Global Address Book 101
In the following lines, you will find an overview of the Global Address Book concept, that’s key for any implementation regarding Dynamics 365 applications. What is the Global Address Book? Where the magic relies on. This means where is located all the master data regarding an organization. This master data could be people (internal and external) or organizations that are connected or work… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
D365HR: 8 free training resources.
One of the things I value the most from the Microsoft ecosystem is the possibility to learn. Diving and exploring into Microsoft Learn I found out some free training modules regarding Dynamics 365 Human Resources I want to make sure you add to your toolbox. It was a nice surprise to find good resources about the solution I love. What to expect from this article? A module, a link, a… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
D365 HR: 3 solved scenarios
In this article, I’m planning to share with you why Dynamics 365 Human Resources should be part of your solution box while facing a customer or prospect. Three of the main challenges that most of the companies face are listed here, as well as the solution we can provide by implementing D365 HR. Are you ready? Let’s go for it! We are going to divide our challenges by role. Starting with… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Hierarchies in D365 HR
One of the greatest things that we have within D365 Human Resources is the opportunity to take advantage of hierarchies in several ways. In this article, I’ll share 2 types of hierarchy you can find inside the solution to build your organizational structure as you like. Let’s start from the basics: what is an organizational hierarchy? Is a structure where the relationship between employees,… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Fusión de la Infraestructura: Un solo set de D365 HR
Hace unos días salieron las novedades de la segunda ola sobre soluciones de Microsoft. Puedes ver un breve resumen aquí sobre los anuncios de Dynamcs 365 HR: D365 HR 2021 | Wave 2: Release Notes (anainesurrutia.com) El esfuerzo e inversiones del equipo de producto son MUY buenos y demuestran solidez en la solución, lo que me hace inmensamente feliz. Hasta hace poquito, aquellos… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article...
I invite you to: Pakistan User Group – Urdu Hindi Bootcamp 2021
I’m happy to invite you to this great event with an awesome line-up. As a keynote speaker, we have Muhammad Alam, yes. Corporate Vice President, Dynamics 365 at Microsoft. ⏰ When: From Friday 30/July till Sunday 1/August. Where: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Urdu Hindi Bootcamp 2021 | Meetup Who: Urdu Hindi Bootcamp 2021 – Pakistan User Group (pakistanug.com) A sneak peek of the agenda… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
D365 HR 2021 | Wave 2: Release Notes
WOW! What a release! I’m happy about this one as LOT of new features were added and we also have some BIG news. Let’s surf this wave together 🙂 Areas of focus: HCM ecosystem: keep opening it through integration APIs and strategic partnerships. Employee experience: delivering a better experience and migrating it to workflow(s). 3. App unification: simpler and better ALM tooling and… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Together we stand: at least 7 Microsoft solutions for HR
A few days ago I created a poll on LinkedIn and Twitter to find out how many Microsoft solutions people think exist to support today’s Human Resources challenges. Look at the results! – LinkedIn – – Twitter – I felt inspired to create this article that I hope you like as much as I did writing it. Is longer than usual but it will help you to broaden your horizons and keep in mind how much we…...
Discover your hidden stars with D365 Human Resources
If I tell you that there’s talent hiding in your company and that you don´t necessarily need to go out and invest in external recruitment when you’ve got a new opening sounds like a lie? Well, let me tell you that with Dynamics 365 Human Resources is possible and I’ll show you how in several ways. Business scenario ´The Power Company´ is hiring different positions: Sales Manager, Chief… Continue Reading Ana...
️ HR Vision: Podcast #03 – HR as a function
FourVision has a podcast!! And I was invited to take part in it. I had a great time with Ivo discussing Human Resources as a function celebrating the third episode of HR Vision. Expect a relaxed conversation about Human Resources trends, challenges, opportunities, and of course laugh. Because I laugh a lot Find it here: iTunes: Spotify: Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on their blog ?️ HR Vision: Podcast #03 –...
NTN#94: Podcast con Bruno y Juan! ✈️
Bruno Capuano y Juan Quijano me han invitado a formar parte del podcast ´No tiene nombre´ y el resultado lo podes escuchar por acá: Eso si, espera mucha información sobre aviones, discusiones sobre bienestar en tiempos de pandemia y por supuesto Dynamics 365 Human Resources y Power Platform. Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on their blog NTN#94: Podcast con Bruno y Juan! ✈️ Bruno Capuano y Juan Quijano me han invitado...
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[Guest Blog] The Hidden Power of Mentoring: A Personal Collection of Lessons Learned
I’m part of the Tech Community blog! I released a blog about the hidden power of Mentoring. If you want to read it just follow this link and you’ll find the magic: The hidden power of mentoring: a personal collection of lessons learned. (microsoft.com) What do you think about Mentoring? Do you have any advice? Do you want to mentor? Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on their blog [Guest Blog] The Hidden...
Let's extend D365HR!
This works pretty much the same as movie title translation. You’ve got one in Spanish and a completely different one in English. My latest post about extending D365HR is out in Spanish and you can find it here: ¿Extender? Sí, extender. (anainesurrutia.com). I decided this was a good opportunity to write in English as well. So here you go. We all know that D365HR is a solution built to… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
¿Extender? Sí, extender.
Hoy comparto con ustedes una entrada para plantear un tema sobre la mesa: personalización de Dynamics 365 Human Resoures. Más precisamente vamos a centrarnos en agregar espacio de trabajo/módulo, PowerApp o un sitio web a la solución. Si bien es completa, y abarca un montón de realidades, es probable que tengas que adaptarla tu compañía. En ese escenario es que entra esta alternativa…. Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
MVP Spotlight – Hello World @Microsoft TV
I was a part of Hello World today and it was amazing! If you want to take part, review past episodes or join the broadcast review the link and have fun. What happened during this episode: Welcome words from April Dunnam and Sweeky Satpathy Pierre Roman talked a bit about Faking DDN I was part of the MVP Spotlight with Glauter Januzzi Cynthia Heng was interviewed by Laurent… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on...
After party: Bizz Summit ES 2021
Igual que con Scottish Summit, comparto un post con ustedes sobre el after party del Business Applications Summit España. ¿Qué es un after party en este blog? El post, donde te cuento un poquito del evento y donde encontrar la información para que puedas aprender. Cómo sucede en estos tiempos la creatividad cobró vida, y lo que yo esperaba como un evento online fue un híbrido hermoso…. Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
Me invitaron a xpp.dev el podcast!
Tuve el gusto de formar parte del podcast de xpp.dev y conversé un poco con Juan Antonio Tomás y Adrià Ariste sobre de todo un poco, tecnología, cultura, restaurantes, y muchas cosas más. Si queres ver la grabación del episodio en Twitch podes encontrarlo por acá: Episodio 12: Ana Inés Urrutia y #MSDyn365HR – Twitch Y para encontrar el episodio en plataformas digitales te invito a… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
VIVA la vida | Probando MS Viva Ideas en Microsoft Teams
Alguno de ustedes sabrán que tenemos una nueva solución desarrollada por Microsoft dedicada para mejorar la experiencia del colaborador y su engagement: Microsoft Viva. Se consolida como una nueva solución y que – como una mesa – tiene cuatro patas. Viva Topics Viva Connections Viva Learning Viva Insights Hoy me desperté con ganas de probar el único feature (creo) que… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
BIZZ Summit ES 2021
Qué haces el 4 y 5 de junio? Y si en lugar de dormir toda la mañana te apuntas a unas lindas sesiones – gratuitas – con expertos? Hay tanto en este evento que te va a costar elegir. Cada vez falta menos para Business Applications Summit España – El mayor festival de Bizz Apps de España y tengo el gustazo de formar parte. No solo hay un montón de sesiones interesantes en diferentes… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
D365HR: Entendiendo los campos de fecha y hora ⏰
Siempre es bueno entender cómo es que funcionan los campos dentro de D365HR, no voy a explicarte el backend, pero si echar un poco de luz para diferenciar estos campos y cómo utilizarlos. Hay 3 tipos de campos relacionados con fecha y hora. 1. Fecha y hora Contienen información combinada entre la fecha, la zona horaria y la hora. Es el tipo de campo recomendado cuando es necesario… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
D365 HR + Excel add in: parte 2.
En el artículo anterior te conté qué es Excel add in, de que va y cómo podemos usarlo. PERO si algo sabemos es que en tecnología (y en la vida?), sin evidencia no hay amor. Entonces hoy me puse las pilas y te voy a mostrar cómo funciona en un escenario sencillo. Después complejizamos. Little by little. Escenario: Agregar 1 departamento a tu compañía Módulo: Administración de la… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article...
MSDynamicsWorld: Taking a unique path to a career in Dynamics 365 HR and Power Platform.
See below the article MS Dynamics World, find the original one here: Microsoft Dynamics Profile: Taking a unique path to a career in Dynamics 365 HR and Power Platform | MSDynamicsWorld.com Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on their blog MSDynamicsWorld: Taking a unique path to a career in Dynamics 365 HR and Power Platform. Taking a unique path to a career in Dynamics 365 HR and Power Platform – Ana Inés Urrutia...
:: Microsoft Build ::
So, Microsoft Build is around the corner and we are starting to build our schedules. I’m super happy to share with you that I’ll be a part of it sharing an amazing session with two amazing human beings. My tips: #1: Register here: Microsoft Build 2021 – Home – Microsoft Build 2021 #2: Build your schedule, see all the sessions here: MyBuild – Session catalog (microsoft.com) #3: Make… Continue Reading...
Democratizar para conquistar con D365 HR
Hola a todos! Hace poco tuve el gustazo de formar parte de El Rincón Dynamics en su celebración 10+1. Fue un evento muy lindo, con tremenda producción y que generó un montón de material en español (sí, contenido en español!!!) que podes chequear por acá: El Rincón Dynamics – YouTube Acá abajo te dejo la web del evento, para que veas las charlas disponibles y quienes son los… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
D365 HR + Excel add-in: ¿qué es?
Para quienes trabajamos en Recursos Humanos, las planillas de Excel suelen ser nuestros aliados #1. Estamos acostumbrados a archivar una cantidad interesante – mayor a la que nos gustaría admitir – de información combinada. Admitámoslo hoy: no es la mejor solución ni para archivar data de nuestros empleados, ni para trabajar de forma diaria, ni para resolver los desafíos del área…. Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Azure en el Bar – Capítulo 22
Ayer tuve el gustazo de participar de la mesa de Azure en el Bar, con un plantel de LUJAZO! Conversamos sorbe nuestros caminos, cómo llegamos a tecnología, por qué escribir un libro es importante y cómo la tecnología logra transformar la forma de acercarnos al mundo y a nuestros clientes. Te invito a verlo y a mantenerte al tanto de las mesas que se vienen. <a… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on their blog...
A research: Mental health, Workplace, and Lockdown
Last week I released a poll on Twitter to find out the topics that were interesting for people regarding lockdown. As you can see in the image below, 62,5% of the audience were interested in Mental Health. For those who don´t know it yet, I’m a Psychologist and the topic that drives the career is People and Mental Health in different scenarios. It might be a workplace, a school, prisons, and… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
⚡️ Meetup Power Platform Paraguay ⚡️
Un nuevo capítulo de Meetup Power Platform Paraguay y tuve el gustazo de ser invitada y compartir un poquito de mi experiencia con Dynamics 365 Recursos Humanos. No se pierdan la sesión de la poderosa Mar Pedroche y su charla sobre Customer Voice. Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on their blog ⚡️ Meetup Power Platform Paraguay ⚡️ Un nuevo capítulo de Meetup Power Platform Paraguay y tuve el gustazo de ser invitada y...
The D365HR Journey: Leave and Absence ️
Welcome to another episode of The D365 HR Journey, today spotting the Leave and Absence module. A quick overview of features and analytics related to leave and absence of the workforce. Why I love it? Quick overview of all plans Easy way to see enrollments Simple creation of plans Assign to employees/contractors button BONUS: Analytics! They are just gold, go over the video recording… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
The D365HR Journey: Personnel Management
Hey there! Welcome to the Personnel Management episode of the D365HR Journey. I can´t deny it, this is my absolute favorite one! In the past – as an HR Analyst I needed to track all worker’s information in Excel spreadsheets, and that was exhausting… when I just started working with D365HR I find out about this module and it solves all of my immediate issues, hence I fell in love with the… Continue Reading Ana...
Aprendemos todos: MS Learn en español
Hace un montón que no escribo en español! Tenía ganas de volver con una entrada sobre cómo – aquellos que no se sienten cómodos con el inglés – pueden acceder a recursos de aprendizaje al rededor de Power Platform y Dynamics. Si no sabes por donde empezar, y queres aprender sobre tecnología – desde el rol que sea – hay una herramienta que puede acompañarte: Microsoft Learn. Podes… Continue Reading Ana...
The D365HR Journey: Manager Self-Service
Welcome to the third episode of the D365HR Journey, this one I’m showing you Manager Self-Service. This is a great one, it helps to manage employees in a simple, easy, and intuitive way. Why I love it? Managers updated with the latest request for employees Easy overview of reporting workers Separate sections for every HR process Overview of second-line reports processes and requests … Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Happy First Year
It’s been a year since I launched this webpage. What was the idea behind it? To share my experience and try my best to support other’s paths. I think it was worth it. I’ve been sharing tech, personal, transformation, and more tech content with you all, some of the articles have been in Spanish but most of them in English – I promise I’ll start sharing more content in Spanish soon 🙂 Still… Continue...
The one with the Dataverse Integration
I’ve been working lately with my favorite Landlord, a.k.a. Laurynas Merkelis | LinkedIn, on a secret mission. Is the first time we work on a project together and even when is recent, I’m already facing lessons learned. So I tried to summarize them and create an article from most of them, the first lesson is The one with the Dataverse Integration. Let’s go through the process – that you can… Continue...
The D365HR Journey: Employee Self-Service
Second episode on The D365HR Journey, in this case, we are going to cover Employee Self-Service. I’m completely in love with this module because of how easy is for employees to manage their own request and edit information – believe it or not – this is a massive pressure release for HR People. Why I love it? Employees are free to update their own information Easy overview of accrued leave… Continue Reading Ana...
⚡️ Power Platform Starter Days ⚡️
Hello everyone! I’m more than happy to introduce you Power Platform Starter Days. An event created for starters looking for a job in tech. The idea behind this whole event is to help people land a job in tech. What is it? A 4-weekend event designed to support people interested in starting a job in tech. What should you expect as an attendee? Learn about different technologies around… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
The D365HR Journey: People
First episode of The D365HR Journey: about the People module/workspace within Dynamics 365 Human Resources. Why I love it? All in one dashboard full of information Hierarchy view Simple interface Full of useful information for managers BONUS: Easy way to verify employment https://video.wixstatic.com/video/135432_1a4d0c82588649fda89f69bfc6093971/1080p/mp4/file.mp4 Feel free to drop… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
⚡️ The D365HR Journey ⚡️
Hi everyone! I’m super excited to announce an upcoming video series I decided to call The D365HR Journey. For those who don’t know yet Dynamics 365 Human Resources will be a short and very useful series of video recordings diving into the modules. For those who already know D365HR this might be a good refresh Our first stop will be the People module. These videos are less than 5 minutes… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
4 challenges : 1 solution = D365 HR
It’s been a while since my latest post and I wanted to come back with a strong post just to remind the whole idea behind this blog: Dynamics 365 Human Resources rocks ✊! I can´t deny it, I’m a challenge solver. I tend to analyze my personal experiences within HR departments and roles I’ve worked on before and try to think about how I could use technology to make things easier. Lesson… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Scottish Summit 2021 – The After Party
Hi everyone! In case you miss any Scottish Summit 2021 session, here is the channel where you can find the recordings: Scottish Summit – YouTube. Make sure you take advantage of all the shared knowledge from people all over the world. There are great presentations, and more will be uploaded soon in multiple languages. Below you’ll find my session. In this presentation, I cover the three… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Hiring made easy: Hands-on
Welcome to this new format I decided to share with you all. I decided to start with pain point #1 for Human Resources: Hiring process. In the recording, you’ll watch me hire an employee and accessing the record with all the information. https://video.wixstatic.com/video/135432_0001ce5abaa643b2844fb6ebe728fd66/1080p/mp4/file.mp4 Hope you like it! Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s Article on their blog Hiring made easy: ?...
Mobile experience: D365 HR Teams App.
I wanted to share with you the employee experience with the Teams App for Dynamics 365 Human Resources. But before we need to set up everything to make this happen, make sure you follow these links. Install the App: Manage leave requests in Teams – Human Resources | Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Docs Enable notifications for HR App in Teams: Human Resources app in Teams – Human Resources |… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
The Power Chatform ☕️ | We´re all inmigrants
A few weeks ago, the great MCJ, invited me and Larry to chat about everything. We talked about a lot of stuff, professional and personal – because we can´t separate work from life, right? I invite you to follow these steps: Go and get Larry and MCJ on social: Matt Collins-Jones | LinkedIn Matt Collins-Jones – YouTube Matt Collins-Jones | MCJ (@D365Geek) / Twitter Laurynas… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...
My favorite D365 HR Analytics
The inspiration for this entry: my younger self. This is the kind of content I would have liked to read when entering the world of Human Resources instead of a massive amount of hours reading about interview techniques. Ok, so what brings us today here is one of the golden tools that we can use in HR – and in life – to work smarter and with a solid base: Analytics. Is not new that Analytics… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
D365 HR 2021 | Wave 1: Release Notes
The world is frozen, and we can’t go on vacation, BUT there’s a wave we can ride: Release Notes Wave 1, get ready to surf it Based on the official release notes, I created a resume of the new features coming for Dynamics 365 Human Resources in this wave: April to September 2021. Feel free to scroll to the bottom and find the complete notes. With the introduction done, let’s go to the… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
D365 HR | Chapter 39: Custom links.
Let’s picture that your company has – as usual – more than one platform/solution to manage employee processes, the first example that comes to my mind is a Benefits Portal, but there are lots of possibilities. In this episode of D365 HR Series, we will take a look at Manager Self-Service and try to customize it to your demand. Add custom links to ESS and MSS is very simple and easy, and… Continue Reading Ana...
⚡️ D365 F&O Summit 2021 is here!
I’m so happy to tell you we will have an amazing summit for Finance and Operations – and other Dynamics solutions – upcoming in 2 weeks. We are closing the month of January with an amazing lineup and great sessions. The event will take place on the last weekend of the current month and there are some sessions you can´t miss. Check this link to see the agenda for three days: Dynamics 365… Continue Reading Ana...
D365 HR | Chapter 38: Personal Search Report.
A new entry, and this edition we are going to talk about Personal Search Report. This Personal Search Report (from now on: PSR) falls into GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), this regulation protects personal data. As in Dynamics 365 Human Resources, we are managing personal information about the employees GDPR is one of the policies we need to cover. In case you want to read a bit… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Tool kit Series | Competencies and development
Once again we met, in this case, we will talk about competencies and development. The fun behind these two features in Dynamics 365 Human Resources is to use them in your favor. They will help you compare the skill set for a job and the abilities of a worker, trying to find the perfect match! As you know, Employee Self-service, along with Manager Self-service are two great challenge-solver… Continue Reading Ana Inés...
Tool kit Series | Leave and Absence
Introducing the second article of this short series: Tool kit. In this edition, we are going to focus on Leave and Absence. You already know the features of the module in Dynamics 365 Human Resources, and if not make sure you visit this article: D365HR Series | Capítulo 12: Bajas y Ausencias. (anainesurrutia.com) is in Spanish, but you can easily translate it to any language. In a few… Continue Reading Ana Inés Urrutia’s...