Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog

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Dyn365fO – Update GER functionalities with 2 options 

This blog describes 2 options ‘How to update Electronic reporting configurations (GER) in Dynamics 365 for Operations’ OPTION 1: Installing latest KBs for Electronic reporting (GER) Navigate to LCS https://lcs.dynamics.com/v2 Open the environment in ‘Full details’ In the lower grid in Monitoring click on X++ updates Click ‘Show filters’ Open Module and unmark all, then mark Organization Administration and search

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Universal Resource Scheduling Solution for Dynamics 365 Update 1 

Applies to: Dynamics 365 for Project Service Automation, Dynamics 365 for Field Service   This past fall, we introduced Universal Resource Scheduling Solution in Dynamics 365. Regardless of what type of scheduling your organization is engaged in, be it Field Service scheduling, Project Service Scheduling, Case scheduling, Lead scheduling, or maybe something completely custom, Universal

Dynamics 365 for Field Service and Project Services Automation Update 2 

We recently released an update in February for Dynamics 365 for Field Service, Dynamics 365 for Project Service Automation, Resource Scheduling Optimization solutions. Below are the new capabilities and bug fixes introduced in this update.  Universal Resource Scheduling Enhancements – for both Project Service Automation and Field Service Performance improvements for schedule board.   You can

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Immediate action required: Maintenance required in response to WannaCrypt ransomware 

Note: If you do not have any Lifecycle Services Environments or Projects, you can ignore this notification. In response to the recent global WannaCrypt ransomware attack, we recommend all Microsoft CRM customers’ Lifecycle Services Projects to take the steps called out in the  WannaCrypt Attacks: Guidance for Azure Customers blog post. This applies to environments in

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May release notes 

The Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the May release of Lifecycle Services.. Improvements to performance In the May release of LCS, we have made improvements to the methodology load times. Depending on the size of the methodology, you will see up to a 70% reduction in the

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Analyze your Dynamics 365 business processes with Power BI, and add its analytics to your Dynamics 365 dashboard 

Microsoft has just released the new Process Analyzer Content Pack for Power BI for Dynamics 365 Version 8.2 and higher. This content pack can help you monitor and analyze your business processes based on the detailed process information stored in your Dynamics 365 system. In this blog article, we’ll introduce this new content pack and

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Integration with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 

Recently, we updated the system requirements here: System Requirements for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Additional software Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2016, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update 1, or Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016. – Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1, or Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015. Additional information Item Availability

Database Collations During Microsoft Dynamics NAV Upgrades 

This blog post describes how collations might change during an upgrade from a Dynamics NAV 2009 database to Dynamics NAV 2013, why they change, and how to determine the destination collation. Today’s guest blogger is Erik Hougaard (b|l|t). Erik is a Dynamics NAV MVP who describes himself like this: “Since he was a kid, Erik

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Coffee Break: Simplify Your Customer Service 

Following up on our previous posts, this is the latest edition of the NAVDiag tool, aimed to inspire and simplify your customer service. The tool is for on-premise installations only, but we hope this can help increase the efficiency of your customer service and free more time and resources for product tasks, like migration to

Service Restored | Deployment portal down for AX 2012 customers 

Final Status: Microsoft engineers detected an issue in which Microsoft Lifecycle Services customers using version AX 2012 were unable to view environment lists through their deployment portal following an update. Engineers removed a specific element of the update, mitigating the issue. User Experience: Affected users were unable to view environment lists within the deployment portal.

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Changes in Dynamics 365 Portal trial Strategy 

Applies to: Portal capabilities for Microsoft Dynamics 365 As we are inching towards anniversary year of Dynamics 365 portal service offering launch, I wanted to share with everyone some changes in the trial strategy for Portal service. As part of Dynamics CRM 2016 SP1 release, we introduced Portal Service for Dynamics CRM and launched https://crmmanagedtrials.dynamics.com  (now