Dynamics 365 Monthly Update - February 2021

Featured News

Self-service deployment for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

The following link explains the Self-Service Deployment available for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations environments.  Self-service deployment enables easier deployment and significantly reduced deployment times.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/deployment/infrastructure-stack

Dynamics 365: 2021 Release Wave 1 Plan

The Dynamics 365: 2021 release wave 1 Plan are now available. These release plan describe the features releasing from April 2021 through September 2021. Review the following links to see the features and target release months for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations:  

Microsoft Dynamics 365 For Finance and Operations Releases

The latest Application and Platform releases for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations are as follows:

Software lifecycle Policy

Application version 10.0.18 (May 2021)

Platform Updates for version 10.0.18 (7.0.5968)

Regression Suite Automation Tool February Release (2.1.8110.75)

The latest releases for Lifecycle Services are as follows:

February 2020 Release notes

Additional News

Adapt quickly and fulfill efficiently with Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management

Adapt quickly and fulfill efficiently with Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog

5 scenarios that show how credit limits are determined in Dynamics 365 Finance

5 scenarios that show how credit limits are determined in Dynamics 365 Finance - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog

Training Corner

RFQ Series 2: The bid and reward process of a Request for Quotation in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axinthefield/posts/rfq-series-2-the-bid-and-reward-process-of-a-request-for-quotation-rfq-in-dynamics-365-finance-and-operation

RFQ Series 1: Setup and creation of a Request for quotation in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axinthefield/posts/rfq-series-1-setup-of-request-for-quotation-rfq-in-dynamics-365-finance-and-operations-412082534

Using Query Store for Performance Tuning with D365 FinOps

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axinthefield/posts/using-query-store-for-performance-tuning-with-d365-f-o

Factors that Impact Performance of Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axinthefield/posts/factors-that-impact-performance-of-dynamics-365-finance-and-operations

Priority-Based Throttling Features for Integrations

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axinthefield/posts/priority-based-throttling-features-for-integrations

SQL Index Defragmentation Batch Job Removal for FinOps

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axinthefield/posts/sql-index-defragmentation-batch-job-removal-from-f-o---effective-january-28-2021

Dynamics 365 Service Offerings

Below is a list of services our Customer Engineer team offers for our Premier/Unified Support customers.  For more information please contact your Customer Success Account Manager (CSAM/TAM), Customer Engineer, or Microsoft representative.

Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (AX) 

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axinthefield/posts/dynamics-365-service-offerings

Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (CE) 

https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/pfe-dynamics-365-service-offerings

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