Microsoft One Version, D365FO easy update

You need updated features of Microsoft D365FO for easy flow of your business processes. You may still be wavering whether to update your D365FO new version or not. This is very normal because you need see time, budget and relevant capability to do this; simply you can say,"The update is difficult." Thanks to Microsoft One Version which makes totally easy. The One Version is the update service that Microsoft itself runs on partners and customers environment. Microsoft does so to keep all environments consistent, up to date, seamless and error free. To feel not being forced to always update like we experienced on Windows 10, customers and partner can pause automatic update in this case; and even can control features in deployment.

The 'easy' term is used due to effortless update w.r.t customers. The partner/ customer receives notification for the update time scheduled on cloud environments and receives another when update is completed. The result log can be monitored in LCS. All the updated features will be available when update is done.

While it may look very fluent from outside, there are many process included to make this happen. They are as follows:

Regression Suite Automation Tool (RSAT):

It is a scripting tool. Specific to partner/customer organization environment the regression test script is run before update is processed on production.

Safe Deployment Rings (SDR):

The version and update process is taken step wise. Each update is first carried out internally on Microsoft environments, then to partner and finally on environments of customers. The process progresses to new step only when successfully completed. 

Release Validation Program (RVP):

For insuring successful general release which fits on every type of organization Microsoft uses RSAT suites provided by diverse partner/customer environments and run the regression script internally as part of SDR in addition to its own script.

Update time control:

Microsoft has given control to customer in case updates need to paused. You can find it Here on how it can be done.

Features control:

Customers can manage the features in their deployments. Deciding when the new feature shall be added and shall be adjustable to customer own business process.

The Microsoft One Version is undoubtedly an one of the biggest service related to updates. Making update a simpler and quite less threatening as it is managed by Microsoft through its many high quality processes and techniques. It relieves both the technical guy who carried out updates and customers by giving new feature control feature.