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Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 2021 release launches with hundreds of new capabilities 

Today officially kicks off a six-month wave of hundreds of new capabilities, feature updates, and applications across Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform. These updates include the first of two release waves this year, ensuring we continue our commitment to helping you adapt to rapid change in your industry, innovate and solve challenges collaboratively, and harness insights to stay focused on what matters.

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Solve IT governance and admin challenges with new features for Power Platform 

To respond to the growing demand for digital solutions, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to drive accelerated app innovation. Low-code platforms like Microsoft Power Platform help IT professionals move faster through collaboration with the business allowing for delivery of more solutions with greater efficiency, security, and compliance. Current market conditions are challenging for IT

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Join Dynamics 365 and Power Platform at Microsoft Ignite 

Don’t miss Microsoft Ignite, an all-digital three-day event kicking off this next Tuesday, March 2 at 8:00 AM Pacific Time! This is your opportunity to get a sneak peek at the future of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform, connect with experts, and engage with your global community. We’ve packed the line-up with technical and hands-on content—from learning sessions to live Q&As, featured speakers to one-on-one consultations—all streaming digitally live and on-demand to help you get the most from the event.

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Data insights without limit, security without compromise 

The past year has confirmed that a digital-first strategy is not just a trend, but the new standard for business moving forward. What business calls “digital life” is just life for most people, as is the expectation that organizations will keep up with the accelerating volume of data and pace of change while protecting sensitive information.

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2021 release wave 1 plans for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform now available 

Today, we published the 2021 release wave 1 plans for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform, a compilation of new capabilities that are planned to be released between April 2021 and September 2021. This first release wave of the year offers hundreds of new features and enhancements, demonstrating our continued investment to power digital transformation for

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3 low-code trends: why low-code will be big in your 2021 tech strategy 

Whether you’re a software developer or someone who uses technology for their job, the way we work has changed this year. Much of the workforce was working remotely. Serving customers became a challenge. Organizations needed to transform basic pen and paper processes done in an office environment and digitize them quickly with minimal business disruption.

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3 real-world examples of the impact and scale of low-code automation 

You already know that low-code automation can free up people to work on high-level tasks. What’s often overlooked is the impact of automation on a larger scale—the potential of each automated process to contribute to rapidly solving big organizational challenges, often on a global level. Let’s look at three organizations that recently solved large logistical

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Why low-code RPA and Microsoft Power Automate represent a huge opportunity for partners 

Over the past several months, businesses that were hit hard by the global pandemic have had to dramatically change how they conduct their business and operate daily. This disruption has brought an increased need for digital transformation, but demand for that transformation and the applications that drive it is growing more quickly than supply. There

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Automating automation with RPA and process mining—available for Power Automate 

Efficiency is key for sustained success across organizations and industries, especially as everyone is looking for new ways of working to be more adaptable and resilient to change. It is no surprise, then, that robotic process automation (RPA) is gaining momentum to free up employees’ time to focus on higher–value work. With this traction comes a growing demand for deeper insight into opportunities to automate

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New enhancements help customers reopen with confidence using Power Platform 

Since we launched the Microsoft Power Platform return to the workplace solution in July, it has been deployed by more than 1,900 organizations in 48 countries. Throughout this period, Microsoft has been working closely with customers across the globe to support their efforts. Together we have learned so much about what it takes to reopen safely and with confidence. Today, we are announcing the latest updates of the return