected Spaces, Guides, Remote Assist, Customer Insights, Customer Voice, and Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, Financial Services, Sustainability, and Nonprofit.

What is Field Service?

Dynamics 365 Field Service is a business application that is licensed separately from your other applications, but can be used within your existing Dynamics 365 organization.

WHAT IS AI BUILDER?
It's a new year, so what better way to start it out than with some AI? After all, AI is designed to improve our lives. Specifically, let's talk about Microsoft's AI Builder. If you're not already familiar with AI Builder, I previously blogged about it in the beginning of 2021 here.

First off, what is Azure DevOps?
Azure DevOps is a collection of modern development services provided by Microsoft.  These services include Azure Boards, Pipelines, Repos, Test Plans, Artifacts and an Extensions Marketplace.  These services together allow for better collaboration between developers and teams as well as time-saving automated deliverability to your business(es).
What are Azure Pipelines?
Specifically, Azure DevOps Pipeline allow developers to automate builds and deployments using the CI/CD approach (Continue Integration/Continuous Delivery).  This frees up time to allow developers to address more new features and bug fixes to your applications.

Dynamics 365 Field Service is a business application that is licensed separately from your other applications, but can be used within your existing Dynamics 365 organization.  It primarily helps service industry teams with scheduling work orders and providing onsite assistance at client locations.

Did you know that you can automate migrating files from a legacy system to SharePoint cloud?  As long as the legacy system has an available API, a cloud solution such as our DataSyncCloud can then utilize the Microsoft Graph API to migrate those files to SharePoint cloud.

Dynamics 365 has some powerful marketing tools and extensions that can be used to email your clients on demand or based on a schedule. This is a great way to attract more business from your existing clientele or from new leads.  However, not everyone wants to receive marketing emails and you certainly don't want to be known for spamming your Dynamics 365 Contacts and Leads.

Dynamics 365 2021 Release Wave 2 is here, and it brings new innovations that provide you with significant capabilities to transform your business. The release contains hundreds of new features across Dynamics 365 applications including Marketing, Sales, Service, Finance, Operations, Human Resources, Commerce, Fraud Protection, Customer Insights, Customer Voice and Business Central.