MECER MS-MB230T01 Dynamics 356 for Customer Engagement for Customer Service User Guide
- June 3, 2024
- MECER
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MECER MS-MB230T01 Dynamics 356 for Customer Engagement for Customer
Service
INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service offers any organization an opportunity for customer success. Using tools such as automatic case creation and queue management frees up your time to dedicate it where you can have a greater impact, directly with your customers. Join our team of globally recognized experts as they take you step by step from creating cases to interacting with customers to resolving those cases. Once you’ve resolved those cases you can lean from data analysis the key details to help you resolve similar cases faster or avoid new issues altogether.
AUDIENCE PROFILE
A Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Functional Consultant is responsible for
performing discovery, capturing requirements,engaging subject matter experts
and stakeholders, translating requirements, and configuring the solution and
applications. The Functional Consultant implements a solution using out of the
box capabilities, codeless extensibility, application and service
integrations.
PREREQUISITES
This course is designed for functional consultants working with Dynamics 365
Customer Service, or functional consultants who work with other Dynamics 365
apps who want to expand their knowledge of Customer Service
COURSE CONTENT
Module 1: Get started with Dynamics 365 Customer Service Customer service is a key aspect of any customer relationship management strategy. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Module 2: Managing cases with Dynamics 365 Customer Service Hub Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service lets organizations better serve their customers and manage agent caseloads by providing a wide range of case management options. Whether agents are looking for more efficient ways to create cases or better ways to manage the case lifecycle, the case management tools in Microsoft Dynamics 365 can help them throughout the management process
has many features that organizations can use to manage the services they
provide to customers.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
Module 3: Examine the case resolution process in Dynamics 365 from beginning to end
- Identify the different options that are available for creating and defining cases
- Use business process flows to guide agents through case resolution
- Review when and how parent/child cases are used
- Identify when similar cases should be merged
- Work with case status reason transitions, and configure custom status transitions
Module 4: Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service queues to manage
case workloads
Customer support centers often use queues to manage the routing of cases that
come in, so that they
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Learn about the pieces of Dynamics 365 Customer Service
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Learn how to optimize Dynamics 365 Customer Service to improve your customer relations are handled in an organized and timely manner.
Learning objectives -
Let’s take a look at the following:
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Identify the different types of Microsoft Dynamics 365 queues that are available
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Create a queue, and define queue members
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Assign, pick, and release queue items
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Define routing rule sets to move items to specific queues
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Set up other Dynamics 365 tables so that they can be used with queues
Module 5: Create or update records automatically in Customer Service Hub Learn how to create records by using the automatic creation and update rules functionality. Additionally, you will learn how to use multiple conditions in a single rule to create records differently based on the results.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about automatic record creation and review instances where you can use it.
- Review the process of defining rules by using the Customer Service Hub app.
- Examine rule items, how they’re used within a rule, and the process for defining them within a rule.
- Learn how to use Microsoft Power Automate to create the record in the application.
- Learn how to configure the Power Automate flow to map a contact manually.
- Examine how to use the activity monitor to review the status of rules that are being processed.
Module 6: Get started with unified routing for Dynamics 365 Customer
Service
To ensure that customers are satisfied with the service that’s being provided,
many organizations will connect incoming work items, such as cases, phone
calls, or chat requests, to the most qualified agent to assist with each
specific need.
Learning objectives
In this module, you’ll:
- Learn about basic routing.
- Set up unified routing.
- Create and manage user setup.
- Learn about queues and workstreams.
Module 7: Create and manage entitlements in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer
Service This module will focus on Microsoft Dynamics 365 entitlements and how
they’re used to define and track information about support contracts. It
includes information about creating and defining entitlements, setting up
entitlement terms and types, defining related records, and managing the
entitlement lifecycle.
Learning objectives In this module, you will:
- Create and define entitlement records
- Control when an entitlement is applied
- Define specific entitlement terms and supported channels
- Define entitlements that are product-specific or contact-specific
- Work with multiple entitlement records for a specific customer
- Use entitlement templates to quickly create new entitlements
Module 8: Manage service level agreements with Dynamics 365 Customer
Service
Do you have service level agreements with your customers? This module will
focus on Dynamics 365 Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and how they can be
leveraged to define and track KPIs including defining business closures and
working hour schedules, determining SLA triggering conditions, defining SLAs,
building SLA items, managing SLAs, and working with SLA pause statuses.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will :
- Determine which KPIs are being measured with SLAs
- Define Business Closures and Working Hours
- Create SLAs including triggering conditions, and actions
- Build SLA Items
- Define custom KPIs
- Enable SLAs for multiple entities
- Manage SLAs for an organization
Module 9: Create knowledge management solutions in Dynamics 365 Customer Service This module will focus on building knowledge management solutions by using Microsoft Dynamics 365. It provides an overview of the different knowledge management options that are available, and includes information about defining knowledge articles, managing article versions, and publishing articles.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Identify scenarios where knowledge articles can be used
- Create and define knowledge articles in Dynamics 365
- Manage the knowledge article lifecycle
- Control article version, translation, and publishing options
Module 10: Use knowledge articles to resolve Dynamics 365 Customer Service
cases
This module will focus on how to use the Knowledge Management capabilities of
Dynamics 365 to resolve cases inside Dynamics 365 including how to customize
Dynamics 365 entities to consume Knowledge Articles, searching for and linking
knowledge Articles, controlling article display options, and using article
analytics to drive Knowledge Manage options.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Configure Dynamics 365 Entities for use with Knowledge Management
- Define and control Article display options on entities
- Search for and use Articles to resolve Dynamics 365 cases
- View and manage Knowledge Article Analytics
Module 11: Create a survey project with Dynamics 365 Customer Voice
Learn how to create a surveyproject with Dynamics 365
Customer Voice.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about Dynamics 365 Customer Voice and how it can benefit an organization.
- Create your first project.
- Discover the high-level features and functionality of a project.
Module 12: Create customer surveys with Dynamics 365 Customer Voice
Obtaining customer feedback can help you make better business decisions. In
this module, you will get started with creating surveys.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create your first survey with a theme and custom branding.
- Learn when to use branching rules to guide respondents through a survey.
- Personalize surveys with variables.
Module 13: Send Dynamics 365 Customer Voice surveys Learn about the various methods that Dynamics 365 Customer Voice provides to help you send powerful surveys to capture feedback from customers and employees.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how to create email templates to send from Dynamics 365 Customer Voice.
- Learn how to email surveys directly from Dynamics 365 Customer Voice.
- Discover the different methods of sending surveys, including with direct links and QR codes.
- Send survey reminders and learn how to interpret the survey distribution report.
Module 14: Automate Dynamics 365 Customer Voice surveys with Power Automate Create a personalized and automated customer feedback experience by using Microsoft Power Automate.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the role that Power Automate plays when you are setting up projects and surveys in Dynamics 365 Customer Voice.
- Discover the purpose of using variables to further customize surveys.
- Create a flow in Power Automate to create and send survey invitations to customers.
Module 15: Set up Customer Service scheduling
Dynamics 365 Customer Service includes capabilities to help you effectively
schedule staff and other resources to provide service to customers at the
organization’s locations.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Get started with Customer Service scheduling.
- Learn how to set up Customer Service scheduling.
- Discover how to define resources.
Module 16: Schedule services with Customer Service scheduling
Learn how to define and schedule services with Dynamics 365 Customer Service to provide service to customers at the organization’s locations.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how to define services.
- Discover how to configure fulfillment preferences.
- Learn how to create and schedule service activities.
Module 17: Enhance agent productivity with Customer Service workspace
With Customer Service workspace, you can ensure that agents are equipped with
the core customer service capabilities that they are accustomed to using with
the Customer Service Hub app. It will also provide agents with the ability
have multiple sessions open at a time in a single workspace experience.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- View and edit records.
- Work with cases.
Module 18: Create custom experiences for agents with the App profile
manager in Customer Service
With the App profile manager feature, your organization can create targeted
app experiences for agents and supervisors who work with the Microsoft
Dynamics 365 Customer Service workspace and Omnichannel for Customer Service
apps.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the App profile manager feature, when it’s available, and how to access it.
- Create custom profiles with the user interface.
- Define which channels and productivity features are available within a profile.
- Configure session templates.
- Create application tab templates.
- Create notification templates and use notification fields.
- Review associate session and notification templates with workstreams.
Module 19: Getting started with Omnichannel for Customer Service
With Omnichannel for Dynamics 365 Customer Service, agents can service
multiple customers across different channels directly from within their
Dynamics 365 environment. This module introduces the features and
functionality of Omnichannel.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about agent experience and managing sessions.
- Work with conversations and customer summaries.
Module 20: Route and distribute work with unified routing in Dynamics 365 Customer Service Unified routing is an intelligent,scalable, and enterprise grade routing and assignment capability. It can direct the incoming work item to the best suited queue and agent by adhering to work item requirements and matching them with the agent’s capabilities.
Learning objectives
In this module, you’ll:
- Set up the components that are involved in classification and assignment of work items.
- Classify work items and route work to employees.
- Set up queues to distribute work.
- Run diagnostics.
Module 21: Deploy an SMS channel in Omnichannel for Dynamics 365 Customer
Service Learn how to use Short Message
Service (SMS) messages to initiate support requests with support
organizations.
Learning objectives
In this module, you’ll:
- Configure an SMS channel.
- Configure phone numbers and messaging accounts such as TeleSign and Twilio.
- Configure SMS workstream and workstream options.
- Route SMS conversations.
- Set up additional settings.
Module 22: Deploy chat widgets with Omnichannel for Dynamics 365 Customer
Service
A chat widget lets customers connect with service agents and assists in
resolving their queries quickly. This module covers the process of deploying
chat widgets with Omnichannel for Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create a chat channel.
- Allow chat transcripts and file downloads.
- Work with pre-chat and post-chat surveys.
- Embed a chat widget in a portal.
Module 23: Create smart assist solutions in Omnichannel for Dynamics 365 Customer Service Do you want to build custom bots and plug them into environments to provide relevant recommendations to agents? This module teaches you how to create adaptive cards and custom bots and how to enable the Productivity pane.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Write adaptive cards that render content for a smart assist bot.
- Build a smart assist bot.
- Create a bot user.
- Add a smart assist bot to a workstream.
- Enable the Productivity pane
Get started with Customer Service Insights Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service Insights uses AI to automatically group your cases into topics by using natural language understanding, such as grouping defective product cases into a single topic. Topics allow you to discover and adapt to current and emerging trends, identify problem areas, and improve brand sentiment. By pinpointing and fixing issues before they impact customers, you can deliver better customer service experiences. This module will examine how Customer Service Insights can impact your organization.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about Customer Service Insights and what it can provide for an organization.
- Examine how to configure Customer Service Insights for your organization.
- Learn about installing Power BI app for Customer Service Insights to gain insights.
- Discover the different dashboards that are available.
Module 25: Create visualizations for Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Customer Service includes several features for reporting and displaying data
to help users manage their case workload. This module will examine the options
that are provided by Customer Service.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Review the data reporting and visualization options in Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
- Discover how to create charts.
- Learn how to use and create tier 1 and tier 2 interactive dashboards.
- Discover how to use Microsoft Power BI to view Dynamics 365 Customer Service data.
Module 26: Get started with Connected Customer Service for Dynamics 365 and Azure IoT The Connected Customer Service Add-in for Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrates Internet of Things (IoT) devices with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service to help organizations create a proactive approach to providing service to customers.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the Connected Customer Service Add-in for Microsoft Dynamics 365.
- Choose a deployment type.
- Install the Connected Customer Service Add-in.
- Learn about customer assets and IoT alerts.
Module 27: Register and manage devices with Connected Customer Service
for Dynamics 365 and Azure IoT
Connected Customer Service integrates IoT devices with Dynamics 365 Customer
Service to help organizations create an approach to providing service to
customers. Additionally, it enables the registration, monitoring, and
management of IoT devices into your organization’s business processes.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how to register IoT devices.
- Discover how to create IoT alerts and convert alerts to cases.
- Learn about the required security roles for Connected Customer Service.
- Discover how to manage interactions with IoT devices.
- Learn about sending commands to IoT devices.
Module 28: Create custom apps for Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Learn how to use Microsoft Power Platform to create custom apps for Microsoft
Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how you can use Microsoft Power Platform to customize Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
- Learn how to create apps from Microsoft Power Apps for Customer Service.
- Learn how to deploy a self-service portal for Customer Service.
- Discover how to customize case management.
Module 29: Integrate a Power Virtual Agents bot with Omnichannel for
Customer Service
Learn how to integrate a Power Virtual Agents bot with Omnichannel for
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create an Azure Active Directory application.
- Configure the Power Virtual Agents bot.
- Configure Omnichannel for Customer Service.
ASSOCIATED CERTIFICATIONS & EXAM
This course will prepare delegates to write the Microsoft MB-230: Microsoft
Dynamics 365 Customer Service Functional Consultant exam.