Dynamics 365 Activate needs a risk register before it runs
Microsoft's Activate preview automates Salesforce-to-Dynamics 365 discovery. The ownership, mastery, integration, and rollback questions come first.
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Dynamics 365 Activate and what each customization was for
Microsoft's Activate preview surfaces Salesforce customizations before the first workshop. The first review has to ask which need each one met.
PPCC 2026 agent demos need a process owner in the room
Microsoft's PPCC 2026 preview asks attendees to bring one process. The stage agent will work either way. What decides the pilot is who owns that process.
Match each Dynamics 365 planning decision to a roadmap channel
Microsoft's AI at Work roadmap, Message Center, and Learn each answer a different planning question. Here is which channel each decision belongs to.
PPCC 2026's procurement example gets the approval step right
Microsoft's PPCC 2026 procurement example sends only higher-risk exceptions to a person. Most approval steps in a live tenant would fail that test.
PPCC 2026's procurement agent needs one record it writes to
Microsoft's PPCC 2026 preview runs a procurement request through Copilot, an agent, a workflow, and a reviewer. We'd ask which Dataverse row holds the trace.
One Microsoft roadmap still needs a release owner in your tenant
Microsoft's always-on AI at Work roadmap removes the wave date that used to force a review. Someone in your tenant now has to own that date.
AI at Work roadmap and Message Center answer different questions
Microsoft's August 25 post keeps public roadmap items and tenant change notices in separate channels. Someone on your team has to join them.
Getting your team ready for the AI at Work roadmap switch
Microsoft retires Release Planner on November 15, 2026. What admins and architects should export, rebookmark, and reschedule before that date.
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Analysis and architecture
What an unused license actually costs you
An unused seat still gets billed. Cross usage logs against the assignment list, flag the quiet accounts, and reclaim seats before renewal locks the price in.
Why your CRM lead routing rules stop making sense
Routing rules pile up one exception at a time until nobody can explain why a lead landed where it did. Here is how to find the rule that actually ran.
Designing the human review step for Copilot Studio agents
Name the decision a person keeps, show the reviewer the source and the proposed change, give the queue an owner, and write the answer back to the record.
Guides for platform teams
How many Power Platform environments you actually need
A working rule for deciding which Power Platform solutions get their own dev, test, and production environments, and who approves promotion between them.
Build a Power Platform ALM pipeline makers actually use
A pipeline survives when the build takes under two minutes, test data looks real, and a maker can roll back without opening a ticket.
Scope a migration SOW for Dynamics 365 or Salesforce
A migration statement of work only holds up if it names a discovery gate, a rehearsed change order, and a written data assumption.