What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 for Sales (October 2019-Marc 2020)

This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2019 through March 2020. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released (see Microsoft policy).

Microsoft Dynamics Power Platform – common terms

On Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 there are some special terms used. This is an overview about some terms and its definitions.
For example: Application – “A defined collection of features and data on the Dynamics Power platform. Microsoft has several first-party applications like Sales and Customer Service. Makers can design and build entirely custom solutions on the Power platform, and they can also customize the first-party applications offered”…

End of support for SQL Server 2008 / R2 and Windows Server 2008 / R2

End of support is coming for two commonly deployed server products. Now is the ideal time to upgrade, modernize and transform to current versions of SQL Server, Windows Server and Azure services for more security, performance and innovation.

End of support means the end of regular security updates.

Extended Support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will end on July 9, 2019.
Extended Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will end on January 14, 2020.

Dynamics 365 for Customer Engangement – April ’19 release is coming

Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement apps: Over the course of April, all environments will be turned “on” to receive the April 2019 features. However, by the end of April, all instances will have had April ’19 features applied.

Azure AD Connect Tool – (update 12/18/2018)

Azure AD Connect is a tool and guided experience for connecting on premises identity infrastructure to Microsoft Azure AD. The wizard deploys and configures pre-requisites and components required for the connection, including sync and sign on. Here you find details about latest version. The article will be updated regularly…

Dynamics 365 Server, version 9.0 On-Premises – issues and problems

The new version for Dynamics 365 version 9.0.2.3034 is a worse RTM version.

There are many issues from technical part of view. Short overview:
On servers in my test environment, some prerequisites are missing. The import or create of organization failed. Migration from older version is not possible, you got problems with different things. Starting with enabled full-text catalog on organization, followed by error with “The AttributeLookupValue (Id=xxx) entity or component has attempted to transition from an invalid state…” and if you solve this by workaround you have the next issue with applying database updates…