Release wave 2 Prompts Updates to Community

With the announcement, “Release wave 2 launches with over 400 updates, new apps, and industry solutions” by James Phillips, Corporate Vice President, Business Applications Group, we are pleased to grow the suite of applications within the community.  

There are now four new areas within the community for these applications:

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management has evolved into its own stand-alone application with new IoT Intelligence capabilities to provide visibility and insight into shop floor and equipment operations by leveraging the power of AI, machine learning and mixed reality.

Dynamics 365 Product Insights is a new application to the Artificial Intelligence portfolio that can bring insights from connected physical products and give visibility into product performance and customer interactions so organizations can build richer relationships and improve engagement.

Dynamics 365 Connected Store is a new application that provides insight into the retail space, helping physical retailers understand and improve the in-store experience by analyzing disparate data from video cameras and IoT sensors to providing real-time and predictive insights that help store managers and employees make better decisions.

Dynamics 365 Commerce is a comprehensive omni-channel solution for retail and e-tail companies that unifies back office, in-store, call center and digital experiences. With  can transform the customer experience—from the digital experiences that make shopping fun and rewarding to productivity and collaboration solutions that help retail employees provide outstanding customer service.

Select apps re-branded

Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations is now Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is offered as a separate app. As a result, the community team migrated forum threads tagged as Supply Chain from the Dynamics 365 Finance (formerly Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations) forum to the Supply Chain Management forum. In addition, the community has been updated to reflect current branding with the following updates:

• Dynamics 365 Sales
• Dynamics 365 Customer Service
• Dynamics 365 Field Service
• Dynamics 365 Talent
• Dynamics 365 Finance
• Dynamics 365 Retail
• Dynamics 365 Marketing