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Microsoft Update: Changes to D365 F&O Licensing and Reporting! Microsoft has announced key timeline adjustments and enhancements to license reporting for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations: New Reporting Available in PPAC as of May 15 USG Feature for Granular Insights coming June 6 In-product Notifications Begin September 1 USL Validation Starts November 1 These updates include improved license calculations aligned with the official licensing guide, deeper telemetry insights, and enhanced visibility via User Security Governance. If you're a partner or customer, stay informed and ensure your systems are aligned ahead of these upcoming changes. #D365FO #Dynamics365

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In a world of AI & cyber threats 😨 , Data Governance is more important then ever. Check out 10 Tips for ERP Data Governance if you work in Local Government or a School District,

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When close partners in the SAP ecosystem work together, greatness is the result for the #customer. Hiri at Reef is sharing his team’s journey. Our biased yet proven advice: work with experts and not those “I can do it all” companies…. #SAPPartnerEdge #BDC #SAC #BusinesObjects

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🤔 Generative AI vs. Salesforce Agentforce (Agentic AI) — What’s the Difference and why Agentforce Agentic AI is already approved for use and deployed in the Federal Government? 🤔 I have gotten a lot of great questions about the recent VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) advisory on VHA’s use of Generative AI highlights real-world risks when AI chat tools are used in clinical settings without formal governance, tracking, or safety-issue feedback loops — especially where outputs could influence diagnosis or treatment decisions. 📌 Generative AI (e.g., VA GPT, Copilot Chat) creates new content — text, summaries, drafts, etc. — based on patterns it learned from training data. It’s reactive: it doesn’t initiate action beyond responding to the user’s prompt and its outputs can be inaccurate if not reviewed carefully. There are very strict controls on its use in federal government. 🤖 Agentforce (Agentic AI) is very different: it doesn’t just generate content — it “acts” autonomously to complete multi-step tasks toward defined goals, orchestrating workflows and interacting with systems under human-defined guardrails. It’s proactive, not just reactive. Agentforce meets the highest federal government requirements and testing and is already deployed across the government as well as commercial health care. 👉 The key difference: • Generative AI = content generation in response to prompts. • Agentic AI (Agentforce) = autonomous task execution across steps, under governance and control. 🔐 Salesforce Government Cloud Plus which includes Agentforce holds a FedRAMP® High Authority to Operate — meeting the most stringent U.S. government security and compliance requirements for unclassified but sensitive workloads. It provides a secure, compliant boundary where VA data remains protected at all times according to NIST, FedRAMP® High, and VA controls. What this means for VHA & VA customers ✅ All data stays inside the secure FedRAMP High boundary — no external model training or exposure outside the authorized environment. ✅ No sensitive Veteran or VA data is used to train any external AI model outside of the secure platform. ✅ Salesforce’s FedRAMP High-authorized Agentforce and supporting services are operable within VA’s compliance posture for high-impact automation and AI. ✅ Human oversight and governance remain central — aligning with VA AI guidance and safety expectations. In short: Generative AI identified by the VA OIG and Agentforce Agentic AI solve different problems, and with Salesforce Government Cloud Plus + FedRAMP® High, VA can leverage advanced AI capabilities like Agentforce securely, compliantly, and within policy boundaries that protect Veterans and mission outcomes. #AI #VeteransAffairs #FedRAMPHigh #GovTech #SalesforceGovCloudPlus #AICompliance #VAOIG #Agentforce

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1099 deadlines tend to expose where year-end processes still feel fragile. This session, TODAY at 4 pm, is timely for Business Central users who want clarity on how to handle last-minute issues without creating downstream clean-up.

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New Article alert: Custom workflows in SAP GRC often require BRF+ rules, especially when the standard MSMP configuration isn’t enough. But one common mistake I see in many projects is creating BRF+ applications in $TMP, which makes them non-transportable and bypasses proper change management. We’ve put together a step-by-step guide on how to create a transportable BRF+ Initiator Rule in SAP GRC MSMP, including decision tables, trigger values, and best practices to move rules safely across Development → QA → Production. If you work with SAP GRC Access Control or MSMP workflows, this might be helpful. Read the article on #SAPSecurityExpert. #SAP #SAPGRC #SAPSecurity #MSMP #BRFplus #AccessGovernance

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