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I’m so excited! Omnichannel Native Voice is so close to GA I can almost taste it - not literally. But seriously, this is an exciting leap for Omnichannel which means it’s now possible to have Microsoft be the provider for the entire contact centre solution instead of different providers for different channels! The video below … Continue reading Behind Omnichannel Native Voice
If there was one thing that pulled my attention at the recent MS Inspire, it was this announcement: Satya’s announcement that D365 data will be accessible within teams at no additional cost to teams users is a welcome and to me - exciting. I’ve had some time to think about it and wanted to give … Continue reading Dynamics 365 x Teams
A popular social network which many businesses now leverage for engaging with customers is Facebook. With roughly 2.85 billion monthly active users (est as from early 2021 and not considering the catfishes which are likely included in these numbers) its no surprise that facebook dominates the social media platform landscape. According to statcounter, Facebook has … Continue reading Omnichannel for Customer Service: The Facebook Channel
Slugs. This is not about your average garden variety slug. This relates to placeholders that are used to dynamically show or refer to data within D365 Customer Service Workspace and Omnichannel Engagement Hub. Slugs are used in various ways and depending on how the slug is used, the syntax of use is different. In this … Continue reading D365 Customer Service: Slugs
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
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