Författare: Kristine Risberg
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Modern contact centers are sprawling systems. Even when product consolidated as a CCaaS, you might see Azure PSTN calling, direct routing via an SBCaaS and carriers forwarding SIP to Azure-hosted numbers for ACS (yes, I’ve worked with customers using all three infrastructures simultaneously). On top of that, there’s live chat, Exchange-synced email, Copilot Studio agent-run…
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When a case is created directly from a conversation in Dynamics 365, the Case Origin field (caseorigincode) doesn’t always reflect the channel the conversation came from. Instead, it defaults to Web. This is the expected system behaviour; if no default value is set in entity metadata when getting data from Channel Integration Framework, the system…
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Every release wave comes with a flood of excellent community write-ups breaking down what’s new in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. This will not be one of those posts. Instead, I want to take a different spin, not on listing the new features, but on exploring their risk–opportunity balance. The 2025 Wave 2 release is…
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Welcome to “Custom-Fit Customer Service” — a two-part exploration in how core Dynamics 365 Customer Service features, including Copilot, can be used in a custom model-driven app instead of Copilot Service Workspace. Based on a recently worked on customer pilot project, this two-post series highlights what works out of the box, what needs extra attention, and…
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Welcome to “Custom-Fit Customer Service” — a two-part exploration in how core Dynamics 365 Customer Service features, including Copilot, can be used in a custom model-driven app instead of Copilot Service Workspace. Based on a recently worked on customer pilot project, this two-post series highlights what works out of the box, what needs extra attention, and…
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Copilot for Service is undoubtedly one of the most exciting additions to the Dynamics 365 toolkit (says me working almost exclusively with the DCCP). But with great AI power comes great… architectural nuance? If you’ve explored the Copilot experience within a model-driven app, you might have noticed a curious limitation: the sources used for the…
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Recently, I had the privilege of being invited by one of the Solution Architects from the FastTrack team, to provide feedback on the Omnichannel Chat Deep Dive Review; a specialized asset under the broader Dynamics 365 Success by Design framework. As someone who focuses on helping organizations implement and fine-tune their Contact Center experiences using…
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Exploring Telemetry Insights in the D365 Implementation Portal The D365 Implementation Portal has introduced a new feature Telemetry Insights, which promises to give a closer look at how Dynamics 365 applications are performing in real time. The feature went into public preview in 2024, and since then, I’ve enabled it for a couple of environments…
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Microsoft’s vNext platform for D365 Contact Center is a major leap forward in creating a more robust, scalable, and AI-powered contact center experience. With a focus on integration with Microsoft Teams, AI-driven insights, and expanded communication channels, this platform offers significant advantages over its predecessor, Omnichannel for Dynamics 365 Customer Service. But what exactly has…
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Setting up a communication resource for your contact center sounds straightforward, but the process can often feel like a maze of configurations. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps in the Azure portal, highlighting where things can get tricky and where to focus. Let’s break down the process step by step, so you…