So it has been two months since Editable Grids were released (approximately) and there was a great wave of HURRAY's at the time.

For those online, just another awesome plus added to your environment.

For those on premise, it is time to move! Technology is moving too fast not to get into the fast lane so you can help your business stay always current with the latest and greatest options.

If you want to read more about editable grids, Sonoma Partners has a great little write up

In my last post I talked about keeping up with what's coming (https://roadmap.dynamics.com) but I want to talk a little bit more about how I keep up.

One of the tricks is to know and understand the real versioning or the back channel versioning that you can see when you select HELP/ABOUT in the software.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 actually includes all features/functions/updates/service packs of version 8.2.x.xxxx

So consider the growth from the last numerous years 

v1.0.0.0

• v1.2.0.0
• v2.0.0.0
• v3.0.0.0
• v4.0.0.0
• v5.0.0.0
• v6.0.0.0
• v7.0.0.0
• v8.0.0.0
• Etc 

and all the version in between and now we are at v8.2.0.000

 The Microsoft Dynamics team recently posted more insight on this concept of Updates in the following post

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/crminthefield/2017/02/01/podcast-and-overview-december-2016-update-for-dynamics-365-aka-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2016-update-2-0-service-pack-2/ 

I have been working at Microsoft now for four and half years and one of the most awesome benefits of this is the learning culture and we get to attend TechReady and/or watch TechReadyTV. This is a time when internal resources are ramped up on all the latest and greatest and get opportunities to mix and mingle with the various product team members, program managers, visionaries, architects and more. We also get to get our questions answered and to build powerful relationships that help as we work with our clients. Go OneMicrosoft.

So I can't talk about the details, but I can tell you that: Well WOW, you will not believe what is coming on the Dynamics platform and this is also motivation to go look at what was just released in December 2016.

The increased internal recognition and appreciation for Microsoft Dynamics 365 as a powerful line of business application platform and the investment in adding to the platform in the same, great supported manner, just continues to blow me away. I also LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how closely the Dynamics R&D Team members are working with the other R&D teams, like the AZURE Teams and the Office 365  teams and so much more. 

The platform power together and the speed in which it is growing (major options every 6 months), just sends shivers down my back.

 You can keep your eye on the growth at https://roadmap.dynamics.com

Put your learning hat on and Embrace the change and growth.

You love this, you hate that, if only it could do xxxx!!   You can submit your ideas to the team.

Check out the fairly new IDEAS PORTAL.

Help to improve Microsoft Dynamics 365 and its family of products and solutions by discussing ideas, providing suggestions, and giving feedback.

The team behind Dynamics 365 makes time to share, but some times goodies slip under the bridge and out of site. This post is to raise awareness of the CRM Team Blog and some f the goodies on GitHub for cool shares.

Take for instance this post from the awesome Jim Daly!

"I’m pleased to announce we have published two new mobile samples to GitHub.

Both of these samples demonstrate the same ActivityTracker functionality provided by earlier samples. They have been updated to use the Dynamics CRM Web API and they support iOS9 and Android 6 platforms. The iOS application is written using Swift 2, rather than Objective C.

ActivityTracker is a reference scenario for the sample apps. ActivityTracker helps a user quickly search for contacts, access recent contacts and easily report ‘check-in’ activities in CRM. It is designed for sales and customer service professionals to quickly access and update information on the go. With the published source code, the app can be easily modified by developers for your own scenarios and requirements.

For both samples, you will find complete instructions about how to build the sample applications. Find them here:

https://github.com/DynamicsCRM/iOS-Activity-Tracker-for-Dynamics-CRM-Web-API

https://github.com/DynamicsCRM/Android-Activity-Tracker-for-Dynamics-CRM-Web-API

Learn more at https://msdn.microsoft.com/dynamics/crm/mobilesdk.  "

Dynamics 365 (online) users have a great new way to find what they are looking for. Relevance Search brings a powerful Bing-like, global search experience to your mission critical business applications powered by Azure Search!

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