What to expect from the April 2019 Microsoft Dynamics 365 update release
With the April 2019 release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 coming soon, Microsoft has recently provided details of what to expect. These new features are planned between April and September, but previews for some of these will be made available in February 2019.
As well as some expected MS Dynamics 365 updates, new and exciting features include mixed reality and artificial intelligence (AI) to help organisations transform their customer service, sales and marketing functions. It’s great for those wanting to drive more personalised engagement with their customers, become more proactive with their decision making, or gain actionable insights through AI enhanced analysis.
Mo Osborne, Corporate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Business Applications Engineering says about the update:
“The April ’19 release signifies a key milestone for Dynamics 365. It’s the first major update where all our customers across Dynamics 365 will be on the latest version and on a consistent update schedule.”
Demonstrating Microsoft’s commitment to digital transformation for its partners, customers, and users; other improvements (mostly set for release in April via general availability) include:
Productivity enhancements for business users
Features:
- Application enhancements (online and on-premise)
- List views (online and on-premise)
- Rich notes and links (online)
- Document focus mode (online and on-premise)
- Work date indicator (online and on-premise)
- Context or system indicator (online and on-premise, available after April 2019)
- Quick entry (online and on-premise)
- New keyboard shortcuts (online and on-premise)
- Autosave indicator (online and on-premise)
- Improvements to scrolling in lists (online and on-premise)
- Improved contextual search experience (online and on-premise)
- Improved all product navigation (online and on-premise, available after April 2019)
- Personalisation enhancements (online and on-premise)
Self-help and support
Features:
- Simplified help and support experience (online and on-premise)
- Page inspection (online and on-premise)
Productivity enhancements for administrators
Features:
- Hardening the integration between Business Central and Dynamics 365 for Sales (online and on-premise)
- Enhancements for application lifecycle management (online and on-premise)
- Enhancements to the intelligent cloud for Dynamics SMB and Dynamics 365 Business Central (online and on-premise)
Powerful features for developers
Features:
- Designer enhancements for developers (online and on-premise)
- Visual Studio Code and AL (online and on-premise)
- Application as an app (online and on-premise)
- Standard Web API (online and on-premise)
Due to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 April 2019 release document spanning more than 350 pages, for more details please see the April notes where you can download a PDF. You can also keep an eye on when previews are available and key dates here.
In the meantime, if you have any questions or are considering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, please get in touch with us here at TVision.
