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Dynamics Update

Dynamics Update is a podcast with the main focus of summarizing Microsoft"s monthly releases for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and the One Version strategy. We blend that with some special episodes containing interviews and event coverage. Guiding you through the content is Gustav Sundblad and Johan Persson, Senior Specialists at Engage Group

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31:05

Archiving and Long-Term Retention

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2026/03/13

In this episode, hosts Johan Persson and Gustav Sundblad welcome Microsoft product experts Shivam Pandey and Roger Sa to discuss the critical strategies for managing high-volume data in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations. As data storage costs and performance stability become top priorities for enterprises, the team explores the latest innovations in archiving and long-term retention.

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10.0.47

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2026/02/13

Dynamics Update: 10.0.47 Release NotesIn this episode, hosts Johan Persson and Gustaf Sundblad dive into the latest features and performance enhancements arriving in late March with version 10.0.47. The discussion centers heavily on data management, environment efficiency, and new AI-driven tools. Key Highlights: Subscription Billing & Commerce: New performance enhancements for unbilled revenue batches and features to purge or archive high-volume commerce transactions. Inventory &

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33:56

Batch Telemetry Agent

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2026/01/23

Episode recorded across three time zones - Singapore, US, and SwedenJohan and Gustav welcome Prashant Verma (Microsoft Singapore ISD) and Hemanth Kumar (Microsoft Azure FastTrack) for a technical deep dive into the batch telemetry agent. Prashant's origin story reveals that the agent emerged from his Premier Field Engineer days, handling APAC escalations for slow-running batch jobs and throttling issues, and recognizing that customers needed self-service access to insights previously requiring

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29:50

Soverign Cloud

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2025/12/19

Episode recorded during hectic times with new puppies and packed schedulesJohan and Gustav tackle Microsoft's announcement about comprehensive sovereign solutions for European organizations - a complex topic they admit requires legal expertise they don't possess, but impacts every European Dynamics implementation. Opening with their standard recommendation of West Europe as primary datacenter and North Europe (UK) as fallback, they debunk latency concerns from 10-12 global implementations spanning

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Interview - Anne Krupke

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2025/11/21

Johan returns from sunny Orlando to Sweden's +1°C rain to interview Anne Krupke, Microsoft's Senior Product Marketing Manager who brings a unique perspective - starting as an implementation consultant for supply chain and manufacturing, then FastTrack solution architect, now marketing. Her journey embodies the shift Microsoft is making: selling products the way they're actually implemented.Anne reveals the genesis of Microsoft's business process-centric approach. For years, partners were

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10.0.46

Dynamics Update ·

2025/10/31

Johan and Gustav brave the dark, rainy Swedish fall to discuss Dynamics 365 release 10.0.46, but the real headline isn't in the official notes. Johan shares exciting news from the MVP community: the first production Power Platform Admin Center environment has been deployed, marking a monumental milestone in the shift away from LCS. While limited to certain scenarios initially (no commerce yet, no massive implementations), it signals the beginning of the "one Dynamics, one platform" future.Gustav

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10.0.45

Dynamics Update ·

2025/09/12

Johan and Gustav return well-rested from summer break to dive into Dynamics 365 release 10.0.45, admitting it takes about a week to get back to full functionality after vacation. They acknowledge their previous episode on 44 arrived fashionably late but encourage listeners to read the release notes themselves since their technical bias might miss functional gems.Gustav opens with the Customer Invoice Logging Framework - a mouthful of a name for what's essentially a structured logging system that

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10.0.44

Dynamics Update ·

2025/08/15

Johan and Gustav reunite in the same room to explore the latest Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations release 10.0.44, discovering some surprising gems along the way. Gustav kicks off with excitement about long-overdue fixed assets improvements, including automated inventory value adjustments that tie purchase orders directly to asset journals, and a new budget depreciation proposal feature that saves time across multiple legal entities.The conversation shifts to the evolving payments landscape,

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Interview - Max Hentschel

Dynamics Update ·

2025/07/25

Dynamics Update: Dual Write Deep Dive with Max SentchellEpisode recorded in Portorož, Slovenia Johan and Gustav chat with Max Sentchell, a Microsoft Technical Architect who created the popular DW Helper tool out of frustration with manually configuring dual write mappings. His GitHub tool automates the painful process of setting up 80-90 mappings in the correct sequence across multiple environments. The conversation debunks a major misconception: dual write isn't broken, it just works differently

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Interview - Patrick Mouwen

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2025/07/04

The hosts welcomed Patrick Mouwen, a Netherlands-based solution architect with 15+ years in Dynamics, who's become the unofficial evangelist for one of Microsoft's most underutilized powerhouses: the Commerce Scale Unit (CSU). What started as a technical deep-dive quickly revealed why this caching layer might be the secret weapon your organization didn't know it needed.Patrick painted the CSU's evolution from humble beginnings—when Dynamics Commerce was just simple file transfers between POS

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Interview - Jared Hall

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2025/06/13

In this episode, we sit down with Jared Hall, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, who works on the core tools driving the next generation of business automation. We dive into how AI is being implemented in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, and how Microsoft envisions the role of agents in an ERP context.🔍 In this episode: How AI agents are transforming Finance & Operations Why trust is critical when deploying AI in financial systems A look at six new preview agents for Finance

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Interview - Johanne Sognefest-Haaland - Analytics for...

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2025/05/16

In this episode, Johan and Gustav welcome Johanna, Head of AI and Analytics at Itera in Bergen, for an insightful discussion on Microsoft Fabric and the evolving world of data platforms.Johanna shares her expertise on how Microsoft Fabric represents a significant shift in data architecture by unifying multiple tools (Power BI, Synapse, Azure Data Factory) into a single platform. The conversation explores how this integration is democratizing data access, allowing business users rather than just IT

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Interview - Jinnie Wong - Business Performance Analytics

Dynamics Update ·

2025/04/25

Episode SummaryJohan and Gustav interview Jinnie Wong - Principal Product Manager at Microsoft - about Business Performance Analytics (BPA) for Microsoft Dynamics 365, discussing its features and benefits for financial reporting. Jinnie gives us a brief introduction to BPA as a solution and she explains how BPA uses dimensional data modelling with strict star schema principles to make financial data more accessible and actionable. A major advantage of BPA is its inclusion in the Dynamics Finance

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31:25

Sushant Mudholkar - The future of DualWrite

Dynamics Update ·

2025/04/04

Join Gustav and Johan for an insightful conversation with Microsoft Principal Software Engineer Sushant Mudholkar as they explore the critical integration tools in the Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Discover how DualWrite and Virtual Tables work together to create seamless connections between Dynamics 365 for Sales and Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain Management. In this episode, we dive deep into: The fundamentals of DualWrite and its role in modern business processes Common challenges

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Liese-Marie Heyns and Gary Cook - Performance Testing...

Dynamics Update ·

2025/03/14

In this episode, Gustav and Johan speak with Liese-Marie Heyns and Gary Cook from NTT about handling high-volume data processing in Microsoft Dynamics. They discuss a case where a customer processes 140,000 sales order lines in just two hours, flowing from Dynamics 365 for Sales to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain via DualWrite. Managing this scale of data transfer requires significant system optimization and a deep understanding of potential bottlenecks. The discussion explores how

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10.0.43 / Wave 1 2025

Dynamics Update ·

2025/02/21

In this episode we dive deep into the latest Dynamics 365 release wave, exploring exciting new features for both Finance and Supply Chain. Among the subjects for this episode:- Process Automation in Finance - Security Governance - Available to promise improvements - Security enhancements in UK MTD VAT integration - Return order invoice support through dual-write - Asynchronous Dual-Write Gustav & Johan Links: Microsoft Dynamics 365 2025 release wave 1 plan | Microsoft Learn New and planned

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Interview - Oscar Faixat - Local Business Data

Dynamics Update ·

2025/01/31

In this episode, Johan and Gustav sit down with Oscar Faixat, a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, to dive into the Local Business Data (LBD) option for hosting Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain in your own datacenter. They explore how LBD works, its requirements, ideal use cases, and what the future holds as Microsoft transitions D365FO from Lifecycle Services (LCS) to the Power Platform.Key Discussion Points: What is Local Business Data (LBD)? An overview of the LBD option for

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Interview - Sherry Zheng - Unified Pricing

Dynamics Update ·

2024/12/20

In version 10.0.43 of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain, Microsoft is introducing a unified approach to price management within their ERP system. In this episode of DynamicsUpdate, Johan and Gustav sit down with Sherry Zheng, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, to explore these significant changes and their implications for businesses.Link to the Ideas Portal mentioned in the episode Ideas List

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10.0.42

Dynamics Update ·

2024/11/15

In this episode we dive deep into the latest Dynamics 365 release wave, exploring exciting new features for both Finance and Supply Chain. From asset performance tracking to seamless Sales integration, we'll break down what these updates mean for your business- Fixed asset performance - Public Preview of Unified Pricing - Financial Tagging Rule Set - Create customer without validating Tax exempt number - SEPA payments - Copilot customized conversational help - Purge commerce transaction - Seamless

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Interview - Scott Sewell JJ Yadav - SynapseLink and...

Dynamics Update ·

2024/10/11

Hi AllIn this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Scott Sewell, Principal Program Manager, and JJ Yadav, Principal Solution Architect, from Microsoft. Our discussion centers around Link to Fabric and SynapseLink. We explore how these technologies should be integrated when implementing D365FO and how customers currently using Export to Datalake or BYOD can benefit from these new solutions. Additionally, we delve into the scenarios where each solution is most appropriate. Link to the

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