2024 Submitted Sessions

Microsoft Copilot Studio lets you create powerful AI-powered copilots for a range of requests—from providing simple answers to common questions to resolving issues requiring complex conversations. Engage with customers and employees in multiple languages across websites, mobile apps, Facebook, Microsoft Teams, or any channel supported by the Azure Bot Framework. We will be covering following topics: 1- World around Copilot 2- Copilot and data security: Busting myths and providing answers 3- Microsoft copilot studio integration with different channels like MS Team or Power Pages 4- Learn how to enable and use copilot in Power Platform efficiently. 5- Copilot plugins 6- How does copilot studio works with copilot for Microsoft 365? 7- How does copilot studio approach responsible AI? 8- Live demo to implement business cases into deliverables using a bot 9- latest updates 10- lesson learnt and top tips So stay tune to learn how to build bots in 45 minutes...

Simple to advanced strategies to make your Power Automate flows run lightning fast. If you're not careful, Power Automate can run sloooow leading to time-outs and impatient users. We'll go over proven and saleable techniques that will 10x the speed of your flows. Bonus! They'll use much LESS code to accomplish the same thing. Speed and Tidiness together: Win-win. We'll use Dataverse, SharePoint and Excel in the demos to make sure it's applicable to everyone's work environment. We'll also explore common pitfalls in Power Automate that lead to unexpected performance hiccups.

You know Power Automate connects with D365, but you are not sure how you might use it? In this session we will dive into the options available with Power Automate, work through a few examples that will hopefully you give you some ideas on how to deploy automation in your business. See how the following examples are built: • Create a workflow for new customers that need credit team approval. • Create a workflow for new vendors to get W9 or tax information. • Create a journal entry from Excel getting approval before anything is entered in D365. • Integrate Dynamics 365 workflows with Teams

With Power Apps we can build custom low-code extensions in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, making the report experience more interactive for the user. This session will show you the entire journey from A to Z, of creating three different Power Apps extensions to be embedded in Power BI reports, as well as teach you all the tips & tricks to make the most of the integration. After this session you will know: - How to build your own Comment Extension for your Power BI reports - How to build a LookUp extension to run dynamic queries against APIs such as OpenAIs ChatGPT, and return information to your Power BI users - How to build a write-back extension to Dataverse/SQL Database/Fabric Data Warehouse, which makes data inputted by your users show up LIVE in your report

This session covers the introduction of the recently added sustainability functionality in Business Central. Its development will unfold across several releases, and it will be good chance to learn about fundamentals and minimum scope ready for the beginning of 2025 year. Join us to delve into the chart of sustainability accounts, examine new journal types and entries, and navigate through the setup and reporting process, but also look at the future strategy.

I am aware that there are many other technologies that are considered to be sexier than Model Driven Apps but allow me to show you how cool they can be. When I am done you may have a different opinion about these secure and robust business applications. When you need to quickly create a robust application that lives on the Dataverse that can handle new and/or legacy data, has access to the Power Platform and has the Microsoft security model look no further. We will create a new Model Driven App from scratch with new fields, relationships, app theming, security roles and Power Platform components on the fly. Together we will experience just how easy and powerful creating native Model Driven Apps on the Dataverse can be for low-code and pro developers.

Data over here. Data over there. These days there are massive piles of data everywhere. Companies use many different systems. Those systems need to interact and share data to be useful. But how to get that data from place to place? Most of the time, what's built in to these various systems doesn't make it easy to move that data between them. Enter ETL. ETL stands for "extract, transform, load". ETL systems make it easier to move and manipulate large amounts of data between various systems. Using examples from Azure Data Factory, we'll gain an understanding of how ETL systems can make these complex interactions easier.

Building optimal cloud flows is crucial for maximizing productivity and efficiency in business processes. Efficient flows reduce manual effort, automate repetitive tasks, and speed-up workflows, leading to time and cost savings. In this session I will guide you through some best -practices showing you ways to optimize most common cloud flow design mistakes. During this session you will learn: 1. How to optimize triggers, 2. How to optimize loops and conditions, 3. How to process data in the flow more efficiently, 4. How to limit number of API calls, 5. And finally - what is Process Insights! Well-optimized flows improve user satisfaction, enhance scalability, and ensure smooth operation of critical business processes in cloud environments. Be sure you are creating truly efficient cloud flows!

In this session we will look at the new features available to help automate the accounts payable process and how they are setup starting with the new Invoice Capture Solution. Other tasks include: -Automatically apply prepayments to vendor invoices -Automatically submit imported invoices to the workflow system -Match product receipts to pending vendor invoice lines -Simulate posting before a vendor invoice is posted -Quickly view workflow and automation history -View and analyze the results of automating vendor invoice processing -Resume automated processing for multiple invoices Learning Objectives: -List the features and functions of the Invoice Capture solution -Describe how automated tasks can be used to apply prepayments, manage worklows and post invoices -Evaluate the advantages of the AP Automation features

Visual Basic for Application (VBA) was classified as “End of Life” in 2019, does not work on the Dynamics GP web client and does not work with newer versions of Windows Server. It is time to move on and replace your VBA code with newer, more stable technologies that work on the web client and all versions of windows.

So your data is a little messy, perhaps very messy, but does that impact your Dynamics ROI? You bet it does! This session will explore the principles of Master Data Management (MDM) to improve your data quality and maximize your Dynamics 365 ROI. We’ll discuss the basics of MDM, including steps to help you get started, and share strategies to help clean your data and keep it clean. We will also show how having good quality data will improve ROI by keeping data consistent across systems, allowing users to maximize time in various ways, improve customer service and more.

We all have to deal with them, those legacy desktop applications that are too important to get rid of, but not important enough to replace, the kind of application where someone has to open it up and click a few buttons. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is transforming the way businesses operate, letting us automate those ridiculous legacy app processes. And Power Automate RPA is at the forefront of this revolution. In this talk, we'll explore the features and capabilities of Power Automate RPA and show how it can be used to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks with those legacy applications. From automating legacy applications to increasing efficiency, we'll cover the benefits of RPA and demonstrate how Power Automate RPA can be used to improve business processes. Whether you're a business leader, IT professional, or developer, this talk will provide valuable insights and best practices for leveraging Power Automate RPA to drive innovation and growth in your organization.

The objective of this session is to showcase the transformative capabilities of Dynamics 365 Customer Insights- Journeys Copilot in enhancing marketing strategies through AI-powered content creation and audience segmentation. Attendees will learn how to efficiently utilize natural language queries to automate and personalize their marketing efforts, significantly improving campaign effectiveness.

Do you want to send notifications to users by email/notification when Thresholds are exceeded? Do you want to export & store these data points in your database for further analysis? Then you need to check out the integrations between Power Automate and Power BI Datasets! This session teaches you how to get started with the integrations between Power Automate and Power BI Datasets, how to write the necessary DAX queries to export data from Power BI to Power Automate, and how to manipulate the data inside Power Automate. After this session, you will know how to set up your own Data Driven Alerts with Power Automate.

GP Power Tools is the Dynamics GP Administrator's favourite tool to help with the smooth running of their systems. This session uses real life examples to demonstrate of GP Power Tools will make life simpler, by easily solving pain points and enhancing the user experience. Come see how managing user licenses and administering application level security can be a breeze, how to ensure your system is optimized and avoid upgrade issues. See examples of what can be achieved with the Developer Tools module. See what’s new in the latest GP Power Tools build.

Business Central provides an easy method for consuming materials onto production orders. During this session, we'll learn how to automate consumption of materials and capacity entries to keep inventory levels accurate and costs updated.

In this session, we'll explore how to leverage your SQL skills to build powerful Power BI reports on top of Dynamics 365 CE. With NativeQuery, you can use SQL statements directly within Power BI to query your Dynamics 365 CE data, giving you full control. We'll discuss the benefits of using Power BI with Dynamics 365 CE and demonstrate how to use NativeQuery to extract data and build visually appealing, interactive reports. We'll cover best practices for optimizing queries, handling complex data relationships, and creating calculated columns and measures. By the end of this session, you'll understand how to combine SQL, Power BI, and Dynamics 365 CE to create compelling reports and dashboards. Whether you're a seasoned SQL developer or a Power BI enthusiast, this session will provide you with the knowledge and techniques to take your reporting to the next level. Join us to learn how to unleash the full potential of your SQL skills in Power BI with Dynamics 365 CE and NativeQuery!

Recent changes to Microsoft's Standard Visualizations have made it more possible than ever before to lead users to actionable data in visually compelling ways. Features like an amazing new card visual, reference labels, detail customization and other options have changed the game. In this almost completely demo-driven session, we will delve into the art of storytelling through financial data, taking full advantage of the enhanced visual capabilities. We'll explore how these changes empower your audience, making data-driven decisions a reality. We'll cover various visual techniques in detail as well as view and talk about the actual code. This will equip you with the knowledge to design reports that are not only modern and visually appealing but also facilitate deeper data exploration and informed decision-making. Join us to discover how to engage users and drive actionable insights with these new options!

An insight into what it takes to be awarded and maintain Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) status. A long time MVP takes you through their complex journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP and describes what lessons they learned along the way. Warning: This session includes lots of Microsoft Dynamics GP history, old computers and robotics.

Microsoft Dataverse for Teams delivers a no code / low code out of the box data platform for Microsoft Teams. You get relational data storage, rich data types, enterprise-grade governance, and one-click solution deployment. Dataverse for Teams enables everyone to easily build and deploy apps. Come see what Dataverse for Teams is all about and how to get started building databased apps within Teams.

In a traditional Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS project, there’s often the need to interact with external SQL databases (Azure SQL or on-premises SQL instances) and for this task often a lot of work is needed in order to create an integration layer. Although you could use tools such as Azure Functions or App Service to build your own data API layer, this adds inefficiencies and increases your maintenance and testing requirements. Data API builder is a new tool that transforms your SQL Database into a REST API that you can use for your modern application in minutes without writing too much code. In this session we’ll see how you can use Data API Builder to expose external databases to Dynamics 365 Business Central in minutes (full database or parts of it) from any platform and how you can interact with the external database from AL code, all in a full REST-compliant and SaaS-compatible way. Connecting Business Central online to other databases will be more easy now…

Unleash the power of seamless transactions, contract signature and integrated the Gen AI based copilot on your Power Pages! With just a few clicks, you can transform your website into a bustling marketplace. Sign up with a payment provider, plug in your keys, and voila! You’re ready to sell products, offer services, or accept donations. It’s secure, it’s convenient, and it’s waiting for you in the design studio. So why wait? Start monetizing your Power Pages today!

As a DynamicsCon superhero, you are often the first responder to technical emergencies & incidents to support for your coworkers or customers. Have you ever thought about how your job might compare to a First Responder, and how you might use the same techniques to get your job done? In this session you will hear from Dan Edwards, who not only has over 30 years of experience in ERP consulting, but also has over 33 years of experience as a First Responder. He will share key points that he has learned and how they relate to business. The desire is that you will be able to use these tips to give you some ideas and techniques that you can apply in your daily work and personal life. Key Points – • Training Training Training • Partners Matter • Having a Plan is Important • Guidelines are Important • Documentation is Key • No Such Thing as Routine • Briefing and Debriefing • A Boring Day Can Change Quickly • Communication is Critical • The Little Things Make a Big Difference • Times Change

In a parallel universe where code snippets flirted shamelessly with no-code enthusiasts, Copilot and Power Platform found themselves at a quirky tech mixer. The sparks flew faster than a recursive function on steroids. Here's their delightful love story: *First Encounter: The Prompt Party *Automating Awkward Conversations *AI-Driven Romance *Invoice Processing, the Copilot Way *The Proposal And so, dear reader, Copilot and Power Platform danced their way into the sunset, leaving behind a trail of curly braces and heart-shaped comments. Their love story reminds us that even in the binary world, magic happens when code meets creativity. *Disclaimer: No actual code was harmed during the creation of this abstract. Copilot and Power Platform are fictional characters, but their love is very, very real.* 😄💻❤️ The session focus on live demo that how Copilot stun the Power Platform and Dynamics 365 by enhancing the product capability in multiple fold. Power Platform + Copilot = ❤️

Are you a Canvas Apps developer looking for ways to optimize your creations? Perhaps you find yourself writing duplicate code, being frustrated with forms or experiencing poor performance? This session is a tour de force through 10 of the most useful formulas and functionalities in Power Apps. You will learn how to combine simple formulas that you already know in new ways, and optimize your use of more complex formulas. After this session, you will know how to: - Take advantage of controls in new and innovative ways - Performance optimize your code - Reduce duplicate code and improve readability of your code

Whether it's generating automated interactive chat experiences or automating business processes, AI is the future of business software. AI Builder is a powerful tool for organizations looking to incorporate the power of AI into their business processes. In this talk, we'll explore the key features and capabilities of Power Automate's AI Builder and demonstrate how it can be used to build and deploy AI models quickly and easily. From automating tedious tasks to enhancing customer experiences, we'll examine the various use cases for AI Builder and show how it can help organizations drive innovation and growth. Whether you're new to AI or looking to expand your knowledge, this talk will provide valuable insights and best practices for using AI Builder to unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence to automate your work processes.

Your client's database is getting pretty big. Invoiced documents are not being deleted properly. Ledger entry tables are expanding exponentially. How do you help your clients manage all this data. During this session, you'll learn how to clean up old purchase and sales documents, how to compress entries in various ledger entry tables and how to merge certain master records all with the goal to reduce database size and clean up the minutia.

We'll introduce the many ways AI is baked into Microsoft's Power Platform. We'll view a bunch of the AI offerings from Microsoft, include M365 CoPilot and see how it assists in the creation of low code apps and Power BI reports. We'll show the Designer tool to create AI images, demo how to create chatbots in Azure and Teams, and we'll learn how to leverage AI to quickly turn an Excel table into a Dataverse schema, with data and a fully functional low-code app using the assistance of AI and the Maker Portal.

Keeping up with the rapid changes in technology is essential for Dynamics 365 for Finance users. Join us to explore how automation can revolutionize your process testing and update procedures. Gain insights into streamlining your update procedures in minimizing manual efforts and making the transition to the latest updates in your production environment seamless and efficient.

In last few years, we all hear word "Automation" a lot. In this session/workshop, i will demonstrate automation of business processes and IT service requests using the Power Platform, O365 and Azure. This will help you increase the usage of the tools and licenses you are already paying and will reduce manual work for the reoccurring requests and reports. I would like to cover one or more real world scenarios below, Using SharePoint list, Power Automate, Azure Function, Teams PowerShell, Teams 1. Microsoft Teams Recording Enable/Disable 2. Microsoft user on-boarding and off-boarding process (hybrid) 3. Integration with Power Virtual Agent (Chatbot) 4. Monitoring, Auditing and Securing Automation 4. Product Life cycle 5. Automation Best practices

Copilot Studio is a powerful tool that can help you create conversational experiences with ease. It provides a simple, intuitive interface for designing and testing your chatbots. With Copilot Studio, you can create custom topics, add natural language understanding, and integrate with other Microsoft services like SharePoint and Power Automate. In this session, I will demonstrate how to create Power Virtual Agent topics with a complete process flow using CoPilot Studio and show how they can interact with humans to submit data to SharePoint. I will also cover the steps to automate a business process using Power Automate. This session is ideal for beginners to Microsoft 365 who want to learn how to interact with a bot to automate a business process.

This session will expose participants to different scenarios and applications of the Calculations Group in a business case. More importantly as it is now fully available in the Power BI desktop application

AI tools like Microsoft Copilot are powerful and can be game changers…providing your data is clean. AI can give customer insights to target customers based on their segment, purchasing habits and so much more. It can also assist with business decisions to help your organization drive more revenue and position itself for the future. However, if your data is not clean and high quality, using AI may adversely impact your business. This session will discuss the effects of data quality on AI and how you can leverage some helpful tools and processes to increase your data quality to make the most of AI.

Generative AI features and "Copilots" are in every Microsoft product nowadays. But adopting AI in an ERP project is not simply adding some AL code calling an AI model. How can we create a real AI enterprise solution in Business Central? In this session we'll talk about how to create effective generative AI architectures for Business Central. We'll talk about how to integrate Azure Cognitive Search, how to use embeddings, how to create custom AI models with customer's data coming from the ERP, how to call AL APIs from the AI model and how to integrate Microsoft Semantic Kernel and Cognitive Search into your AL extensions. Whether you are an experienced developer or just starting out, this session will provide valuable insights into how to create innovative AI solutions for Business Central. You will be fascinated by what is possible with AI in Business Central...

Often times, we see that effective services offered by organizations play a vital role in establishing a good perception of a business. In this session, I'll walk you through how you can automate case management activities that are effective and helpful for your customizations and your team. We'll see how we can be creative in Dynamics 365 to utilize it's potential to work for our team make the most of the platform.

Join this session to explore Microsoft Copilots, an AI-powered productivity tool reshaping work dynamics. Witness the future of productivity as we delve into the impactful world of Microsoft Copilots. Don't miss the opportunity to reshape the way you work! This session includes a walkthrough and seamless integration with Microsoft 365 apps, providing insights into key Copilots: M365 Copilot Power Platform Copilots SharePoint Copilot

Everyone is talking about Copilot and how to use it to speed and enhance work streams. During this session we will dive into the current Dynamics 365 and Power Platform components that use Copilot and how they can be leveraged to enhance the developer and end user experience. Developers and technology professionals can use Copilot to speed up the creation of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform components. End Users can use Copilot to automate menial tasks like responding to emails and analyzing notes for a sales meeting. The Copilot technology is brand new and based on the ChatGPT AI model. It is here to stay and is only going grow in the number of applications that it touches in the future. Now is the time to learn about and embrace this new technology.

The next Dynamics 365 and Power Platform release wave is just around the corner. Yes they come fast, it is not just you, it is difficult for everyone to keep up with the latest advances and releases for these two Microsoft Business Application platforms. Together we will review and discuss the most exciting new features that are being released and those on the horizon to be released next. This way you will know what to look forward to and how to potentially plan for this next wave of new features. I will focus on end user enhancements but also mention technical enhancements if they seem relevant. Please join me in a review and discussion of the new feature set that is about to roll out for Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform.

Who hasn't heard yet about the GPT models, that helps anyone in creation of articles, blog posts and more. AI has widely arrived in Microsoft 365 ecosystem already. On each step you can find a different co-pilot and Azure offers OpenAI service, to let companies shape AI to their needs. In this session we will focus on the latest AI additions to Power Automate: * let's discover Power Automate co-pilot * let's look into the new actions in cloud and desktop flows using GPT models * finally, let's take a look at new AI Builder models I prefer saying, that the AI is not a threat, it's here to help us be more efficient and productive. But to achieve that, we need to learn how to use it. Join me, if AI is the buzzword you want to learn more about.

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) stands as a cornerstone for every Power Platform project, transcending mere buzzword status to become an indispensable process for organizations leveraging the Power Platform. Delve into the essential facets of ALM maintenance within Power Platform, with a particular focus on leveraging pipelines: 1. Mastering the deployment and configuration of Power Platform pipelines 2. Implementing pipelines tailored to organisational needs 3. Creating deployment approvals to ensure governance and compliance 4. Utilising Service Principal to execute deployments As the era of spontaneous app and flow creation dissipates, strategic Power Platform adoption necessitates meticulous planning of ALM processes to safeguard the integrity and longevity of solutions developed within the platform.

Don't want to work with the complexity on full manufacturing in Business Central? Assembly Order can do much of the same function with reduced setup and processing. During this session, we'll review how to setup and use assembly orders and discuss some of the differences between assembly orders and production orders.