Tag Archives: Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365 Mixed Reality Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (June 2020) Dynamics 365 Mixed Reality Licensing Guide, with the most significant change being amendments for the discontinuation of the Dynamics 365 Layout application. Find the updated guide here: https://bit.ly/D365MixRLGJune2020 and information on Dynamics 365 Layout here: https://bit.ly/D365LayoutBLOG.

Discontinuation of Dynamics 365 Layout

Microsoft announce that Dynamics 365 Layout will be discontinued as a separate application and will not be offered to new customers after 1 June, 2020. Current customers will be able to use the application until 31 December, 2021 or when their current subscription ends, whichever is earlier. Core Layout capabilities will be integrated into the Dynamics 365 Guides product.

See the announcement here and suggestions on where to get assistance if you’re an existing customer: https://bit.ly/2YooZ4n.

Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (June 2020) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide. There are only small changes with the most interesting ones being clarification that Team Members do not have admin rights, and that Human Resources Self Service use rights are only included for Team Members when the Human Resources application is licensed.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/D365LGJune2020

June 2020 Product Terms updates for Dynamics 365

There’s extra information added for Dynamics 365 on pages 65/66 in the June 2020 Product Terms document. First of all there’s a new Dual Use Rights table detailing the rights of Dynamics 365 SLs to access on-premises servers, and then there are a couple of tables which specify the purchasing minimums for academic and commercial programs.

Download the latest Product Terms document here: http://bit.ly/MSproductterms.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (April 2020) Dynamics 365 Business Central Licensing Guide.

The main change is the inclusion of the Sales and Customer Service Professional Attach licences that may be acquired and assigned to either Business Central Essentials or Premium users. Find this detailed on pages 2 and 13. As usual there’s a full Change Log on page 14.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/D365BCLGApr2020

Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (April 2020) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide with three main changes.

Firstly, there’s extra detail added to the Team Members use rights table on pages 32/33.

Then there’s a new Dynamics 365 IoT Intelligence Scenario section on pages 18/19 detailing the licensing for this new capability – the ability, for example, for a manufacturing system to detect machine failures through IoT signals and to generate an alert. 

Finally, the Base and Attach SKU table is updated on page 56 for the ability to use Sales/Customer Service Professional Attach licences with Business Central Base licences. As usual there’s a full change log on page 57.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/D365LGApr2020

Dynamics 365 Get Licensing Ready track

The Dynamics 365 track on Get Licensing Ready has been updated for all the recent changes up to and including February 2020, and the content has been split into two modules – Licensing the Dynamics 365 CRM applications, and Licensing the Dynamics ERP applications. Head over to GLR to learn about the licensing with video and reference material and to take a test to prove your knowledge: http://bit.ly/GLRD365.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (January 2020) Dynamics 365 Business Central Licensing Guide. It’s not a major update – just some small changes to the geographic availability and licence requirements for Essentials functionality on page 10. Find this guide here: http://bit.ly/BusCentLGJan2020.