Microsoft News Roundup, October 2021: Industry clouds, Field Service revenue, ISV acquisition, & more

It's about time for another news roundup from our editorial team. We look at new product launches, Microsoft Dynamics and Azure partner news, new sales figures, and some of the most popular article contributions from subject matter experts.

 

Show Notes:

• 0:45 - The launch of Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services set for Nov 1
• 2:00 - Report estimates Dynamics 365 Field Service closing in on $200 million in annual revenue
• 3:45 - Azure for healthcare: Opportunities abound in the cloud
• 5:00 - Microsoft to bolster Cloud for Healthcare with Truveta data platform investment & partnership
• 7:45 - Zuora to run subscription management services on Microsoft Azure, integrate with Dynamics 365 and Power BI
• 10:00 - Akerna expands ERP portfolio with $17 million acquisition of Microsoft ISV 365 Cannabis
• 12:15 - How Microsoft partners are building solutions with Azure Machine Learning
• 13:30 - Updates to Dynamics 365 media and entertainment accelerator adds Teams integration, content workflow support
• 14:30 - Microsoft's Power Apps Portals customers were exposing millions of private records, security firm reveals And related discussion at MSDW:
• • Portals Community Call, September 2021: Securing Power Apps Portals
  • Portals Community Call, August 2021: Using React with Power Apps Portals
• 19:15 - Features roundup
• • How Microsoft customers should prepare for intelligent edge investment
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Training Insights, Session 11: e-Commerce
  • My favorite new features coming to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service in 2021 release wave 2
  • Power Platform 2021 Release Wave 2: Experts note developer improvements, simplified Dataverse access