MADIC dynamics Knowledge Hub Webinars: What’s New in Business Central 2024 Wave 1

MADIC dynamicsIn our most recent webinar here at MADIC dynamics, we took a look at What’s New in Business Central 2024 Wave 1.

If you want to catch up on this webinar, you can do so here.

  1. Introduction
  2. New Features
  3. Conclusion

Introduction ^

This webinar was presented by my colleage at MADIC dynamics, Simon Bellinger, and covered the top new functionality he identified in the 2024 Wave 1 release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central which would be of most benefit to clients and others.

New functionality is announced for a release wave, but might not actually be released at the start of the wave, but anytime within the six months of the wave. The functionality Simon covered in the webinar, is mainly functionality which is already available for use.

New Features ^

The features covered by Simon were:

Two others that Simon would have covered, time permitting, were:

Conclusion ^

Business Central is in rapid development with Microsoft and has two annual release waves, both of which contains many enhancements and new functionality. The New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 1 series on this blog covered all of the announcements and it is worth keeping an eye on the functionality as it is announced, sp that you can see what will be released soon. It’s also worth keeping an eye on what is removed from a release as well; sometimes a piece of new functionality is announced, but then withdrawn for a, usually, undisclosed reason. These features are often re-announced, but other times they just disappear.

The ones covered by Simon in the webinar are announced and still listed and, in most cases, already available.

The webinar recording is available.

New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: Enter into a Conversation-first Copilot Experience to Build Flows

Power AutomateThis post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1.

The 4th of the new functionality in the Copilot for Power Automate section is Enter into a conversation-first Copilot experience to build flows.

This feature allows you to create flows with a conversation-first Copilot experience from the Power Automate home page.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
Public Preview: –
Early Access: –
General Availability: May 2024

Feature Details

Prior to this feature, you were limited to creating specifically phrased prompts in Copilot to generate a flow. This feature now enables you to enter less specific prompts. You can simply start by stating a business scenario, your business roles and responsibility, or pain points that you encountered in your work process. In any case, you can easily enter into a conversation-first experience to build flows.

The conversational experience extends the ability to ask Copilot using natural language to create a workflow into the ideation process. For example, Copilot might ask further probing questions to help you form a clear automation plan. This allows you to not only create, but refine, edit, and adjust through follow-up prompts. In addition, if you get errors with your workflow, you can use Copilot to fix them for you.

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New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1
Use Generative AI to Achieve a Process in AI Flows
Receive Intelligent License Recommendations for Admins
Be More Productive with Power Automate and Excel Desktop
View a Power Automate Visual in a Power BI Report
Monitor Performance for Cloud and Desktop Flow Activities
Connect to Other Environments from the Microsoft Dataverse Connector
Push Cloud Flow Execution Data into Application Insights
Use Your Own Encryption Key for Encrypting Data At-Rest for Existing Environments
Create Power Automate Flows in Excel
View Two Action Properties Panes Simultaneously
Use Undo and Redo While You Build Cloud Flows in the Designer
Use Copy-Paste for Container Actions Like Scope, Condition, and Apply to Each
Use a Simplified OData Editor in Actions like Get Items and Get Files
Manage Unpublished Solution-Aware Cloud Flows Using Admin APIs
Cancel all Flow Runs for a Version of a Flow
Create a Flow on a File in Teams
Cloud Flows are Automatically Defined in Dataverse Solutions
Use Workflows on Calendar Events in Teams and Outlook
Create AI Flows in Power Automate
Use Copilot with French Language
Recommendations to Reassign Orphaned Cloud Flows
Generate Descriptions for Cloud Flows using AI
Use Flows with Connections from Users in Copilot Studio
Use Process Mining Microsoft 365 Personal Recommendations
Create and Edit Expressions with Copilot
Get Quick Insights and Recommendations in Copilot for Process Mining
Troubleshoot with Copilot for Cloud Flows Execution
Automate With Ease Using the AI Recorder
Enter into a Conversation-first Copilot Experience to Build Flows
Transform Scripting Using AI-driven Natural Language
Maximize Your Productivity with Generative Answers
Streamline Workflow Creation with the Next Best Action
Generate Flow Description Using AI
Use Natural Language to Create a Flow in Teams
Leverage Desktop Automation with the Power Automate Plugin for Windows Copilot
Set Up Fallback UI Automation Mechanism
Power Fx Integration with Power Automate for Desktop
Use Power Platform Connectors in Power Automate for Desktop Actions
Use CyberArk Credentials in Desktop Flow Connections
Use Azure Key Vault Credentials in Flow Connections
Connect Your Own Virtual Network with Hosted Machine Group
View Attended Desktop Flow Runs Using Picture-in-Picture Execution Mode
Self-heal UI and Browser Automation Actions at Execution with AI
Use the Run Power Fx Expression
Use Python v3 in Power Automate for Desktop
Use Machine to Credential Mapping in Desktop Flow Connections
Create a Reusable Collection of UI Elements
Use Customer-managed Encryption Key for Hosted RPA
Automation Center to Monitor and Manage All Your Automations and Related Assets
Trigger Attended Desktop Flows in Picture-in-Picture
Use Copilot in Automation Center to Analyze Cloud Flow Runs
Trigger Attended Desktop Flows in Picture-in-Picture Mode Through the Power Automate Console
Use Copilot in Automation Center to Analyze Desktop Flow Runs
Use Copilot in Automation Center to Analyze Work Queue Data
Use Copilot in Automation Center to Ask Power Automate Product Questions
Use New Data Table Actions
Use New Excel Actions in Power Automate for Desktop
Use the New Desktop Flow Running Timeout Property
Ingest Process Data from Customers' Data Lake
Scale Faster with Power Automate Process Mining Thin Client App