Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Monthly Update-September 2022

Quick Links: Featured News | Updates and Releases | Product Updates | Training Corner | Useful Links

Featured News

MICROSOFT POWER PLATFORM CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 20-22

The FIRST ever Microsoft Power Platform Conference

• The first annual Power Platform Conference sponsored by Microsoft and Power Platform Conference is coming to Orlando for an amazing in-person event this September, with keynotes, sessions, breakouts and more—all dedicated to Microsoft Power Platform products: Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Pages and Power Virtual Agents. 
• If you don’t know where to start, we would recommend the “Strategy & Roadmap” session, as well as “Extending SAP with Power Platform” which will both be very exciting. 
• Kicking off on September 18 & 19 with pre-conference workshops, the event runs September 20-22, 2022. 
• Click here to register: Microsoft Power Platform Conference.

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2022 RELEASE WAVE 2 IS AVAILABLE

The Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 release plan for the 2022 release wave 2 describes new features releasing from October 2022 through March 2023.

Recommendation:

• Validate the latest features in a non-production environment.
• Check the Early Access from August 1st, 2022 for:
• • 2022 RW2 Early Access Power Platform
  • 2022 RW2 Early Access Dynamics 365

User experience:

• Modern Advanced Find will be turned on by default.
• When Dataverse search is enabled, searches that begin with an asterisk are now controlled by Power Platform Admin setting.

Key Dates

• Early Access : August 1, 2022
• Release plans available in 11 additional languages: August 5, 2022
• General Availability: October 1, 2022.

Check out the 2022 Release Wave 2 Plan for:

• Microsoft Power Platform
• Microsoft Dynamics 365

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MICROSOFT VIVA SALES | IMPROVE SELLER’ S EXPERIENCE | PUBLIC PREVIEW

Microsoft Viva Sales is a seller experience application that lets sellers use Office 365 and Teams to automatically capture data into any CRM system, eliminating manual data entry and giving more time to focus on selling.

• Public Preview is here.
• General Availability : Coming in Q4 2022.
• Try out Viva Sales

With Viva Sales we address these gaps to mitigate these top pain points:

• Manual data entry is time-consuming and frustrating and bogs down digital sellers. 
• Inability to capture customer engagement data in productivity applications where sellers do their work.
• Lack of AI-based recommendations delivered to the point of action.
• Disconnected processes and tools that slow down productivity.

Click here to watch the intro video and LEARN MORE>>

Deprecations & Service Retirement

JULY 2022

Dynamics 365 Connector is deprecated. Retirement not scheduled yet

Effective May 5, 2020 the Dynamics 365 connector used for data integrations, flows, Azure Logic Apps, and canvas apps is officially deprecated.

Action required

• Dynamics 365 connectors must be replaced with a Microsoft Dataverse connector.
  • Microsoft Dataverse – This is the newest connector and will, in time, become the only connector available for Dataverse usage. All new features, performance work, and enhancements will be available on this connector.
  • Microsoft Dataverse (Legacy) (CDS 2.0 connector) – This is the last generation connector for Microsoft Dataverse. It will continue to operate until it is fully deprecated. It will not receive feature or enhancement updates.
  • Removal timeframe: Parity with Microsoft Dataverse Connector will be reached before legacy connector is removed.

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Dynamics 365 Sales | Premium auto capture will be deprecated

Effective July 2022, premium auto capture will be deprecated.

• The deprecation will impact customers who have enabled the premium auto capture preview.
• For more information about basic auto capture, see Capture customer-related activities with auto capture.

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September 2022

Power Apps for Windows will be deprecated and replaced with a new app in Sept, 20, 2022

Effective September 2022, Power Apps for Windows will be deprecated. Microsoft will continue to provide security and other critical updates for the app until Sept 20, 2022.

• We won't release any other features or functionalities for the app.

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October 2022

Dynamics 365 Connector is deprecated

In October 2022, all existing uses of the Dynamics 365 connector for data integrations, flows, Logic Apps, and canvas apps will be disabled.

• At that time, you must migrate to using one of the available connectors.
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Dynamics 365 Customer Service | SLA items in Web Client are deprecated & Automatic Record Creation Rules in Web Client are deprecated.

Effective October 01, 2020, the service-level agreements (SLAs) are deprecated in the web client.

• Effective October 01, 2020, the automatic record creation and update rules are deprecated in the web client.
• You are encouraged to migrate your SLA items that were created in the web client to the new Unified Interface experience.
• For information on how to migrate the items:
• • See Migrate automatic record creation rules and service-level agreements.
  • See also the Playbook

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November 2022

Dataverse OData v2.0 Service will retire in November 11, 2022

We plan to remove the Dataverse OData v2.0 Organization Data Service on November 11, 2022.

• This announcement does not involve the deprecated Organization Service SOAP endpoint.
• The Organization Data Service was deprecated with Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement v8.0 in favor of the Web API, an OData v4.0 service.
• Any code that uses the Organization Data Service should be migrated to use the Web API before that time.

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Data Export Service (DES) will retire in November 2022

Data Export Service will continue to work and will be fully supported until it reaches end-of-support and end-of-life a year from this announcement date, in November 2022.

• This notice is to allow you sufficient time to plan and onboard to Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse which is a successor to Data Export Service.
• The Playbook will guide them through the initialization, planning, and adoption phases.

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Release Waves and Service Updates

We bring new innovations, new features, and capabilities into the products through 2 Waves per year.

• CURRENT RELEASE WAVE: 2022 Release Wave 1
• UPCOMING RELEASE WAVE General Availability Date : 2022 Release Wave 2 – October 2022

RELEASE PLANNER WEBSITE (PREVIEW)

• If you are familiar with the release notes that come out twice a year, you will love the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release planner that allows admins, makers and power users to review the new features of a release wave, timeline and track changes in a new portal experience as you sign in to flag releases you are interested in.

UNDERSTAND RELEASE WAVE UPDATES

• Release Wave Plan for visibility on what is coming.
• Release Wave schedule  for visibility on deployment timelines for Power Apps, Dynamics 365 CE Apps, and Industry Clouds. 2 waves per year:
• • Wave 1 Period:   April – September | Wave 2 Period: October to March.
• Release Wave Opt-in to early access update.
• Understand the opt-in process to early updates for Dynamics 365 environment and how to opt-in to early access updates.
• General Availability deployment
• • After a release cycle has been made "generally available" to users, environments are typically automatically turned on. This is so users can receive ongoing mandatory updates which will enable the early access features and general available features of the release

HOW TO STAY INFORMED ON UPDATES NOTIFICATIONS

• Stay Informed on important service updates and other major updates changes with
• Message Center notifications through Email preferences for Dynamics and PowerApps using Microsoft 365 Admin center  OR
• Manage email notifications to admins using PowerShell

SERVICE UPDATES POWER PLATFORM & DYNAMICS 365

Dynamics 365 On-Premises

Visit On-Premises Service Updates

• Dynamics CRM 9.1 On-Premises
  • Service Update 1.12 (9.1.12.27) – AUGUST 2022
• Dynamics CRM 9.0 On-Premises
  • Service Update 0.40 – AUGUST 2022

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Product Updates

POWER APPS |Bring Microsoft 365 collaboration to your model-driven apps

With Microsoft 365 solutions and platform capabilities you can bring your apps to collaborative surfaces like Microsoft Teams. You can choose between our pro-code Visual Studio and low-code Power Platform tools that best serve your scenario.

• We also want to enable you to embed M365 collaboration capabilities into your model-driven apps. Until now a way to achieve that has been through our Graph APIs and pro-developer tools.

• Today, we are enabling you to build low-code collaborative model-driven apps with the introduction of Collaboration controls (Preview) in Power Apps.
• Collaboration controls (Preview) enable you to add M365 capabilities to your Power Apps line of business custom applications to simplify user workflows when collaborating on business processes in Teams and Power Apps.

• With these new controls, you as a maker can drag-and-drop controls that bring Microsoft 365 collaboration to your model-driven app.

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POWER APPS | Power APPS GRID CONTROL

• Power Apps grid control in model-driven apps is in Public Preview.
• Capabilities include:
  • Inline Editing
  • Infinite Scrolling
  • Customized cell renderers/editors – While this grid uses modern Microsoft Fluent controls to allow users to see and edit values in the grid, we recognize that some scenarios may have special needs that require modifications to the out-of-the-box visuals and user interactions.

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POWER APPS |Creating canvas apps as Dataverse solutions by default (preview)

Canvas apps in Dataverse solutions by default is in Public Preview.

• Solutions are used to transport apps and components from one environment to another or to apply a set of customizations to existing apps
• A solution can contain one or more apps as well as other objects such as site maps, tables, processes, web resources, choices, flows, and more.
• With this feature, environment admins will be able to set citizen makers and developers in a healthy ALM ready state from day one by enabling canvas apps as Dataverse solutions by default for one or more environments.

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POWER APPS | New version of Power Platform Build Tools v2.0 and a Feature packed update of Power Platform CLI

• Announcing a new version of the Power Platform Build Tools (Azure DevOps tasks) and our monthly update to Power Platform CLI.
• Read on for significant new features coming this month, including:
  • Power Platform Build Tools: Now based on Power Platform CLI
  • New CLI command to assign user
  • New CLI command to automatically generate an App from an API definition
  • New CLI command to sync existing solution from an environment

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POWER APPS | Automatically create a Power App from a REST API

You’ve deployed a REST API for your new service, and you’ve created a custom connector so that the Power Platform can work with it.

• Now what?
  • We are excited to announce a new Power Platform CLI command that will create a fully functional canvas Power App that can be used to explore and validate your service with Power Apps.
  • All the controls and Power Fx formulas needed to run the app are generated automatically.
  • This means that for fusion teams, the app can then be handed off to a low-code maker for further customizations in Studio.
  • This feature is surfaced to users as the Power Platform CLI command canvas create.

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Power Pages Announcements

• This TechTalk covers new features and deprecations announced recently around Microsoft Power Pages.

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Power Pages | Configure the rich text editor control on portals

• Configure Power Apps portals to add the rich text editor control to a basic form and then add the basic form to a web page.
• Portal users will be able interact with the rich text editor control to format text on the form.

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Power Pages | Configure Dataverse search in portals (preview)

• Dataverse search delivers fast and comprehensive search results sorted by relevance in portals.
• Dataverse search is the same search service used in model-driven apps and other Microsoft Power Platform services built on Microsoft Dataverse.

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Power Pages | Overview of portals as progressive web apps

• You can enable your functional portal as a progressive web app (PWA), with native app–like look and feel, by using Power Apps portals Studio.
• With this feature, Power Apps portals now supports using progressive web app technology to provide multiplatform support to create an app that will work on all platforms (Android, iOS, Windows, and Chromebooks) and form factors (mobile, desktop, and tablet).

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Power Automate for Desktop August 2022 Update

• We are excited to announce that the August 2022 update of Power Automate for desktop (version 2.23) has been released!
• You can download the latest release here. New features and updates have been added, including.
  • A new Excel action for resizing rows/columns has been introduced
  • A new action for cropping text has been introduced
  • A SharePoint connector actions are introduced in Power Automate for desktop (Preview)

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Power BI | App is available in Microsoft Teams Mobile

• We’re excited to announce that Power BI in Microsoft Teams is available for Teams mobile. This helps users stay up to date and never miss activity in their Power BI reports and scorecards. Users who have the Power BI app for Microsoft Teams installed and have Teams Mobile installed on their phone or tablet will automatically get the new capability.

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Power BI | On-premises data gateway August 2022 update is now available

• We are happy to announce that we have just released the August update for the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.138.3).
• This update brings the on-premises data gateway up to date with the August release of Power BI Desktop.
• This version of the gateway will ensure that the reports that you publish to the Power BI Service and refresh via the gateway will go through the same query execution logic/run-time as in the August version of Power BI Desktop.
• How does it work? Learn more>>

Power BI | August 2022 FEATURE SUMMARY

• Welcome to the AUGUST 2022 update. We are excited to announce a variety of new features such as the conditional formatting for data labels, new “Select sensitivity label” dialog, data loss prevention policy update and DAX editor improvements.
• There is more to explore, please continue to read on
• There is more to explore, please watch the video. Learn more>>

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Learning and Training Corner

CITIZEN DEVELOPERS |Adding Security Group Members to a Managed Power App Using a Low-Code/No-Code Mindset

• One of the coolest parts of working with the Power Platform is how seamlessly all of its components work together to solve problems.
• Gathering group members from a database and granting them certain permissions used to require a knowledgeable developer making multiple API calls.
• Power Automate has made it possible to do low-code/no-code operations in a visual way that is easier for new users to pick up and start building themselves.
• For this use case, we want to figure out how add group permissions to apps from managed solutions.

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