Microsoft Dynamics 365 and
Microsoft Power Platform 2020 release wave 2 plans are out, check out the full
list
Microsoft Power Platform 2020 release wave 2 plans are out, check out the full
list
These features will be available from October 2020 through March 2021
2020 release wave 1 plan which
are from April 2020 through September 2020
What’s new and planned for
Dynamics 365 Finance features list can be viewed from here
What I liked most is
listed 💗
Touchless email reminders
to customers
We often have to set alerts
for payment reminders based on certain conditions (e.g. overdue) but with this
touchless email reminders features, it will give you more peace of mind
by automatically sending email reminders might initiate an activity that
encourages payment sooner than would be made without the reminder.
When enabled, email
reminders will be sent automatically to customers, with a list containing
overdue invoice information based on email templates.
reminders will be sent automatically to customers, with a list containing
overdue invoice information based on email templates.
Configurable business
documents conversion to PDF
documents conversion to PDF
This has been a very common
requirement even in AX 2009 and AX 2012 and now in Finance and Supply change
management to have documents convert to PDF e.g. when printing reports on screen
or download. Having enabled this new feature let you any business document
generated in Excel or Word to be converted to PDF.
You can use the PDF
conversion option to convert the output in Microsoft Office format (Excel/Word)
to PDF format.
conversion option to convert the output in Microsoft Office format (Excel/Word)
to PDF format.
Make PDF conversion
available
To make the PDF conversion
option available in the current Finance instance, open the Feature
management workspace, and turn on the Convert Electronic Reporting
outbound documents from Microsoft Office formats to PDF feature.
option available in the current Finance instance, open the Feature
management workspace, and turn on the Convert Electronic Reporting
outbound documents from Microsoft Office formats to PDF feature.
Finance and Operations
cross-app capabilities
MS has done a fantastic
job in bringing Finance and Operations data natively available in CDS through
Data Integrator and Dual Write. With this release wave, more features are coming
to streamline this process and enhance digital transformation.
job in bringing Finance and Operations data natively available in CDS through
Data Integrator and Dual Write. With this release wave, more features are coming
to streamline this process and enhance digital transformation.
These features are going to
be person opt-in enabled which allows customers to adopt new features at their
own cadence and are not forced with 8 updates of the year from MS.
be person opt-in enabled which allows customers to adopt new features at their
own cadence and are not forced with 8 updates of the year from MS.
- Lifecycle Services (LCS)
new enhanced experience consistent for all Dynamics and Power Platform users. - Enhanced view with issues
categories - A context-based document
search experience - More visibility to known
issues and status for the impacted product versions through Knowledgebase
suggestions.
New grid control with a lot
more advanced features
more advanced features
You may have already used
some of these features and have experienced issues e.g. You might run into
situations occasionally where the grid headers and data are misaligned, or the
grid jumps while you scroll through data or create new records.
some of these features and have experienced issues e.g. You might run into
situations occasionally where the grid headers and data are misaligned, or the
grid jumps while you scroll through data or create new records.
Grid capabilities https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/fin-ops/get-started/grid-capabilities
Benefits at glance
Performance
·
Positional scrolling
Positional scrolling
·
General improvements
General improvements
·
Reorder columns
Reorder columns
·
Mathematical formulas
Mathematical formulas
·
Totals
Totals
·
Fast data entry
Fast data entry
Task recorder with enhanced
capabilities
capabilities
Improvements to allow
coverage of additional scenarios by regression tests and to improve the
experience of users creating and maintaining these regression tests.
coverage of additional scenarios by regression tests and to improve the
experience of users creating and maintaining these regression tests.
Saved views – general
availability
availability
Data and process
integration – My favorite 💓
integration – My favorite 💓
Finance and Operations data
natively in Common Data Service
natively in Common Data Service
Release wave 1 features for
dual write is:
dual write is:
- 112 entities are supported
– that’s a pretty big number so hats off to MS to achieve this in record time. - Customers, Vendors, and
Products integration between FO and CE - Company concept in CDS
- On-demand pricing from
Finance and Operations apps - Integrated quotes, orders,
invoices, and assets - Reference data from
finance, tax, account receivable and accounts payable
Release wave 2 targets:
- Support for Dynamics 365 Commerce scenarios on Common Data Service
- Party model, activities and notes, and services
- Generic Dual Write enhancements and error handlings
Finance and Operations data
in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
·
Available in all supported
regions
Available in all supported
regions
·
The transition from BYOD
and Entity Store to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
The transition from BYOD
and Entity Store to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
