Friday, January 26, 2018

Customize your Dynamics 365 system



Change the color scheme or add a logo to match your organization’s brand

A feature provided in Dynamics 365 web application to change look and feel which suits your organization. For example, you can create your organization brand by adding company logo with different colors. This you can do by going to customization tools in the interface without writing any code. You can manage themes there, you can create, delete and change existing theses as per your organization suits. Themes customization is supported in the web forms in D-365 for Outlook. Despite you are having multiple themes, you can only set one theme as default.
Theme is a great feature in Dynamics 365 where you can enhance Dynamics 365 I look and feel, not drastically alter it. The color changes are applied globally throughout the application. For example, below are the visual elements of UI you can change for Theme:
  • Change product logos and navigation colors to create product branding
  • Adjust accent colors, such as hover or selection colors
  • Provide entity-specific coloring
What can you change or adjust?

  • Logo
  • Logo tooltip
  • Navigation bar color
  • Navigation bar shelf color
  • Header color
  • Global link color
  • Selected link effect
  • Hover link effect
  • Process control color
  • Default entity color
  • Default custom entity color
  • Control shade
  • Control border

Microsoft Dynamics 365 new features for developers



Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D-365) provides a single development environment for cloud-based and on-premises deployments. Also, it provides a feasibility to quickly create, package and distribute D-365 extensions and custom solutions for Partners, including independent software vendors, value added resellers and global system integrator.

New entities introduced in CRM 2016

Schema name
Display name
Description
KnowledgeArticle
Knowledge Article
Describes articles that are organizational knowledge for internal and external use.
KnowledgeArticleIncident
Knowledge Article Incident
Contains the associations between a knowledge article and incident.
KnowledgeArticleViews
Knowledge Article Views
Tracks the number of times an article is viewed per day.
LanguageLocale
Language
Contains information about the supported languages for translating a knowledge article.

New messages introduced in CRM 2016


Request class
Web API action
Description
Creates a solution patch from a managed or unmanaged solution.
Creates a new copy of an unmanaged solution that contains the original solution plus all of its patches.
Creates a translation of a knowledge article record.
Creates a major or minor version of a knowledge article record.
Replaces a managed solution plus all of its patches.
N/A
Performs a full-text search on knowledge articles in CRM using the specified search text.
N/A
Increments the per day view count of a knowledge article record.
Sets the process that associates with a given target entity.
UpdateSolutionComponent Action
Updates a component in an unmanaged solution.

New privileges introduced in CRM 2016
Privilege name
Name displayed in the security role UI
prv*AzureServiceConnection
Azure Service Connection
prv*DataPerformance
Data Performance Dashboard
prv*LanguageLocale
Language
prv*MobileOfflineProfile
Mobile Offline Profile
prv*RecommendationModel
Product Recommendation Model
prv*SimilarityRule
Similarity Rule
prvConfigureSharePoint
Run SharePoint Integration Wizard
prv*KnowledgeArticle
Knowledge Article
prv*KnowledgeArticleViews
Knowledge Article Views
prvApproveKnowledgeArticle
Approve Knowledge Articles
prvPublishKnowledgeArticle
Publish Knowledge Articles
prv*DocumentTemplate
Document Template
prv*PersonalDocumentTemplate
Personal Document Template
prvDocumentGeneration
Document Generation
prv*KnowledgeSearchModel
Knowledge Search Model
prv*TopicModel
Topic Model
prv*CustomControl
Custom Control
prv*CustomControlDefaultConfig
Custom Control Default Config
prv*CustomControlResource
Custom Control Resource


* This privilege is one of the following: Create, Read, Write, Delete, Append, AppendTo, Assign, or Share.