Announcing the Public Preview of a new top-level CDC resource in ADF
Azure Data Factory (ADF) has recently added many new CDC-enabled connectors to process change data from SQL, Storage, Cosmos DB, and many other sources. Much of the feedback that we received from our users about this has been centered around making it easy to configure and to continuously detect changes at the source. We heard your feedback and are super excited to announce the immediate release of a new top-level ADF resource that is now available in public preview in your ADF resource explorer!Announcing Public Preview for Business Process Solutions
In today’s AI powered enterprises, success hinges on access to reliable, unified business information. Whether you are deploying AI-augmented workflows or fully autonomous agentic solutions, one thing is clear: trusted, consistent data is the fuel that drives intelligent outcomes. Yet in many organizations, data remains fragmented across best of breed applications – creating blind spots in cross-functional processes and throwing roadblocks in the path of automation. Microsoft is dedicated to tackle these challenges, delivering a unified data foundation that accelerates AI adoption, simplifies automation and reduces risk – empowering businesses to unlock the full potential of unified data analytics and agentic intelligence. Our new solution offers cross-functional insights across previously siloed environments and includes: Prebuilt data models for enterprise business applications in Microsoft Fabric Source system data mappings and transformations Prebuilt dashboards and reports in Power BI Prebuilt AI Agents in Copilot Studio (coming soon) Integrated Security and Compliance By unifying Microsoft’s Fabric and AI solutions we can rapidly accelerate transformation and derisk AI rollout through repeatable, reliable, prebuilt solutions. Functional Scope Our new solution currently supports a set of business applications and functional areas, enabling organizations to break down silos and drive actionable insights across their core processes. The platform covers key domains such as: Finance: Delivers a comprehensive view of financial performance, integrating data from general ledger, accounts receivable, and accounts payable systems. This enables finance teams to analyze trends, monitor compliance, and optimize cash flow management all from within Power BI. The associated Copilot agent provides not only access to this data via natural language but will also enable financial postings. Sales: Provides a complete perspective on customers’ opportunity to cash journeys, from initial opportunity through invoicing and payment via Power BI reports and dashboards. The associated Copilot agent can help improve revenue forecasting, by connecting structured ERP and CRM data with unstructured data from Microsoft 365, also tracking sales pipeline health and identify bottlenecks. Procurement: Supports strategic procurement and supplier management, consolidating purchase orders, goods receipts, and vendor invoicing data into a complete spend dashboard. This empowers procurement teams to optimize sourcing strategies, manage supplier risk, and control spend. Manufacturing: (coming soon): Will extend coverage to manufacturing and production processes, enabling organizations to optimize resource allocation and monitor production efficiency. Each item within Business Process Solutions is delivered as a complete, business-ready offering. These models are thoughtfully designed to ensure that organizations can move seamlessly from raw data to actionable execution. Key features include: Facts and Dimensions: Each model is structured to capture both transactional details (facts) and contextual information (dimensions), supporting granular analysis and robust reporting across business processes. Transformations: Built-in transformations automatically prepare data for reporting and analytics, making it compatible with Microsoft Fabric. For example, when a business user needs to compare sales results from Europe, Asia, and North America, the solution transformations handle currency conversion behind the scenes. This ensures that results are consistent across regions, making analysis straightforward and reliable—without the need for manual intervention or complex configuration. Insight to Action: Customers will be able to leverage prebuilt Copilot Agents within Business Process Solutions to turn insight into action. These agents are deeply integrated not only with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Teams, but also connected source applications, enabling users to take direct, contextual actions across systems based on real-time insights. By connecting unstructured data sources such as emails, chats, and documents from Microsoft 365 apps, the agents can provide a holistic and contextualized view to support smarter decisions. With embedded triggers and intelligent agents, automated responses could be initiated based on new insights -- streamlining decision-making and enabling proactive, data-driven operations. Ultimately, this will empower teams to not just understand what is happening on a wholistic level, but to also take faster and smarter actions, and with greater confidence. Authorizations: Data models are tailored to respect organizational security and access policies, ensuring that sensitive information is protected and only accessible to authorized users. The same user credential principles apply to the Copilot agents when interacting with/updating the source system in the user-context. Behind the scenes, the solution automatically provisions the required objects and infrastructure to build the data warehouse, removing the usual complexity of bringing data together. It guarantees consistency and reliability, so organizations can focus on extracting value from their data rather than managing technical details. This reliable data foundation serves as one of the key informants of the agentic business processes. Accelerated Insights with Prebuilt Analytics Building on these robust data models, Business Process Solutions offer a suite of prebuilt Power BI reports tailored to common business processes. These reports provide immediate access to key metrics and trends, such as financial performance, sales effectiveness, and procurement efficiency. Designed for rapid deployment, they allow organizations to: Start analyzing data from day one, without lengthy setup or customization. Adapt existing reports for your organization’s exact business needs. Demonstrate best practices for leveraging data models in analytics and decision-making. This approach accelerates time-to-value and also empowers users to explore new analytical scenarios and drive continuous improvement. Extensibility and Customization Every organization is unique and our new solution is designed to support this, allowing you to adapt analytics and data models to fit your specific processes and requirements. You can customize scope items, bring in your own tables and views, integrate new data sources as your business evolves, and combine data across Microsoft Fabric for deeper insights. Similarly, the associated agents will be customizable from Copilot Studio to adapt to your specific Enterprise apps configuration. This flexibility ensures that, no matter how your organization operates, Business Process Solutions helps you unlock the full value of your data. Data integration Business Process Solutions uses the same connectivity options as Microsoft Fabric and Copilot Studio but goes further by embedding best practices that make integration simpler and more effective. We recognize that no single pattern can address the diverse needs of all business applications. We also understand that many businesses have already invested in data extraction tools, which is why our solution supports a wide range of options, from native connectivity to third-party options that bring specialized capabilities to the table. With Business Process Solutions we ensure data can be interacted with in a reliable and high-performant way, whether working with massive volumes or complex data structures. Getting started If your organization is ready to unlock the value of unified analytics, getting started is simple. Just send us a request using the form at: https://aka.ms/JoinBusAnalyticsPreview. Our team will guide you through the next steps and help you begin your journey.
Teams revert to regular version on start-up
Hi! I have enabled the "Public preview" option and LOVE the combined chat/channel feature! Anyways, once my computer has been switched off and I turn it on the public preview is "reverted", but if I restart Teams, it is available again - is that a known issue?
Can't enable Public Preview on Web
Dear Community, Public Preview is enabled on an individual basis (i.e. everyone can choose for themselves via their Teams-settings whether to enable or disable Public Preview). On the desktop app this works perfectly fine and a lot of the preview features are highly appreciated. On the web application, on the other hand, the setting to turn on Public Preview is not available (i.e. it isn't displayed at all). According to my research, Public Preview should be available on the web as well. Our admin couldn't find any web-specific settings that might be responsible for the differences in availability between desktop and web. Does anyone have the same issue or know whether there are any specific settings to enable Public Preview for web as well? Or does anyone know of changes from Teams regarding the availability of Public Preview for web? Thank you for your help :)
Microsoft Places Upload Errors
I am configuring the public preview of Microsoft Places with a client and when we tried to upload the IMDF files after uploading the building/floors CSV, the following error message appeared in the shell: "Import not supported for file fixtures.geojson" We removed that file from the IMDF zip file and tried again but a different error appeared: "No levels were found correlated to directory floors for the building" When the CSV file with building and floor data was uploaded before the configuration step, I didn't add any SMTP address values in that column because they don't exist yet. When the import script finished, a few errors appeared stating that an identity wasn't found. Maybe that's part of the issue? I'm not sure what I'm missing. Anyone else made it through this step yet in the public preview?
Announcing public preview of new Mbv3 Virtual Machines
As we launched memory-optimized Mv3 Medium Memory in Nov ’23, the demand for further storage optimization has been high. Today, we are excited to announce that the new Mbv3 series (Mbsv3 and Mbdsv3), featuring both storage-optimized and memory-optimized, are now available in public preview.
Error installing New client
Hi Everyone. am trying to use the new public preview however when I toggle the switch "Try the New Teams", I get this message for a few seconds "The new Teams is downloading and will automatically open when it's finished." but then it switches to an error message "Something went wrong, and we couldn't install the new Teams. Please try again later." I have rebooted, I have updated to the latest version, I have enabled public preview in the settings. I have also enabled a policy in teams Admin to allow myself and my teammates access to public preview. Anyone else seen this?Microsoft Teams Preview - Windows 11
Good Morning, I have enabled the Teams Preview IAW setup document (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/public-preview-doc-updates) . The policy updates and shows the "Try" slider in the upper left on all machines (Windows 10) except one which is a Windows 11 machine. I have completely uninstalled, cleared teams from user profile \appdata folder locations, reboot, and reinstall from teams.microsoft.com. The slider is still not showing. I have looked at the previous discussions, and the registry looks correct. Are there any issues / difference with the Windows 11 public preview? Thanks! 🙂 Vince
