The Power Platform 2023 Release Wave 1 has a whole bunch of new and exciting features. In this post, we will look at 5 new early access features you can turn on right now. Note these are pre-release features and not to be used just yet in production environments.
1. See Which Colleagues are Viewing the Same Records as You
This feature can be turned on by going to the Settings->Collaboration:
Now, on the form, we see icons of which users are looking at the same record, in the case below the user sees 2 users:
According to the documentation, “This feature applies to all entities, including custom tables, and is enabled by default”.
2. Improved UX for Sharing Records
The Share button has been revamped. When a user selects the button, it displays 3 options:
- Email link
- Copy link
- Manage access
Manage records gives us a nice interface to select users/teams and then the permissions to the record:
3. Focused Mode for Sales Views
Focused mode is useful to help prioritize Dynamics 365 lists in an optimized and beautiful experience. To enter focused mode, click on the Focused View button:
Here, we see a list of records displayed as cards. There is a search box to filter records:
The user can enter into the search box to filter the records directly:
And also select the filter and sort buttons:
Filter:
Sort:
To get to Settings, select:
From here you can customize various things:
4. Pipeline View for Opportunities
The pipeline view for opportunities helps you visualize and prioritize opportunities. To access it, select Opportunities->Show As->Pipeline View:
The view is opened:
Users can interact with visualizations and records:
5. Improved In-App Notifications
To enable this, in the model-driven app turn on In-app Notifications:
The notification appears as a toast:
And also when clicking on the bell icon:
What’s cool now is when a notification is created it will be delivered in real-time as opposed to being dependent on user navigation. Also, 2 new action types on the notification will be added. Previously URLs were supported, now the new release will support opening an app side pane with context and a Teams chat related to a record.
Hopefully you will be able to make use of these exciting new features. Don’t forget to also check out SharePoint Integration with Virtual Tables and Power Automate Natural Language and Approval Flows too.
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