News Roundup, November 2020

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On this episode we catch up on some of the top headlines and contributed articles from the last month, including highlights of the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2020 release wave 2, new industry-focused business apps directly from Microsoft, new Teams integration for Business Central, and a few choice Azure advances.  

Articles discussed in this episode:  

• Years in the making, a cloud + edge model for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management nears preview 
• Azure Hybrid at Ignite: Microsoft signals multi-cloud, multi-edge capabilities 
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform are pushing serious Azure scale, architects report   
• Azure Automanage: A month into the life of a new Azure service 
• With C3.ai, Microsoft gains an ally in industry-focused, AI-driven business apps 
• Launch of Fundraising and Engagement for Dynamics 365 Sales is part of new industry solutions approach at Microsoft  
• Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, a new industry-focused solution, launches 
• Microsoft launches Azure Space to pursue new connectivity, compute opportunities 
• Dynamics 365 Business Central takes first step into Teams with app preview  
• Power Apps Portals seeing "hockey stick growth" as capacity-based model gains momentum  
• With Dynamics 365 Project Operations in GA, Microsoft prepares transition plan for legacy users  
• Driving a successful implementation using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and RSAT  
• How to post Fixed Bid and Time & Material-based invoices in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations from Project Operations  
• Finding the Center of Citizen Developer Success