Dynamics 365 and Power Platform monthly reading list July 2023

2023 Release Wave 2

• Dynamics 365, Viva Sales (aka Microsoft Sales Copilot) and supply chain platform: 2023 release wave 2 plan - early access will be available on July 31th
• Microsoft Power Platform: 2023 release wave 2 plan
• Power Platform 2023 Release Wave 2 Highlights (YouTube)
• Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2023 Release Wave 2 highlights (YouTube)
• Dynamics 365 Customer Service 2023 Release Wave 2 highlights (YouTube)

Technical topics (Configuration, customization and extensibility)

• ALM for Power Platform (March 2023 Washington user group recording)
• Analyse your solution dependencies in  Dataverse with VSCode "PowerApps Helper" extension built by @MMe2K (Michael Megel)
• Power Apps Copilot (preview) feature ... Friend or Foe? (YouTube) by @dchristian19
• Azure Cost Management Power BI report (Github)
• Codename Project Bose: Calculate Azure Cost of an enterprise by cost centers, divisions and projects
• KQL Visualizations (YouTube)
• How to use invitation id of Customer Voice Survey invitation in Power Automate Flow by @inogic
• Use the Customer 360 component in Dynamics 365 Customer Service by @D365Goddess
• Additional capabilities in timeline view with Dynamics CRM
• Optimize performance for Create and Update operations (Microsoft Docs) - interesting update for data migration scenario using CreateMultiple and UpdateMultiple operations
• Dataverse long term data retention is finally available in preview - no info available yet on whether retained Dataverse records (offloaded to Data Lake) will still be billed at the same price as Dataverse storage.
• The Dataverse Accelerator is live on AppSource: https://aka.ms/dvaccelerator
• Discover the biggest Power Platform Announcements from Microsoft Build 2023 (YouTube) by @LisaCrosbie
• Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse : exporting to Delta Lake
• Kusto Detective Agency - learn KQL by playing a detective game
• Power Apps Data Sources Ranked! Which is best? YouTube video by Shane Young (@ShanesCows)
• New card visual in Power BI and Create a sparkline in the new card visual
• Take Customer Service to new heights with cross-geo support for Copilot
• Announcing monthly (release) channel for model-driven apps - release channels provide more choice for adopting new features. It seems that Dynamics 365 and Power Platform will allow to get features activated on a monthly basis
• Announcing public preview of IP firewall in Dataverse - only available for managed environments
• Microsoft Copilot readiness hub
• The importance of Orderby when retrieving more than 50K records from Dataverse
• Start using Azure Cost Management

Topics for Dynamics 365 Business Applications Platform consultants, project managers and power users

• Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365 copilot
• Copilot in Viva Sales
• Dynamics 365 Implementation Portal now available
• A report on Global State of Customer Service sophistication
• Reshaping the future of business with Microsoft Sales Copilot, Dynamics 365 Customer Insights and a new cloud migration program
• Introducing AIM from Microsoft: Future-proof your business in the cloud