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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement - Second Edition

By : Deepesh Somani
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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement - Second Edition

By: Deepesh Somani

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is an all-in-one business management solution that's easy to use and adapt. It helps you connect your finances, sales, service, and operations to streamline business processes, improve customer interactions, and enable growth. This book gives you all the information you need to become an expert in MS Dynamics 365. This book starts with a brief overview of the functional features of Dynamics 365. You will learn how to create Word and Excel templates using CRM data to enable customized data analysis for your organization. This book helps you understand how to use Dynamics 365 as an XRM Framework, gain a deep understanding of client-side scripting in Dynamics 365, and create client-side applications using JavaScript and the Web API. In addition to this, you will discover how to customize Dynamics 365, and quickly move on to grasp the app structure, which helps you customize Dynamics 365 better. You will also learn how Dynamics 365 can be seamlessly embedded into various productivity tools to customize them for machine learning and contextual guidance. By the end of this book, you will have mastered utilizing Dynamics 365 features through real-world scenarios.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Introduction to Sales, Service, and Marketing Modules with a Unified User Interface
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Section 2: Understanding Customization and App Design
7
Designing Unified Interface Apps
10
Section 3: Development Enhancements and Code Improvements in Dynamics 365
16
Section 4: Learning about the Portal, Configuration, and Security Enhancements in Dynamics 365

Scenario 3

Suppose that John leads the marketing team at Contoso. He wishes to go through different KRAs and look at how the campaigns are performing across different parameters.

John logs into the CRM system. As a member of the marketing team, he sets the marketing dashboard as the home page. Let's look at campaign type classification, which involves the differentiation of campaigns in terms of campaign type, such as Advertisement, Direct Marketing, Event, and so on.

Let's look at the various components, as follows:

  • Campaign Budget vs. Actual costs (by Month): This involves comparing the total cost spent across the campaigns to the budgeted cost:
  • Leads by Source Campaign: This shows the leads generated for each of the campaigns:
  • Revenue Generated by Campaign: This plots the revenue generated by each campaign: