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Today, we’re announcing that use rights for Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises) will be retired on June 30, 2022. If your organization is currently using an on-premises version, this blog post gives you information to help you understand and plan for this change.
Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises) allows organizations to install and run Field Service version 7 and applications on computers located on site rather than as a service in the cloud. On-premises implementations of the Field Service application will no longer be supported after June 30, 2022.
If your organization is currently using Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises), you’ll need to migrate to Dynamics 365 Field Service.
Yes. The Dynamics 365 Migration Program is available to assist our customers with migrating from on-premises to the cloud. If you have questions specifically related to a Field Service migration, send us an email.
Field Service Mobile (Xamarin) is also being retired June 30, 2022, and it will no longer be available. For more information about the Field Service mobile apps, go to the documentation.
Licensing for Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises) is provided through dual use licenses, per the Dynamics 365 on-premises licensing guide. Organizations currently using Field Service licenses for on-premises implementations can use those same licenses for Field Service online.
Availability of Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises) will end June 30, 2022.
The download package to install Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises) will no longer be available after Dec 31, 2021.
If you’ve already installed the on-premises version, it will still be available for your organization. However, new installations of Field Service (on-premises) will no longer be available from Microsoft. Also, the Field Service Mobile application that works with Field Service (on-premises) will be retired and no longer available after June 30, 2022.
The geographic regions where the Dynamics 365 sovereign cloud and Dynamics 365 Field Service are available is described in the Infrastructure and availability PDF.
Yes. The on-premises version will need to be updated through a proven upgrade process to the latest online version of Dynamics 365 Field Service.
No. This change does not apply to other Dynamics 365 on-premises apps.
If you have any questions about this change, or need help with planning your Field Service (on-premises) migration, send us an email and we’ll connect you with the best resources to help you move forward.
Learn more about Dynamics 365 Field Service capabilities in the documentation.
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Today, consumers are demanding more products and services from retailers in a rapidly evolving number of delivery modes. At the same time, retailers are increasingly asking, “how can we go faster” as they work to refine their retail playbook. To meet the demands of the future of their businesses, retailers must consider how to leverage interoperable ecosystems to enable frictionless processes from order source through orchestration to intelligent fulfillment and delivery. The industry has not overlooked this truth, with Gartner predicting that by 2023, organizations that have adopted a composable approach will outpace the competition by 80 percent1 in the speed of new initiative implementation.
Against the backdrop of these challenges, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management provides the dexterity companies require to accept orders from any source, automate orchestration actions across multiple pathways, and flexibly fulfill and deliverall in harmony with a growing ecosystem of leading service providers.
Order source systems are the intake valves that represent the sources of the orders that you need to fulfill. These sources can vary not only from one merchant to another but dynamically as buying trends fluctuate and new marketplaces come online.
Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management delivers the flexibility required to rapidly scale and incorporate new sources of order intake, whether these sources are business partners, wholesale customers, distributors, or franchises. This is what Intelligent Order Management’s partnership with Magento from Adobe is all about. The pre-built connector for Intelligent Order Management will give your customers the buying options they desire while allowing for order fulfillment from anywhere: be that online, in-store, curbside, or locker pickup.
Another partnership we are excited to introduce is BigCommerce. The pre-built connector for Intelligent Order Management will enable a real-time flow of all orders generated through the BigCommerce platform to route them to a single order orchestration platform. The combination creates a streamlined and efficient data flow that provides a harmonious online shopping experience across the entire customer journeyfrom processing to management and finally to the fulfillment of the product.
Retailers can go faster by leveraging this new and expanding ecosystem of leading service providers. With these new tools powering the future of their retail supply chains, brand owners gain real-time visibility into each step of the order journey and fulfillment insights in real-time through customizable and integrated dashboards that enable their supply chain team to overcome constraints and improve operational efficiency.
Intelligent Order Management is also partnering with service providers like Krber (formerly Warehouse Advantage) to provide seamless end-to-end supply chain experiences for retailers around the world. Krber is a supply chain software provider that empowers organizations to scale their operations on a global level and keep their inventory moving.
Krber’s supply chain flagship warehouse management solution is known for its flexibility and ease of configuration to adapt to changing business needs. In a world that changes constantly, the dexterity to adjust business processes as necessary has become top of mind for retailers looking to compete in today’s ultra-competitive environment. With the pre-built connector for Intelligent Order Management, organizations can use the order information, optimize orchestration, and facilitate strategic sourcing and slotting to mitigate wasted movement and expedited fulfillment.
Together, Intelligent Order Management and Krber empowers users to streamline orders through to executionsaving retailers time, optimizing throughput, and increasing visibility from order to fulfillment.
Another fulfillment and delivery partnership that we are proud to highlight is with Flexe. With the pre-built connector for Intelligent Order Management, organizations can quickly extend to include a team of logistic experts that are dedicated to supporting their businessday in, day out. Microsoft’s partnership with Flexe also provides retailers with access to the largest scalable network of warehouse and fulfillment service providers. This is the beauty and simplicity of Microsoft Power Platform that runs Intelligent Order Management. If you need it, simply connect it through our powerful and intuitive, drag and drop order orchestration designer interface.
As a trusted Microsoft partner and vendor for more than a decade, Vertex, Inc. is a leading global provider of indirect tax software and solutions that integrate with Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 suite. With the pre-built connector for Intelligent Order Management, customers get complete access to Vertex’s tax solutions. Vertex’s innovative solution enables customers to benefit from the automatic posting of sales and use tax and VAT with comprehensive business process support.
“As we collaborate with the team at Microsoft, we remain focused on our mission to deliver the most trusted tax technology, enabling our joint global customers to transact, comply and grow with confidence,” said Nichole Prendergast, Global Partner Leader at Vertex, Inc. “The integration of our tax solutions with Intelligent Order Management is a natural extension of modern supply chain management which requires optimizing tax strategies and efficiency as much as inventory management.”
As we have highlighted with the partnerships announced here, Intelligent Order Management helps businesses go faster by adapting rapidly to complex environments successfully. It gives retailers the ability to get up and running quickly using a range of connectors to existing business applications, order sources, and fulfillment providers. Our next steps are to roll out additional capabilities for Intelligent Order Management in the coming months, including more pre-built connectors, as we continue to develop our partner ecosystem of best-of-breed applications that enhance your ability to capitalize on new order management solutions quickly.
Learn more about how Intelligent Order Management helps companies adapt quickly and fulfill efficiently in this recent blog post or dig deeper into Intelligent Order Management by watching this MyIgnite session on intelligent fulfillment orchestration for optimized delivery.
1- Gartner, Composable Commerce Must Be Adopted for the Future of Applications, Mike Lowndes, Sandy Shen, 18 June 2020
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We believe the future of work is hybrid and that the leaders of tomorrow will be the ones that empower their people to collaborate and be productive from anywhere, at any time. Earlier this month, we shared several new innovations to Microsoft Teams Rooms, Fluid, and Microsoft Viva designed to help people connect, engage, and…
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If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that organizations must be resilient, and technology has been more critical to that resilience than ever before. The global pandemic accelerated digital transformation in ways never before imagined, and we are honored and humbled that so many of you chose Windows as the platform for that transformation.…
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As we’ve learned over the past year, building a resilient supply chain is more important than ever. 94 percent of Fortune 1000 companies have reported supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of C-suite executives at manufacturing companies said their company either had no formal strategy or were taking an ad-hoc approach to digitization.
In this turbulent environment, resilience is a key theme for manufacturers. A recent survey found that the majority of supply chain leaders are planning to increase resilience, including many who said they would increase resilience even at the expense of short-term savings. Manufacturers are working hard to manage risk and costs, keep employees safe, and minimize operational disruption in order to keep manufacturing running smoothly for businesses and consumers.
To accomplish this, they need help accelerating the transformation of not only their operations but all aspects of their end-to-end business. As a Microsoft partner, you can help your manufacturing customers build a resilient supply chain using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, which provides companies with end-to-end supply chain visibility as well as agility in planning, sourcing, and distribution processes, so they can adapt to disruptions quickly and ensure business continuity.
This year, at Hannover Messe Digital Edition, we showcased new Dynamics 365 capabilities to help companies easily scale production and distribution, keep critical processes running, and ensure continuity on the frontlines of manufacturing. Now is a great time for you as a Microsoft partner to leverage these solutions and capabilities to help your manufacturing customers develop a resilient supply chain.
EY India is a great example of a Microsoft partner that has helped its customer, Wonder Cement, develop resilience by transitioning to the cloud with Dynamics 365. When COVID-19 forced them to work remotely last year, Wonder Cement was ready to pivot, and with more streamlined business processes, the company was able to reduce risk.
Headquartered in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Wonder Cement is among India’s largest cement producers. But the family-owned company believes that its business is much more than state-of-the-art cement production. Wonder Cement keeps its customers and the greater community at the forefront of everything it does.
That intense customer focus has propelled Wonder Cement, the youngest player in the Indian cement market, to one of the top three brands in the country. “People who buy from us once buy from us forever,” says Sanjay Joshi, Executive Director at Wonder Cement. “We have a deep emotional connection with our customers.”
As Wonder Cement has grown, the company has relied on innovative data technologies to help keep those close customer connections strong. In 2014, the company deployed Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, now known as Dynamics 365 Finance + Operations (on-premises).
Wonder Cement was pleased with the solution, but as the company’s needs changed, they decided to make the move to cloud-based Dynamics 365. “As our prominence in the industry has grown, operations have become much more complex, and our need for data has exploded,” Joshi said. “We chose Dynamics 365 because we wanted to focus our time and energy on what we do best.”
Wonder Cement chose Microsoft partner EY India, which is part of the global consultancy EY, and the Microsoft FastTrack for Dynamics 365 team, to help them implement the solution. “With the EY and FastTrack for Dynamics 365 teams helping us, we were able to address any challenges,” said Arun Attri, Vice President of IT at Wonder Cement.
“Wonder Cement wanted to embrace the cloud computing trend and new technologies to unlock further opportunities,” said Yatin Patil, who is a partner at EY. “Technology is at the forefront of this transformation agenda. One of the foundational requirements at Wonder Cement was embracing cloud technology, along with new edge digital technologies like IoT and RFID.”
According to Patil, the EY team laid out a roadmap for digital transformation, deploying Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and Dynamics 365 Finance. “It wasn’t just a platform upgrade,” Patil said. “We took advantage of the opportunity to examine, question, and greatly improve our processes by leveraging the new functionality in Dynamics 365. The out-of-the-box analytics in Dynamics 365 that link to Power BI was a critical component to democratize information to stakeholders.”
EY’s experience working with multiple cement-related businesses proved to be invaluable in helping Wonder Cement reengineer the company’s processes. “EY has a lot of process experience,” Attri said. “The EY team helped us think about our processes in new and different ways, cutting out unneeded steps and improving our methods.”
The transition to Dynamics 365 has led to process improvements across every part of the company. Inventory visibility has improved, and data management and reporting challenges have been significantly reduced. The company has also eliminated many third-party licenses, consolidating its software spend.
“The cement manufacturing process hasn’t changed over the past 70 years,” Joshi said. “The differentiation comes in our ability to market and sell to our customers. Dynamics 365 goes far beyond simply recording transactionswe now have a deep understanding of what’s happening in our business.”
That visibility translates to a range of practical, real-world benefits. “We save 80 to 85 percent of the time we used to spend on moving data from the production system to our ERP now that everything runs on Dynamics 365,” Attri said. “That’s a huge win for our company.”
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