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Announcing: Dynamics 365 for Marketing August 2018 update
We are proud to announce the August 2018 update of Dynamics 365 for Marketing, which is available starting now! For even more information about this update, including known and fixed issues, see the Dynamics 365 for Marketing readme page. How to get the update Dynamics 365 for Marketing includes both solutions, which must be installed on -
Now available: the 2018 State of Global Customer Service Report
Customer experience is quickly becoming the number one brand differentiator. So it’s no surprise that 95 percent of survey respondents in the new 2018 Global State of Customer Service report indicated that customer service, which is often the face of an organization, is important to their choice of and loyalty to a brand. In fact, -
Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations – Things to consider when exporting data to BYOD
I’ve worked on some cases related to Data Management exports to BYOD recently and I thought I would share some observations on things you should consider when exporting data to BYOD. This blog post is not meant to serve as a comprehensive document outlining how the process works, but rather to raise awareness of the -
October update brings new user experience to Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement
The next update to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement on-premises apps is coming in October, bringing a brand-new user experience among a host of new and updated capabilities. The Unified Interface is a new metadata driven client interface that provides consistent experiences across all applications, devices, and form factors. Whether you are on a -
Become a Contributor to Business Central
We’re proud to announce the availability of the ALAppExtensions repository on GitHub. The repository serves as a platform that enables our active partner and customer communities to develop extensions in the AL language in cooperation with Microsoft or even other partners. Why is this important? We’re steadily making the core application thinner, more extensible, and -
Smart Solutions 7: Predictive analysis with Time Series, and intro to R for C/AL developers
Predicting the future Time Series is a topic on its own in machine learning, as it is one of the cleanest examples of predicting the future. All you need is a dataset that contains a date and a number. Time Series then uses this to predicting values for future periods. In Dynamics NAV, we already -
Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2018: Access 140 on-demand sessions from the event
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IDMF – Configuration Setting – UpdateMasterSyncTablesPostMetaDataSync
Consider a scenario where you are using IDMF 2.0, and you find that after each IDMF Metadata sync the Master table list gets refreshed and you then have to manually sort out the list each time by unchecking/checking tables as Master tables. Well, there’s a simple way to change that default behaviour: 1. Update AXDataManagementSchedulerService.exe.config -
Need a model for retail’s digital transformation? Follow Hickory Farms’ lead
Few retailers have stood the test of time like Hickory Farms. For generations of families in the U.S. and Canada, including mine, Hickory Farms invokes memories of holiday gift baskets brimming with specialty meats, gourmet cheeses, and festive treats. And no family trip to the mall was complete without a stop at the Hickory Farms -
Need Local Features for Your Country? Now You can Build Your Own!
In 20 countries, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central currently offers the same out-of-the-box support for local features as Microsoft Dynamics NAV does. Local features cover country-specific needs, such as requirements for reporting tax, formats for exchanging information with banks, and so on. For Dynamics NAV, those 20 countries are just the start – the flexibility -
What’s new in the Dynamics 365 Resource Scheduling Optimization version 2.7 release
Applies to: Dynamics 365 Organization 9.0+ with Field Service Solution 7.x version or 8.x version We are excited to announce the general availability release of Resource Scheduling Optimization v2.7, which includes many new capabilities and various usability, performance, and quality improvements. Below is a high-level list of features introduced in this release. For details, please refer