Discovering Azure DevOps and D365 Business Applications
When an agent accepts a chat in the Omnichannel experience for D365 Customer Service, context information is passed from the initiated chat to the agent's desktop. This context information includes pre chat variables, bot variables - if the chat was escalated from a bot - as well as custom variables sent via custom code. Context … Continue reading Omnichannel for Customer Service : Custom Context Variables
When a customer initiates a chat, its often a pretty good idea to have some information available that will allow an agent to know who they're talking to or even why the chat was initiated. The Omni Channel Engagement Hub allows the configuration of pre chat questions which will prompt the user to provide information … Continue reading Omni Channel Engagement Hub: Configuring Pre Chat to Automatically Identify Customers
In my previous blog post, I covered the basic setup needed for agents to be able to use the the Omni Channel Engagement Hub app. This post is a continuation on that blog, focussing on how we can quickly create a chat widget to allow your customers to interact with your agents. https://youtu.be/3a5yMoA7ac0 The video … Continue reading Omni Channel Engagement Hub: Creating a Chat Widget
One of the latest features now available in preview for the Omni Channel Engagement Hub is outbound messaging. Outbound messaging is perfect for scenarios where a company may want to send sms notifications to a customer based on an event. E.g. To notify the customer that addiitonal information is required for a claim they may … Continue reading Omni Channel Engagement Hub: Configuring Outbound Messaging
This blog carries on from my last blog which showed how to create the Smart Assist bot and the configurations required in Azure. This blog will show what should be configured in Dynamics 365. To complete the setup, it is important to have bot application id and the app registration application id. Information on how … Continue reading Configuring Smart Assist Part 2
In this blog, I will do my level best to detail the steps included in creating a smart assist bot that will help agents to schedule appointments for customers they're chatting with. It would be helpful to understand and have knowledge of the Azure Bot Framework, but it absolutely not necessary. Smart Assist bots enable … Continue reading OmniChannel Engagement Hub: Creating a Smart Assist Bot
One of the latest features of the Omni Channel Engagement Hub is the ability to see notifications of an incoming conversation when the agent dashboard is not in focus. Prior to this release, agents could potentially miss notifications if they had another tab open or if the browser was minimised. This would affect customers as … Continue reading Configuring and Troubleshooting Omni Channel Engagement Hub Desktop Notifications
