Dynamics Update

This special episode comes to you from a sunny morning on the floor at DynamicsMinds*, where Gustav Sundblad and Johan Persson are joined for the second time by Dynamics 365 Principal Architect Patrick Mouwen . A man much of the Commerce community would happily call a "commerce hero" for documenting the Dynamics 365 Commerce CSU APIs so they can be easily understood by everyone using them. Microso...

Johan and Gustav reunite for a release notes episode, noting how rare these have become as Microsoft spreads out its update cadence - leaving more time to actually digest features amid the breakneck pace of AI innovation. They open with small wins: BCC support finally arriving in electronic reporting emails, and the new "in" operator simplifying bank reconciliation matching rules. A meaningful dis...

In this episode, we welcome back Max Henchel, Technical Consultant at Microsoft, to dive deep into the topic of telemetry. We previously discussed Dual-write, but realized we needed to go back to basics to explain the telemetry infrastructure and how to actually start measuring performance in a smart way. Max is one of the primary drivers behind the ISM Telemetry Model, a framework that simplifies...

In this episode, hosts Johan Persson and Gustav Sundblad welcome Microsoft product experts Shivam Pandey and Roger Sa to discuss the critical strategies for managing high-volume data in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations. As data storage costs and performance stability become top priorities for enterprises, the team explores the latest innovations in archiving and long-term retention.

Dynamics Update: 10.0.47 Release Notes In this episode, hosts Johan Persson and Gustaf Sundblad dive into the latest features and performance enhancements arriving in late March with version 10.0.47. The discussion centers heavily on data management, environment efficiency, and new AI-driven tools. Key Highlights: Subscription Billing & Commerce: New performance enhancements for unbilled reven...

Episode recorded across three time zones - Singapore, US, and Sweden Johan and Gustav welcome Prashant Verma (Microsoft Singapore ISD) and Hemanth Kumar (Microsoft Azure FastTrack) for a technical deep dive into the batch telemetry agent. Prashant's origin story reveals that the agent emerged from his Premier Field Engineer days, handling APAC escalations for slow-running batch jobs and throttling...

Episode recorded during hectic times with new puppies and packed schedules Johan and Gustav tackle Microsoft's announcement about comprehensive sovereign solutions for European organizations - a complex topic they admit requires legal expertise they don't possess, but impacts every European Dynamics implementation. Opening with their standard recommendation of West Europe as primary datacenter and...

Johan returns from sunny Orlando to Sweden's +1°C rain to interview Anne Krupke, Microsoft's Senior Product Marketing Manager who brings a unique perspective - starting as an implementation consultant for supply chain and manufacturing, then FastTrack solution architect, now marketing. Her journey embodies the shift Microsoft is making: selling products the way they're actually implemented. Anne r...

Johan and Gustav brave the dark, rainy Swedish fall to discuss Dynamics 365 release 10.0.46, but the real headline isn't in the official notes. Johan shares exciting news from the MVP community: the first production Power Platform Admin Center environment has been deployed, marking a monumental milestone in the shift away from LCS. While limited to certain scenarios initially (no commerce yet, no...

Johan and Gustav return well-rested from summer break to dive into Dynamics 365 release 10.0.45, admitting it takes about a week to get back to full functionality after vacation. They acknowledge their previous episode on 44 arrived fashionably late but encourage listeners to read the release notes themselves since their technical bias might miss functional gems. Gustav opens with the Customer Inv...

Johan and Gustav reunite in the same room to explore the latest Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations release 10.0.44, discovering some surprising gems along the way. Gustav kicks off with excitement about long-overdue fixed assets improvements, including automated inventory value adjustments that tie purchase orders directly to asset journals, and a new budget depreciation proposal feature that s...

Dynamics Update: Dual Write Deep Dive with Max Sentchell Episode recorded in Portorož, Slovenia Johan and Gustav chat with Max Sentchell, a Microsoft Technical Architect who created the popular DW Helper tool out of frustration with manually configuring dual write mappings. His GitHub tool automates the painful process of setting up 80-90 mappings in the correct sequence across multiple environmen...

The hosts welcomed Patrick Mouwen, a Netherlands-based solution architect with 15+ years in Dynamics, who's become the unofficial evangelist for one of Microsoft's most underutilized powerhouses: the Commerce Scale Unit (CSU). What started as a technical deep-dive quickly revealed why this caching layer might be the secret weapon your organization didn't know it needed. Patrick painted the CSU's e...

In this episode, we sit down with Jared Hall, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, who works on the core tools driving the next generation of business automation. We dive into how AI is being implemented in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, and how Microsoft envisions the role of agents in an ERP context. 🔍 In this episode: How AI agents are transforming Finance & Operations Why tru...

In this episode, Johan and Gustav welcome Johanna, Head of AI and Analytics at Itera in Bergen, for an insightful discussion on Microsoft Fabric and the evolving world of data platforms. Johanna shares her expertise on how Microsoft Fabric represents a significant shift in data architecture by unifying multiple tools (Power BI, Synapse, Azure Data Factory) into a single platform. The conversation...

Episode Summary Johan and Gustav interview Jinnie Wong - Principal Product Manager at Microsoft - about Business Performance Analytics (BPA) for Microsoft Dynamics 365, discussing its features and benefits for financial reporting. Jinnie gives us a brief introduction to BPA as a solution and she explains how BPA uses dimensional data modelling with strict star schema principles to make financial d...

Join Gustav and Johan for an insightful conversation with Microsoft Principal Software Engineer Sushant Mudholkar as they explore the critical integration tools in the Dynamics 365 ecosystem. Discover how DualWrite and Virtual Tables work together to create seamless connections between Dynamics 365 for Sales and Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain Management. In this episode, we dive deep in...

In this episode, Gustav and Johan speak with Liese-Marie Heyns and Gary Cook from NTT about handling high-volume data processing in Microsoft Dynamics. They discuss a case where a customer processes 140,000 sales order lines in just two hours, flowing from Dynamics 365 for Sales to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain via DualWrite. Managing this scale of data transfer requires significant sy...

In this episode we dive deep into the latest Dynamics 365 release wave, exploring exciting new features for both Finance and Supply Chain. Among the subjects for this episode:   - Process Automation in Finance - Security Governance - Available to promise improvements - Security enhancements in UK MTD VAT integration - Return order invoice support through dual-write - Asynchronous Dual-Write Gustav...

In this episode, Johan and Gustav sit down with Oscar Faixat, a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft , to dive into the Local Business Data (LBD) option for hosting Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain in your own datacenter. They explore how LBD works, its requirements, ideal use cases, and what the future holds as Microsoft transitions D365FO from Lifecycle Services (LCS) to the Power Plat...

In version 10.0.43 of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain, Microsoft is introducing a unified approach to price management within their ERP system. In this episode of DynamicsUpdate, Johan and Gustav sit down with Sherry Zheng, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, to explore these significant changes and their implications for businesses. Link to the Ideas Portal mentioned in the episode...

In this episode we dive deep into the latest Dynamics 365 release wave, exploring exciting new features for both Finance and Supply Chain. From asset performance tracking to seamless Sales integration, we'll break down what these updates mean for your business - Fixed asset performance - Public Preview of Unified Pricing - Financial Tagging Rule Set  - Create customer without validating Tax exempt...

Hi All In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Scott Sewell, Principal Program Manager, and JJ Yadav, Principal Solution Architect, from Microsoft. Our discussion centers around Link to Fabric and SynapseLink. We explore how these technologies should be integrated when implementing D365FO and how customers currently using Export to Datalake or BYOD can benefit from these new solutio...

In this episode of Dynamics Update we discuss the latest version of D365FO, 10.0.41. Among other things we discuss these features Modern Bank Reconsiliation Deeplinking to FnO Year end closing improvements Tracing through the supply chain Inventory Visibility improvements Purchase Requisition Approvals Cleanup jobs for Credit and Collections Currency Exchange Rate improvement OPOS keep connected A...

When rolling out a large, complex ERP solution we often try to reduce the complexity of the rollout. Splitting the project into smaller pieces or waves is one of the ways we achieve shorter delivery cycles and faster ROI for the customer.  However, there are a lot of moving parts that we need to take into account to make the transition smooth and to get the entire organization onboard. In this epi...