Dynamics 365 and Power Platform monthly reading list October 2020

Technical topics (Configuration, customization and extensibility)

• ARC and SLA migration tool (Preview) in Dynamics 365 - 2020 release wave 2
• Email experience now available in Dynamics 365 mobile apps - 2020 release wave 2
• How to do sales forecast projection in Dynamics 365 CRM using trend charts and flow snapshots
• Next generation field service mobile app available
• Power Apps Teams Integration
• Get Flow run by using Dynamics 365/CDS record ID as parameter in Power Automate
• Trigger flows from any message in Microsoft Teams
• Power Apps Portals Community Bootcamp recordings (Sept 2020)
• Email messages sent from Dynamics 365 through Server-side synchronization will now save to Exchange "Sent items" folder
• Monitoring the Power Platform - blog post series from Microsoft PFE
• Use Monitor to troubleshoot forms in the model-driven app (preview) by @nishantranaCRM
• Impersonation within Azure Function or custom connector when using AAD authentication by @inogic
• Power Automate  - avoid initialize variables action and workaround 
• Using environment variables as parameters for Power Automate Deployments (ALM)  by @FlowAltDelete
• Pets vs cattle - how to manage your Power App environments by @scottdurow

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

• Learn how to convert your ideas to solutions with Power Platform
• Close deals by leveraging relationship analytics in Dynamics 365 Sales
• Redefining what it means to understand customer sentiment
• Automatically capture contacts from e-mail with Dynamics 365 Sales Insights
• Dynamics 365 Customer Insights: Power Apps pocket demo | Professional Services (Youtube 00:02:53) by @MSFTDynamics365

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform monthly reading list September 2020

Technical topics (Configuration, customization and extensibility)

• Improve FetchXML request performance using the LateMaterialize option
• Introducing action analytics in Power Automate
• Receive a weekly summary email of new Dynamics 365 opportunities by @D365Goddess
• Gartner Magic Quadrant names Microsoft Power Apps a leader for low code application platforms
• Exploring the Common Data Service (current environment) Connector by @MagnetismXrm
• How to get rid of More information required screen after spinning up a new trial - by default new trial instances have MFA enabled by default - follow this post from @inogic to change this behavior
• For a select Microsoft Teams message - new trigger in Power Automate by @TomaszPoszytek
• Load data from SQL on-premise to CDS (Common Data Service) using Power Platform dataflows by @nishantranaCRM
• Append and merge to combine data from multiple data sources in Power Platform dataflows
• Mailbox alerts hide/show behavior in Dynamics 365 (CRM)
• Insights on building robust process orchestrations using Power Automate, Logic Apps and Azure Functions
• 2020 Release Wave 2 - Let's look at CDM and data integration highlights
• How to do sales forecast projection in Dynamics 365 CRM using Trend charts and Flow snapshots
• Configure display activities in UCI with the card form
• Power Apps and Automate Architecture series
• Timeline control enhancements in Dynamics 365 - 2020 release wave 2
• Dynamics 365 task completion reminder using Flow bot in Microsoft Teams Power Automate by @D365Goddess

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

• Dynamics 365: this new feature could help bring an end to another big business headache  - Dynamics 365 is getting a true omnichannel system, thanks to a voice channel built on Azure Communication Services
• Innovation on the service suite of Dynamics 365 applications
• Digital selling and customer engagement with Dynamics 365 Sales updates
• Announcing new innovations in the Microsoft Customer Data Platform

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform monthly reading list August 2020

Technical topics (Configuration, customization and extensibility) 

• Dynamics 365 - the cost of manual deployments
• Power Apps with Azure Application Insights (Youtube 00:39:52)
• Power Automate Dynamics 365 connector deprecation
• Power Platform Developer Saturday recordings
• The power of Dual Write (Youtube 00:52:35)
• Querying date intervals in the Common Data Service by @rappen
• Creating a flow which triggers where regarding field = lead by @benhosk
• Dynamics 365 - Problems with managed solutions out of sync versions
• Enable send direct email button in Unified Interface
• Find Created On date of solution components in solution layers
• Configure display activites in UCI with the card form by @inogic
• BPF Flow step as a trigger in CDS (current environment) connector
• Securing your HTTP triggered flow in Power Automate
• Access flow run history within a record in Dynamics 365/CDS by @LinnZawWin
• PowerApps Collections Cookbook
• Load data from SQL on premise to CDS using Power Platform dataflows

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

• Power Apps Licensing explained (Youtube) by @LisaMCrosbie
• Planning a Power Apps project
• Improve sales productivity and remote selling with sales accelerator
• T-Mobile manages company wide initiatives and more with Power Platform
• Imagine, build and deploy solutions with Microsoft Power Platform
• PowerApps the truth about $10 by @stevemordue
• Enrich  customer data with brand and interest affinities with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights
• Modernizing the non-conformity management tool with Microsoft Power Platform
• Telstra citizen developers automate processes with Power Apps in Microsoft Teams, giving millions of minutes back to the business