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Ecosystem is flourishing How Microsoft's Customers benefit from this and what Copilot has to do with it
Ecosystem
At the end of 2023, the partner community met in Lyon for the annual Directions conference. The almost 3,000 visitors to the event could benefit from more than 250 different keynote speeches, presentations, discussions and Q&A sessions. Is it any surprise that Microsoft Copilot was particularly in the spotlight?
About AI Functions and the Integration of Copilot in Business Central
The latest AI functionalities and the integration of Microsoft’s AI tool Copilot into Dynamics 365 Business Central were a kind of red thread, which ran through the entire conference. The partner organizations were enthusiastic about the many new possibilities that Copilot offers for integrations into their own add-ons and extensions.
How Microsoft's AI Tool
Copilot could change
the World of Work Three Key Findings from the “2023 Work Trend Index”
Copilot
the World
With the Help of Microsoft Copilot: a complete Redesign of all Dynamics Products in the Future?
The group is convinced that the Copilot tools will be the instrument that enables a complete redesign of all Dynamics products and moving away from the traditional model of “forms over data” and traditional navigation structures. It also offers a new kind of user experience based on interactive communication such as natural language queries.
Planned Innovation from Microsoft: four Key Innovations of the 2024 Release Wave 1 🌊
Microsoft continues to strive for continuous innovation. The planned improvements to Business Central in 2024 Release Wave 1 address four major categories:
- core functionality,
- AI and collaboration
- easy and fast implementation and
- service.
Further interesting Dynamics 365 Apps
Microsoft also announced the provision of further attractive Dynamics 365 apps for existing Business Central Premium customers. The latest ‘Attach’ license offerings for Business Central include add-ons for Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise, Customer Service Enterprise and Field Service. Users of these Dynamics 365 applications can now add Business Central Essentials for just $20 per user per month.
The largest Audience ever at a Directions EMEA: Business Central’s Partner Ecosystem is thriving!
The record attendance at Directions EMEA in 2023 is a clear sign that the Dynamics 365 BC partner ecosystem is working even better than ever before. The number of partners is growing steadily, as is the number of localized versions and the range of available extensions in AppSource.
Localized Versions, local Support and high-quality Knowledge - many Advantages for BC Customers
For current and future BC customers, this means that they will have an even more comprehensive range of available (industry) solutions, specific knowledge and localized versions - backed by local support. Finally, it is very convenient and practical to be supported by a partner channel that is constantly investing in capacity expansion and high-quality knowledge.
