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MicrosoftAI & Agents

Work IQ lets Copilot write back to your source records

Work IQ public preview opens September 30 with governed actions that write changes back to source records inside the permissions your users already hold.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 25, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftAI & Agents

Dynamics 365 ERP MCP server ships ahead of its controls

Microsoft's Dynamics 365 ERP MCP server is generally available, while the role-based access controls written for agent use are still described as coming.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 23, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftAI & Agents

Dynamics 365 Field Service agent will apply its own schedules

Microsoft's Field Service scheduling agent is moving to recurring runs that write optimised bookings onto the board with no dispatcher starting them.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 22, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftDevelopment

Business Central AL queries still default to dirty reads

Business Central 2026 release wave 2 lets AL queries choose an isolation level. The default stays ReadUncommitted, so your existing queries read dirty data.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 21, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftData

What Dynamics 365 Activate sees before it migrates

Dynamics 365 Activate profiles a company's whole Salesforce data set before migration starts, already at billions of records. That access needs scrutiny.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 17, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftAI & Agents

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 12, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftAI & Agents

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 9, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftGovernance

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 6, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftGovernance

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskAugust 31, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftGovernance

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskAugust 29, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftGovernance

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskAugust 26, 2026 4 min read

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SalesforceMicrosoftCRM

What a CRM is for once capture stops being manual

Automatic capture ends the old CRM bargain. Recorded volume rises, the average record matters less, and the reason behind a decision becomes the scarce thing.

Amani ReedSeptember 27, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftDevOps / ALM

There is no 2026 release wave 2 for Dynamics 365

Microsoft is retiring the twice-yearly release wave model. Release plans stop publishing in September 2026 and the Release Planner retires by November 15.

Elliot ParkSeptember 22, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftArchitecture

Extend Account or build a custom Dataverse table

A decision framework for the Dataverse call every team faces, when a requirement belongs as columns on Account and when it needs its own table.

Amani ReedSeptember 19, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftAdministration

How to triage Power Platform's release note firehose

A concrete method for sorting Power Platform's twice-yearly release waves and daily message center posts from noise into action.

Noah ValeSeptember 17, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceCRM

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.

Noah ValeSeptember 9, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceCRM

What Sales Cloud and Dynamics 365 need to share a customer record

Sales and service can keep their own screens. They have to share the customer identifier, the lifecycle states, the conflict rule, and the correction path.

Noah ValeAugust 29, 2026 6 min read

Related guides

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SalesforceMicrosoftCRM

A CRM migration is your one chance to leave data behind

Decide what moves before you touch a mapping rule, read the merge output yourself, and verify against totals the business already argues about.

Elliot ParkSeptember 24, 2026 7 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceConsulting

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.

Amani ReedSeptember 7, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceLicensing

How to read a licensing change before finance does

The four numbers a platform owner needs before a Power Platform, Dynamics 365, or Agentforce repackaging note gets forwarded to finance.

Noah ValeAugust 24, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceConsulting

How to run a CRM vendor demo that answers your questions

Send the script early, load your own duplicates and odd legal entities, and ask to see a failure. A CRM demo only counts as evidence when you run it.

Priya NwosuJune 18, 2026 7 min read