From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: D365 Sales Release Wave 1; D365 Sales Add-Ins; Connecting WhatsApp; Generative Pages
Microsoft announced the 2026 Release Wave 1 for Dynamics 365 Sales, moving several preview features to general availability. The update adds sales qualification tools, opportunity acceleration, and a refreshed sales close agent to streamline daily selling activities. New add‑ins embed the Microsoft Sales Agent directly into Outlook and Teams, reducing data‑silow between CRM and productivity apps. Additional guidance covers common pitfalls when integrating WhatsApp and introduces AI‑driven generative pages for faster page creation in Customer Engagement.
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Blogs: Email Notification Type; Account Reconciliation Agent; Integrating with B2B...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management blogs highlighted four practical enhancements. First, a new email notification type lets users configure event‑driven messages without writing custom code. Second, an AI‑powered account reconciliation agent automates matching subledger entries to the general...
From the Microsoft Power Platform Blogs: Copilot Cowork; Call an API with Power Automate; Dataverse Plugin; Trigger a Power Automate...
Microsoft’s Power Platform ecosystem received several notable updates in early May 2026. A step‑by‑step guide shows how Power Apps can call external APIs via Power Automate and parse JSON responses, lowering the barrier for low‑code developers. Microsoft also released an...
Why Dirty CRM Data in Dynamics 365 Is Costing You More Than You Think
Dirty data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM is harming decision quality more than storage costs. Duplicate leads, contacts, and accounts create fragmented views, skew AI‑driven lead scores, and break territory assignments. The resulting loss of user trust leads to lower adoption...
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Partnership; Decision Support Solutions for CRM; Shipping for D365BC; ERP for Specialty Contractors; Brazil Expansion
Microsoft Dynamics partners announced several product launches and geographic moves this week. Inogic introduced three AI‑driven add‑ons—Predict4Dynamics, SharePoint Knowledge AI Search, and Next Best Action—built on Azure Machine Learning and Azure OpenAI for Dynamics 365 CRM. Insight Works released Warehouse Insight v2.16...
How to Modernize Accounts Payable without Replacing Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics GP will receive core support until Dec. 31, 2029 and security updates through April 2031, yet experts say its value can be stretched another decade by layering cloud‑based accounts‑payable automation. In a recent webcast, Endeavor4 and Yooz outlined a “modernize‑around‑it” strategy...
Why Your Microsoft Dynamics Integration Keeps Creating Work You Didn't Plan For
Microsoft Dynamics integration projects often declare success once systems connect and data flows, but hidden business‑logic mismatches can still generate broken orders. In Commerce‑to‑ERP scenarios, orders may pass the storefront checks yet fail validation in Business Central or Finance due...
Azure Updates: Integrated HSM; GPT-5.5; API Management; Discovery
Microsoft unveiled Azure Integrated HSM, a Microsoft‑built hardware security module that meets FIPS 140‑3 Level 3 standards and is now available as open‑source firmware, software, and drivers. At the same event, OpenAI’s GPT‑5.5 entered general availability through Microsoft Foundry, offering multi‑step reasoning,...
Why We Built BCQuality: Closing the Gap Between What Agents Know and What BC Developers Learn
BCQuality is a new open‑source GitHub repo that fuses community‑driven AL guidelines with agent‑ready Code Intel to close the knowledge gap in Business Central development. It stores concise markdown knowledge files with version‑specific metadata and pairs them with executable skills...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: Email Sales Reports to Management; Customer Insights – Journeys Segments; Find Contacts; Copilot...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 users can now automate weekly sales report distribution, eliminating manual export, PDF conversion, and email attachment steps. Sam Kumar of Inogic outlines a step‑by‑step method using Power Automate and D365 APIs to generate up‑to‑date reports and send...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management: Residual Reporting Currency Balances; Advanced Bank Reconciliation; Automate ICO Purchase...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management introduces several under‑used features that streamline financial reporting and operations. The reporting currency adjustment journal lets firms correct reporting‑currency balances without altering the local ledger, addressing rounding, regulatory, audit, and consolidation needs. Advanced...
MSDW Podcast: Truvio at Directions North America 2026
MSDW’s podcast recorded at Directions North America 2026 features three Truvio product leaders discussing the company’s roadmap and its role in the Microsoft channel. The conversation highlights Truvio’s integrated suite spanning banking, finance, operations and commerce, aimed at SMB ERP...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: Correct Dimension Values; Project Management; Dimension Reporting; Job Queue Failures
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s recent blog roundup highlights four practical topics for finance and operations teams. It explains how the built‑in dimension‑correction feature lets users amend posted general‑ledger entries without breaking the audit trail. The series also debates whether...
From the Microsoft Power Platform Blogs: Extend AI Voice Support; Copilot Cowork; Power Automate Agent Flows; JSON to Power Automate...
Microsoft announced several Power Platform enhancements in May 2026, including real‑time voice agents now available in Copilot Studio for Dynamics 365 Contact Center, a step‑by‑step guide for building custom skills in Copilot Cowork, and the rollout of Power Automate agent flows...
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Enhanced Shipping Solution; AP Solution; Fundraising Integration; Membership Platform
The Microsoft Dynamics partner roundup highlighted four major releases. Insight Works launched Dynamic Ship 2.9, adding real‑time carrier rate shopping, reverse logistics and handheld scanner support to Business Central. Ancora Software teamed with New Arc Solutions to offer AI‑driven accounts‑payable automation...
Directions North America 2026: D365 Business Central Reaches New Customer Milestone, Introduces New Agent
Microsoft announced that Dynamics 365 Business Central now serves over 55,000 customers, up from 50,000 in late 2025. The partner ecosystem expanded 15% with more than 2,000 CPOR‑designated partners. First‑party AI agents for payables and sales‑order creation are generally available worldwide,...
Microsoft Announces Agentic CX Capabilities for Dynamics 365 and Copilot Studio
Microsoft unveiled a suite of agentic customer‑experience tools for Dynamics 365 and Copilot Studio, featuring Real‑Time Voice Agents and a new Customer Assist Agent. The rollout includes general availability of real‑time voice models that extend traditional IVR with generative AI‑driven conversation. Businesses...
From Classroom to Community: How TechFluent’s Conference Partnerships Unlock Opportunity in the Microsoft Ecosystem
TechFluent is expanding its training mission by partnering with major Microsoft Business Applications conferences throughout 2026. Events such as Directions North America, Dynamic Communities, DUG Convergence, and PartnerIn’s Vibe will host TechFluent booths, alumni speakers, workshops, and sponsorships that fund...
From the Microsoft Power Platform Blogs: Custom Tools in Copilot; Automate Business Processes; Build Canvas Apps with VS Code; Power...
Microsoft announced several Power Platform enhancements on April 24, 2026. Power Apps can now be invoked directly within Microsoft 365 Copilot conversations, featuring custom tools and a richer UI in public preview. Copilot Studio adds AI agents combined with workflow automation to streamline business...
From the Microsoft Dynamics GP Blogs: Cost of Not Investing in GP Now; Myths of GP to BC Migration; Migrating...
Recent Microsoft Dynamics GP blog round‑up warns SMBs that delaying investment in GP drives rising maintenance and upgrade costs, outlines five common myths surrounding migration to Dynamics 365 Business Central, and highlights an often‑overlooked gap in moving GP reporting tools....
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: Cloud Migration; External Storage; Better Reporting; Critical Security Practices
Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Business Central blog series highlights four critical topics for ERP users: cloud migration, external storage for attachments, reporting evolution, and essential security practices. Author Stefano Demiliani warns partners not to reuse the same self‑hosted Azure Integration Runtime during...
Lean Manufacturers: You’ve Implemented Dynamics 365 F&SCM, Now Unlock Its Full Value with a Fabric Lakehouse
Lean manufacturers using Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management can now amplify their data capabilities with Microsoft Fabric lakehouse. The lakehouse consolidates ERP transactional data with shop‑floor signals, quality metrics, and operational feeds into a single, clean data environment....
Low Code in Financial Services, Part 3: A Practical Example of Internal Workflow Transformation
The article illustrates how banks can replace a traditional, 8‑12‑week custom‑coded request‑intake system with a Power Platform‑based low‑code solution. It contrasts the heavy engineering effort—frontend, backend, integration, testing—with a streamlined, governed extension layer that leverages Power Apps, Power Automate, and...
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: D365 CCaaS in New Zealand; New Execs; New AI Platform for D365 On-Prem; Updated Supply Chain...
Westpac New Zealand has become the first major bank in the country – and one of the first globally – to roll out Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) powered by AI. The platform delivers real‑time customer data...
Microsoft Partner Program Updates Aims to Accelerate Embrace of AI
Microsoft announced a revamp of its partner program, turning the Frontier Badge into a Frontier Partner specialization that separates channel and service partners ready for agentic AI. The company also renamed the Frontier Distributor label to spotlight distributors capable of...
Directions North America 2026 Preview: Challenges on the Journey to BC Migration Success
At Directions North America 2026, a new session titled “15 Real‑Life Questions to Ask Before Your Migration to Business Central” will spotlight the strategic pitfalls that derail ERP migrations. The presenter argues that many organizations treat migration as a simple...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Blogs: Print Management; Connecting Claude; Create a Return Order; Performance...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management blogs this week covered four practical topics. Martin Dráb detailed how print management can now apply conditional layouts and footers based on customer or order attributes. Alex Meyer explained the steps to...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: Temporary Tables; Dataverse Integration; Job Queue Entry Approval Workflow; Manufacturing Analytics
The latest Dynamics 365 Business Central blog roundup highlights four technical updates. Shubham Prajapati explains the performance trade‑offs between classic temporary tables and the SourceTableTemporary property. Eduardo Pacherres Luján outlines a tighter Dataverse‑BC integration that promises consistent data and a more...
From the Microsoft Power Platform Blogs: Smarter Business Apps; AI-Powered Approval System; Automate Reimbursement Approvals; Building Enterprise AI Agents
Microsoft announced a suite of AI enhancements to its Power Platform, embedding Copilot, built‑in AI, and autonomous agents directly into Power Apps. The updates make Microsoft 365 Copilot generally available in model‑driven apps and begin testing in canvas apps, while a new...
ColorCloud 2026: Microsoft Urges Orgs to Scale AI Agent Deployment
Microsoft used ColorCloud 2026 to highlight the gap between high interest in AI agents and low deployment among its customers, noting most have fewer than ten agents. In contrast, Norway’s power utility Eviny now runs over 2,000 agents after a board‑level...
Low Code in Financial Services, Part 2: What It Looks Like in Practice
The article outlines how Microsoft Power Platform services—Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse—can be deployed in banks to address six chronic IT pain points, from engineering bottlenecks to sustainability challenges. By positioning Power Apps as a lightweight experience layer, banks...
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Hitachi Solutions New CEO; Sycor.Rental Spring Release; Asset Maintenance Management; SL to F&O Migration
Hitachi Solutions named Roger Lvin, founder of Hitachi Digital Services, as its new CEO and president, signaling a push to deepen its role in large‑scale digital transformation. Sycor Americas launched the spring 2026 release of Sycor.Rental, adding real‑time profitability analytics,...
MSDW Podcast: From Regression Overload to Autonomous Testing in Dynamics 365 F&O
The MSDW Podcast highlights the growing strain of regression testing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations as application complexity and test volume increase. Bartosz Szpiech of XPLUS explains how the company’s autonomous testing platform replaces traditional manual regression with...
10 Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 Wave 1 Updates That Will Change How You Work
Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 Release Wave 1 introduces several functional upgrades that reshape core processes. Users can now match purchase invoices to orders without a posted receipt, and manufacturers can allocate work‑in‑process costs by location. Financial reporting gains a...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: Quality Management; Self-Billed Invoices; E-Invoice Draft Page
Microsoft announced three major updates to Dynamics 365 Business Central. Version 28 introduces a native quality management module, ending the need for separate add‑ons in manufacturing implementations. The 2026 Release Wave 1 adds full self‑billed invoice capability to the purchasing workflow. A...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management: Elastic Compute; Deferred Revenue; License Usage Summary Reports; Turn Compliance...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management introduces elastic compute, moving from fixed‑size tiers to a shared, auto‑scaling architecture that adds AOS instances as demand spikes. The platform now supports multi‑currency deferred revenue, addressing prior gaps in revenue recognition for...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: M365 Copilot Vs. Copilot Chat for CRM Users; CRM for Manufacturing; D365 Sales...
Microsoft highlighted the distinction between Microsoft 365 Copilot, a paid add‑on, and Copilot Chat, a free conversational tool, emphasizing their divergent capabilities within Dynamics 365 CRM. The blog also outlined five growth‑focused CRM strategies for manufacturers, showcased AI‑driven sales agents that automate lead qualification,...
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Next Best Action Launched; Beasley Group Adopts D365 and Construct 365; Acquisition: Franklin Sports Taps Sunrise...
Inogic introduced Next Best Action, an AI‑driven assistant that delivers real‑time recommendations inside Dynamics 365 CRM. Beasley Group selected Dynamics 365 together with SIS’s Construct 365 module to tighten project cost management in the forest‑products sector, while Franklin Sports engaged...
From the Microsoft Dynamics GP Blogs: Hosting GP Doesn't Remove Risk; Rebuild GP Payables in D365BC; GP Power Tools Build...
The latest Microsoft Dynamics GP blog roundup debunks the myth that cloud hosting eliminates GP’s inherent risks, highlighting that while hosting improves accessibility and disaster recovery, it doesn’t address core system constraints. It also warns that moving to Dynamics 365 Business Central...
Going Paperless in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Going paperless with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is not a compliance liability when governed correctly. Organizations must align controls across Business Central, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Purview rather than rely on physical filing. Properly designed digital workflows provide clearer audit...
ColorCloud 2026 Preview: A Business Central Consultant’s “Guide to the Galaxy”
ColorCloud 2026, the flagship Microsoft Dynamics conference, will take place April 15‑17 in Hamburg, Germany. Icelandic Business Central consultants Hrefna Þórisdóttir and Brynjar Jóhannesson will present “A BC Consultant’s Guide to the Galaxy,” a session that looks beyond Business Central...
ColorCloud 2026 Preview: Prepare for Power BI Everywhere
ColorCloud 2026, the Microsoft Business Applications conference, takes place in Hamburg from April 15‑17. The event features a session titled “Power BI Everywhere: Embedding Apps and Automations,” co‑presented by Capgemini’s Power Platform architect Keith Atherton and Sarah Guest. Atherton will also...
Microsoft Taps Mavim to Support Dynamics 365 Business Process Catalog for Customers, Partners
Microsoft FastTrack has chosen process‑management vendor Mavim to power the Dynamics 365 Business Process Catalog, delivering quarterly updates through Mavim’s visualization platform. The March 2026 release adds Excel and Mavim database formats, ending the distribution of raw Visio files. Customers and partners...
Azure Updates: Sovereign AI; Gartner Magic Quadrant; Cloud Cost Optimization
Microsoft and Armada announced a joint effort to deliver sovereign AI at the edge through Azure Local and Armada’s Galleon modular datacenters, targeting workloads with strict data‑sovereignty and intermittent connectivity requirements. The partnership emphasizes portable infrastructure, local control planes, and...
MSDW Podcast: How Flywire Is Rethinking A/R for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Flywire announced Integration Studio, a low‑code tool that lets finance teams build and manage ERP integrations for Dynamics 365 Business Central. The solution shifts integration ownership from IT to accounts‑receivable departments, promising faster invoice‑to‑cash cycles and reduced manual effort. In the...
Low Code in Financial Services, Part 1: Addressing Six Recurring IT Pain Points
Financial institutions boast robust, highly governed core systems, yet everyday requests—such as intake forms and dashboards—still slog through centralized engineering backlogs, taking weeks to deliver. This creates fragmented workflow ecosystems, duplicate effort, and limited traceability. Low‑code solutions like Microsoft Power...
Microsoft Brings Power Apps Closer to M365 Copilot with Structured Data Access
Microsoft announced a public‑preview feature that links Power Apps with Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing users to interact with model‑driven apps through natural language. The integration lets users view, edit, and create records directly from the Copilot chat interface, eliminating the need to...
How a Maryland Nonprofit Streamlined Manual Payment Processes with Dynamics 365 Business Central and PayTrace
Blind Industries & Services of Maryland (BISM), a nonprofit serving blind and visually impaired workers, replaced its fragmented legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and PayTrace’s Trace AR integration. The new ERP unified accounting, e‑commerce, and point‑of‑sale data,...
Reimagining Accounts Receivable: How Finance Teams Turn Better Integration Into Performance
Flywire has launched Integration Studio, a low‑code platform that connects ERP, CRM and accounting systems to streamline accounts receivable. The tool eliminates manual CSV imports and batch‑only updates by enabling real‑time, API‑driven data flows. Clients report an average 14‑day reduction...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: Opportunity Pipelines; Boost Business Reliability; D365 CE Release Wave 1 Notes
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement is spotlighting three strategic upgrades. First, the new Opportunity Pipelines give sales teams real‑time visibility, sharpening forecast accuracy and reducing deal leakage. Second, Microsoft and partners are pushing CI/CD and Application Lifecycle Management to make Dynamics 365 deployments...