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Fabric SQL Database - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn what a Fabric SQL Database is, how it compares to Azure SQL, how mirroring works, and how it powers your analytics without extra pipelines. Fabric and SQL sound like two different things, but…
Power Platform Solutions - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn how Power Platform solutions work. Master managed and unmanaged modes, environment deployment, publishers, prefixes, and application lifecycle management. The app you spent months building can…
Azure Resource Graph - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn Azure Resource Graph in plain language. Discover how to query, filter, and inventory thousands of cloud resources using Kusto Query Language. Azure Resource Graph is a service inside Azure that…
Azure Databricks - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn what Azure Databricks actually is, how Apache Spark powers it, and when to use Lakehouse architectures over traditional data warehouses. Apache Spark started as a research project at a…
Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn how Azure Management Groups and subscriptions work. Master cloud governance, permissions, and hierarchy to keep your Azure environment organized. Every Azure story starts the same way, with one…
Azure Lighthouse - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn how Azure Lighthouse lets MSPs and enterprises manage multiple Azure tenants securely without sharing passwords, using roles and delegations. An outside company can manage your Azure setup…
Azure App Service - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Master Azure App Service with our plain-English guide. Learn how App Service plans, pricing tiers, deployment slots, and scaling work to avoid costly traps. The tier you pick on Azure App Service…
SPF, DKIM and DMARC - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn how SPF, DKIM and DMARC work together in Microsoft 365 to stop email spoofing, prevent Business Email Compromise, and secure your domain. Anyone with a laptop can send email that pretends to be…
Azure Reservations and Savings Plans - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn the difference between Azure Reservations and Savings Plans. Discover how to cut cloud costs, choose the right term, and avoid wasted spending. Normally the cloud bills you after the fact. You…
Azure Machine Learning - Simply Explained
2026-10-21 · S4
Learn how Azure Machine Learning simplifies building, training, and deploying ML models in the cloud. Demystify workspaces, data, compute, and MLOps. Machine learning is a program that finds patterns…
MQTT and OPC UA in Microsoft Manufacturing: Azure IoT Operations + Fabric Architecture
2026-10-20 · S4
UNTANGLING THE PLANT FLOOR: MQTT vs OPC UA & THE TRUTH ABOUT DISCONNECTED MANUFACTURING DATAWhy are modern factories still running on manual exports and guesswork despite having ERP, MES, and Azure…
Your Machine Data Never Becomes a Decision. Here's the Missing Pipeline.
2026-10-20 · S4
REPLACING THE EXCEL BOTTLENECK: BUILDING A REAL-TIME DECISION PIPELINE A modern factory is a hive of real-time data, with sensors, controllers, and supervisory systems tracking every machine state…
From Sensor to Dashboard: The MQTT Pipeline Through Azure IoT Hub
2026-10-19 · S4
Learn how to build an MQTT pipeline through Azure IoT Hub to move factory sensor data reliably from the edge to cloud dashboards and analytics. When a machine stops, a planner needs more than a red…
Azure DPS: Why Provisioning 100,000 IoT Devices Is an Architecture Problem
2026-10-19 · S4
Learn why provisioning 100,000 IoT devices is an architecture problem. Master Azure DPS, device identity, trust boundaries, and secure fleet management. Provisioning ten devices on a shop floor is…
Digital Twins on Azure: What Should You Actually Model?
2026-10-18 · S4
Cut through vendor hype and learn what to model first with Digital Twins on Azure. Discover how to solve real plant problems instead of collecting noise. Welcome to a brand-new episode where we cut…
What Happens When Sales Promises an Urgent Order
2026-10-11
An urgent customer request sounds simple: sales promises a fast delivery date, marks the order as priority, and asks production to fit it in. But the new order does not enter an empty factory. It…
Why AI Can't Optimize a Factory It Doesn't Understand
2026-10-09 · S4
A machine stops in the middle of production. ERP knows the customer orders and due dates, MES knows which operation stopped, maintenance knows the repair status, and the machine layer knows the fault…
Production Schedule Optimization - How to Build Better Production Schedules
2026-10-09 · S4
A production schedule can look correct while the factory has already moved on. A machine runs slower than expected, a setup takes longer, material is still waiting for release, or an urgent order…
What Is an Industrial Data Model
2026-10-08 · S4
A factory can collect enormous amounts of data and still struggle to answer a basic operational question: what does this event actually affect? ERP knows customer orders, materials, planned dates…
How Machine Data Reaches Microsoft Fabric - From OPC UA to Real-Time Analytics
2026-10-07 · S4
Getting machine alarms, sensor values, production counters, and fault events into the cloud is easier than ever. OPC UA exposes the machine signal, an edge layer collects it, MQTT can distribute it…
Connectivity Is Not Integration — Why Your Connected Factory Still Can't Answer the Right Questions
2026-10-06 · S4
A connected factory can move machine signals in milliseconds and still fail to answer the operational questions that actually matter. A packaging machine stops, the PLC reports the fault, OPC UA…
Why Continuous Improvement Needs Better Data
2026-10-04 · S4
Continuous improvement is supposed to create learning that compounds over time. In many factories, however, improvement work still depends heavily on workshops, spreadsheets, isolated reports, and…
IoT Hub Message Routing vs Event Grid — Why Telemetry and Events Are Not the Same Problem
2026-10-02 · S4
A temperature reading, a vibration sample, a machine cycle, and a device disconnect may all be described as events, but they do not represent the same architectural problem. In industrial IoT and…
Building Azure That Survives the Real World — with Mike Martin [MVP]
2026-10-01 · S2
Azure architecture looks easy when everything works.The real test starts when dependencies fail, regions become unavailable, traffic spikes, assumptions turn out to be wrong, requirements change, and…
Why Your Production Schedule Is Wrong Before It Even Starts
2026-09-28 · S4
Your production schedule can look perfectly reasonable when it leaves the ERP system. Order dates line up, routing times make sense, capacity appears available, and material status suggests that…
Microsoft 365 Copilot Without the Hype: Adoption, Governance & Getting Your Tenant Ready with Paul Keijzers [MVP]
2026-09-24 · S2
Microsoft 365 Copilot can help people find information and get work done faster, but its answers depend on the content and permissions already in an organization’s Microsoft 365 tenant. In this…
When Microsoft Messaging Looks Secure but Isn’t — Exchange Server, Hybrid and Microsoft 365 Security with Thomas Stensitzki [MVP]
2026-09-24 · S2
Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft 365 make it possible to run powerful messaging environments, but moving email to the cloud does not automatically make it secure. In this episode of the M365 Show…
Content Understanding & Document AI - Simply Explained
2026-09-18 · S3
Learn how Microsoft Content Understanding, Document AI, and Power Platform transform unstructured PDFs, invoices, and forms into reliable business data. Invoices, contracts, receipts, forms, scanned…
IoT Hub Message Routing vs Event Grid — Why Telemetry and Events Are Not the Same Problem
2026-09-18 · S4
A temperature reading, a vibration sample, a machine cycle, and a device disconnect may all be described as events, but they do not represent the same architectural problem. In industrial IoT and…
The 5 Pillars of Data Transformation - Simply Explained
2026-09-17 · S3
AI was supposed to clear the backlog, accelerate decisions, and give every team a smarter way to work. Instead, many organizations now have Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, AI agents…
Your Factory Cloud Bill Is Much Higher Than You Think
2026-09-17 · S4
Cloud storage may look cheap. Sending factory data to the cloud may look cheap. But the real cloud bill often starts when that data begins moving. In this episode, we break down the hidden costs…
From Financial Data to AI-Ready Decisions: Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Semantic Models & AI Agents with Rishi Sapra [MVP]
2026-09-16 · S2
What happens when AI agents start making sense of financial and business data — not just displaying it?In this episode of M365.FM, Mirko Peters talks with Rishi Sapra Microsoft MVP about the…
Why Your ERP Can't Build an Optimal Production Schedule
2026-09-16 · S4
Your ERP can calculate production dates, explode demand through MRP, manage routings, inventory, purchase orders, and production orders. But that does not automatically mean it can create a…
Production Planning Software: When Does a Manufacturer Actually Need It?
2026-09-16 · S4
When does a manufacturer actually need dedicated production planning software? It is not when the company reaches a certain size. It is not when Excel suddenly becomes “unprofessional.” And it is…
Can You Simulate Your Factory Before Changing It?
2026-09-16 · S4
What happens when you change a factory before you know how the rest of the production system will react? Adding a shift, buying a new machine, reducing buffers, changing staffing, or accepting a…
APS Software vs. ERP: What's the Difference?
2026-09-15 · S4
Manufacturers often rely on https://www.m365.fm/categories/dynamics-talk/ systems to manage orders, materials, inventory, purchasing, production orders, and financial transactions. But when a machine…
Constraint-Based Scheduling: The Architecture That Makes Production Plans Real
2026-09-15 · S4
Your ERP says the customer order ships on Friday. The work order is released. The routing looks correct. Capacity appears available. Everything looks fine in the planning report. Then Monday morning…
A Machine Goes Down. How Should Your Production Plan React?
2026-09-15 · S4
A machine goes down. Maintenance receives the alarm. The operator stops production. The MES records an interrupted operation. But your ERP may still believe that the machine has capacity. And your…
Can Value Stream Mapping Become a Live Data Model?
2026-09-15 · S4
Value Stream Mapping has been one of the most useful tools in Lean Manufacturing for understanding how material, information, and decisions move through a production system.But traditional Value…
How Finite Capacity Scheduling Actually Works in Manufacturing
2026-09-14 · S4
Your ERP says the production order should finish next Thursday. The routing looks correct. Material is planned. Everything appears under control. Then you walk onto the shop floor and discover the…
Why Your Critical Path Changes When Production Changes
2026-09-13 · S4
A production plan can look perfectly reasonable — until production actually starts.One machine runs late. A material release slips. A qualified operator becomes unavailable. A quality inspection…
How AI Changed Software Development Forever — Building the Agentic Future with Andre Baltieri [MVP]
2026-09-03 · S2
Artificial intelligence is changing software development at a speed we have rarely seen before.Developers have already moved from writing every line of code themselves to working with AI assistants…
Copilot Inherits Your Mess: Modernizing Microsoft 365 for AI with Richard Harbridge [MVP]
2026-09-03 · S2
Microsoft 365 Copilot doesn’t arrive in a clean Microsoft 365 tenant. It arrives in an environment that organizations have been building for years — full of SharePoint sites, Teams, OneDrive content…
Architecting Power Platform for Complex Enterprise Solutions with Ian Tweedie [MVP]
2026-09-03 · S2
Microsoft Power Platform is often described as a low-code platform. But what happens when the applications you build become business-critical, highly integrated, and too complex for a simple…
Microsoft 365 Copilot: What Actually Makes People More Productive with Adrian Espes [MVP]
2026-08-30 · S2
Does Microsoft 365 Copilot really make people more productive?In this episode of the M365 FM podcast, Mirko Peters speaks with Microsoft MVP Adrian Espes about what Copilot actually delivers in…
How Microsoft 365 & Copilot Are Redesigning the Way We Work with Tracy van der Schyff [MVP]
2026-08-29 · S2
Microsoft 365 has given organizations more tools than ever to communicate, collaborate, automate, and manage information. Now https://www.m365.fm/categories/copilot-talk/ adds an entirely new layer…
Stop Reinventing SPFx- Building Better SharePoint Solutions with PnP React Controls with Siddharth Vaghasia [MVP]
2026-08-27 · S2
Modern SharePoint development does not mean building every component from scratch. In https://www.m365.fm/siddharth-vaghasia/ of the M365 FM Podcast, Mirko Peters talks with Microsoft MVP Siddharth…
SharePoint Isn't Boring Anymore: How Copilot Is Reinventing the Modern Workplace with Marcin Siewnicki [MVP]
2026-08-27 · S2
For years, SharePoint has carried a reputation for complicated document libraries, outdated intranets, confusing navigation, too many sites, and information that employees simply cannot find. But…
Microsoft Fabric End-to-End: From Raw Data to Business Decisions with Amit Chandak [MVP]
2026-08-25 · S2
https://www.m365.fm/microsoft-fabric-simply-explained/ brings data engineering, analytics, business intelligence, governance and increasingly https://www.m365.fm/categories/copilot-talk/ together in…
Beyond Copilot: Building Enterprise AI Agents That Actually Work with Copilot Studio with Manpreet Singh [MVP-MCT]
2026-08-24 · S2
Enterprise AI is moving beyond chatbots that simply answer questions. The next generation of AI agents can understand business context, connect to enterprise systems, orchestrate workflows, and take…
From Copilot Rollout to AI Workplace: Adoption, Agents & Real Business Value with Christoffer Besler Hansen [MVP]
2026-08-23 · S3
https://www.m365.fm/categories/copilot-talk/ has moved beyond the question of “What can generative AI do?” The harder challenge is now turning AI into something thousands of employees actually use…
Dynamics 365 Business Central AL Development
2026-08-22 · S3
Business Central handles finance, customers, sales orders, inventory, and invoices out of the box. But what happens when your company needs one additional field, a custom approval step, a new…
Azure Local and Landing Zones: How to Build Hybrid Cloud the Right Way with Christoffer Klarskov Jakobsen [MVP]
2026-08-22 · S2
What happens when your cloud strategy cannot live entirely in the public cloud? Organizations are modernizing infrastructure with Azure, platform services, Infrastructure as Code, automated…
Dynamics 365 Dual-write - Simply Explained
2026-08-22 · S3
A salesperson updates a customer address in https://www.m365.fm/categories/power-platform-talk/ Sales. Later, someone in finance opens the same customer and still sees the old address. Which one is…
Dynamics 365 Accounts Payable - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
A supplier invoice arrives. The goods may already be sitting in your warehouse or the service may already be complete—but what actually needs to happen before money leaves the company?…
Dynamics 365 Virtual Entities - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
What happens when your sales team works in https://www.m365.fm/categories/power-platform-talk/, but inventory lives in a warehouse system, invoices live in finance, and product information lives in…
Dynamics 365 Product Information Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
What happens when sales, purchasing, warehouse teams, and your online store all have different information about the same product? A supplier changes a specification, one spreadsheet gets updated…
Dynamics 365 Master Planning - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
A customer wants 100 bicycles next month. You already have some finished bicycles in stock, wheels are arriving from a supplier, frames are stored somewhere else, and your production line is booked…
Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
A customer clicks Buy, but the product could be sitting in a central warehouse, a nearby store, another legal entity, or with a fulfillment partner. The customer doesn't care about that complexity.…
Dynamics 365 Business Central Extensions - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
https://www.m365.fm/categories/dynamics-talk/ Business Central already provides capabilities for finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, projects, and other core business processes. But no two…
Dynamics 365 Accounts Receivable - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
You made the sale and sent the invoice—but when does the money actually reach your account, and what happens when it doesn't? https://www.m365.fm/categories/dynamics-talk/ Accounts Receivable…
Dynamics 365 Procurement and Sourcing - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
What happens when someone at work needs a new laptop, raw materials for production, safety equipment, consulting services, or even a cleaning contract? In many organizations, purchasing still…
Dynamics 365 Warehouse Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
Dynamics 365 Warehouse Management turns inventory records into guided physical work on the warehouse floor. Knowing that 200 units exist is only the beginning. Warehouse teams need to know exactly…
Dynamics 365 Transportation Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-21 · S3
Dynamics 365 Transportation Management connects the movement of physical goods with sales orders, purchase orders, warehouse operations, carriers, routes, rates, loads, and freight costs. Instead of…
Extending Microsoft 365 Copilot: Agents, MCP & Production-Grade AI with Yves Habersaat [MVP]
2026-08-21 · S2
https://www.m365.fm/categories/copilot-talk/ is moving far beyond prompt engineering. As organizations adopt AI more seriously, the challenge becomes connecting Copilot and…
GitHub Copilot, Clean Context, Automated Testing & AI Coding Agents with Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen [MVP]
2026-08-20 · S2
Related M365.FM resources: For more on AI coding agents and clean repository context, see https://www.m365.fm/blog/copilot-not-responding-troubleshooting-guide-for-microsoft-users/ and…
Dynamics 365 Asset Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-20 · S3
Related M365.FM resources: To explore connected https://www.m365.fm/categories/dynamics-talk/ capabilities, see https://www.m365.fm/dynamics-365-supply-chain-management-simply-explained/…
Dynamics 365 Dataverse Integration - Simply Explained
2026-08-20 · S3
Dynamics 365 Dataverse Integration is easier to understand once you stop thinking about Dynamics 365 and Dataverse as two completely separate systems that constantly need to synchronize customer…
Dynamics 365 Inventory Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-19 · S3
Dynamics 365 Inventory Management gives businesses one shared record for the products, materials, parts, and other stock moving through their organization. Instead of purchasing, warehouse, sales…
Dynamics 365 Financial Reporting - Simply Explained
2026-08-19
Dynamics 365 Financial Reporting turns the financial data already posted in Dynamics 365 Finance into structured reports that finance teams, managers, auditors, and executives can actually use.…
Dynamics 365 General Ledger - Simply Explained
2026-08-19 · S3
Dynamics 365 General Ledger provides the central financial record behind Dynamics 365 Finance. Customer payments, supplier invoices, inventory movements, payroll, bank transactions, taxes, accruals…
Dynamics 365 Autonomous Agents - Simply Explained
2026-08-19 · S3
Dynamics 365 Autonomous Agents move AI beyond answering questions and generating content. Instead of waiting for someone to prompt them, autonomous agents can watch for specific business events…
Dynamics 365 Case Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-19 · S3
Dynamics 365 Case Management gives customer service teams one central place to manage customer issues from the first contact through resolution. Instead of information being scattered across emails…
Licensing, Security & Management: Making Microsoft 365 Defender and Intune Work Together with Videsh Chavan
2026-08-19 · S2
Microsoft 365 licensing is often treated as a procurement problem: choose E3, E5, E7 or a collection of add-ons, assign the licenses, and move on. But licensing decisions directly influence security…
Dynamics 365 Agents - Simply Explained
2026-08-19 · S3
Dynamics 365 Agents take AI beyond answering questions and generating drafts. Instead of waiting for someone to ask https://www.m365.fm/categories/copilot-talk/ for help, agents can respond to…
Dynamics 365 Copilot - Simply Explained
2026-08-19 · S3
Dynamics 365 Copilot brings AI directly into the business processes and records people already use across Dynamics 365. Instead of spending time searching through customer histories, sales…
Dynamics 365 Opportunity Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-19 · S3
Dynamics 365 Opportunity Management gives sales teams a structured way to manage serious sales conversations from the first qualified interest through to a clear outcome: won or lost. Instead of…
Dynamics 365 Knowledge Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-18 · S3
Dynamics 365 Knowledge Management helps customer service teams create a single, trusted source of knowledge that agents can use while supporting customers. Instead of searching through old emails…
Dynamics 365 Omnichannel - Simply Explained
2026-08-18 · S3
A customer starts a website chat because an order has not arrived. They explain the problem, provide the order number, and answer several questions. Later, they call the company—and the person on the…
Dynamics 365 Relationship Intelligence - Simply Explained
2026-08-18 · S3
A Dynamics 365 Sales opportunity can look healthy on paper. The deal is still open, the estimated close date is in the future, and the timeline contains emails, meetings, calls, and tasks. But there…
Dynamics 365 Forecasting - Simply Explained
2026-08-18 · S3
Dynamics 365 Forecasting helps sales teams answer one of the most important questions in business: are we going to hit our sales target? Instead of collecting numbers from spreadsheets, emails, and…
Dynamics 365 Customer Service Workspace - Simply Explained
2026-08-18 · S3
A customer sends an email, starts a chat, calls support, or contacts a company through another service channel. When an agent picks up that request, they need the complete customer story quickly.…
AI Turns Integration into an Organism as a Service — How Azure Logic Apps Are Changing Enterprise Integration with Sonny Gillissen [MVP]
2026-08-18 · S3
Enterprise integration is everywhere, yet most people only notice it when something stops working. Applications need to communicate, APIs need to exchange information, ERP systems need to connect…
Dynamics 365 Remote Assist - Simply Explained
2026-08-18 · S3
A machine stops in the middle of a shift. The technician standing beside it can see the problem, but the person with the deepest knowledge of that machine may be hundreds or thousands of kilometers…
Dynamics 365 Unified Routing - Simply Explained
2026-08-18 · S3
When a customer sends a chat message, email, phone request, or support case, they usually expect one thing: the right person should help them as quickly as possible. But customer service becomes…
Dynamics 365 Guides - Simply Explained
2026-08-17 · S3
Imagine standing beside a large industrial machine and seeing the next repair instruction appear directly beside the panel you need to open. Instead of putting down your tools, walking back to a…
Dynamics 365 Sales Insights - Simply Explained
2026-08-17 · S3
How many sales opportunities disappear because somebody intended to follow up but lost the email, missed the task, or simply forgot? Modern sales teams rarely suffer from a lack of customer data.…
Dynamics 365 Sales Accelerator - Simply Explained
2026-08-17 · S3
Salespeople rarely struggle because they do not have enough tasks. The real challenge is deciding which customer deserves attention next, what action should happen, and what context is needed before…
Dynamics 365 Human Resources - Simply Explained
2026-08-17 · S3
HR teams manage some of the most important and sensitive information inside an organization. Employee records, organizational structures, leave requests, benefits, compensation information, skills…
When Azure SQL Becomes an Application Platform- APIs, Automation and AI with Dirceu Resende
2026-08-17 · S2
Most developers think of a database as the place where an application stores information. Tables, transactions, indexes, stored procedures, reporting, backups, and reliable data storage are the…
Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Data - Simply Explained
2026-08-17 · S3
What happens when the same customer appears in three different systems—and every system tells a different story?Sales sees an open opportunity. Customer service sees recent complaints. Marketing sees…
Dynamics 365 Commerce - Simply Explained
2026-08-17 · S3
A customer discovers a jacket online, checks whether it is available in a nearby store, orders it for pickup, and later returns it at another location. From the customer's perspective, this should be…
Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Simply Explained
2026-08-16 · S3
Customer projects can become complicated quickly. Sales has the customer relationship and quote. Project managers have schedules and tasks. Resource managers need to know who is available.…
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management - Simply Explained
2026-08-16 · S3
Modern supply chains are complex. Materials move between suppliers, warehouses, factories, distribution centers, carriers, and customers, while purchasing teams, production planners, warehouse…
Dynamics 365 Finance - Simply Explained
2026-08-16 · S3
Imagine a finance team trying to answer what sounds like a simple question: How much money can we spend this month? One employee opens a spreadsheet. Somebody else checks the bank balance. A manager…
From Garage Band to Symphony Orchestra- How Microsoft 365 Governance Creates Harmony at Scale — with Heiko Brenn
2026-08-16 · S3
Microsoft 365 can begin like a garage band. A few people collaborate, everybody knows what the others are doing, Teams are created when needed, SharePoint sites appear naturally, and external guests…
Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Simply Explained
2026-08-16 · S3
Imagine contacting a company about a missing order through web chat. The automated assistant cannot solve the problem, so you call instead. The phone agent asks for your order number, your address…
Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Journeys - Simply Explained
2026-08-16 · S3
What exactly is Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys? Is it simply Microsoft's tool for sending marketing emails, or is it something much larger? In many organizations, Marketing sends emails…
Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Simply Explained
2026-08-15 · S3
A customer buys from your company, signs up for emails, downloads a guide, visits your website, and later contacts support. How much of that history can the employee speaking with them actually see?…
Dynamics 365 Field Service - Simply Explained
2026-08-15 · S3
A heating system stops working, and the customer wants it repaired today. But getting somebody to the customer is only part of the problem. The dispatcher needs to find a technician who is nearby…