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Mike Falkner, Senior program manager
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Agenda
Background
Approach
Fall 2017 release
Future plans
Questions
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Issues
•The demo data database size to too big
•Analytics do not look good today and it is a large effort to change the data
•Demo data is always out of date
•The number of companies and dimensions is not representative of any
organization
•Finance transactions are adversely affected by the supply chain transaction
•Maintenance costs are high
Solution
•Comprehensive end to end demos for Dynamics 365
•Realistic demo data that reflects our customer base
•Showcase our analytics and mobile with minimal additional posting or setup
•Quality over quantity
•Companies that reflect real scenarios and best practices
•Flexible packages that can be modified and combined as needed
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•Single, reloadable source of demo data (data packages)
•No dependency on shipping a database
•Modular approach to enable quick setup demos
•Basic set of Shared, Financials, Supply chain, Retail packages
•Additional packages to match scenario needs
•Mix and match to fit demo (example: Shared + Financials + Retail +
SCM with one intercompany company)
•Add capability to post transactions
•Add capability to change dates (future)
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Fall release 2017
HQUS US Headquarters Financials, Discrete Manufacturing & SCM (2), Project,
Transactions
SCM: Company is developed based on
USMF discrete manufacturing data
HQEU Non-US headquarters Financials, Transactions
CONS Consolidations company Financials
PICH Process industries, Chemicals Financials, Chemicals SCM
PIFB Process industries, Food & Beverage Financials, Food/Beverage SCM
All
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What we released
Packages Packages were delivered as global shared assets in LCS
ScriptsScripts were delivered on Partner/Customer Source
Forward URL will be used in the documentation in case the location moves
Docs Documentation was uploaded to docs.microsoft.com
TSPs Microsoft TSPs briefed via presentations
Yammer Yammer group set up for partners to give feedback
Ready to
post
New feature in the System>Administration area (Batch ready to post)
19 document types can be posted automatically after they have been imported
• Turn on the Ready to post scheduler
• Import the documents (General journal, A/P invoices, sales orders, etc)
• Use the demo data posting entity to import the document types and dates to post
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Documentation Global Shared library
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/data-entities/generate-demo-data-packages
Yammer
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Vision: Spring release 2018 and beyond
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