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Important

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Users, automatically - Jul 21, 2023 Sep 29, 2023

Business value

By integrating Bing's contextual news, users can access real-time news articles, blog posts, or other relevant content related to the company they are working with. This feature can help sales professionals stay informed about their customers' industry trends, market updates, competitor activities, and other relevant news that may impact their sales strategies and engagements.

Having this information readily available within the Dynamics 365 Sales product can empower sales teams to have more informed conversations, tailor their pitches, and identify new opportunities. It can also contribute to building stronger customer relationships and improving overall sales performance.

Feature details

With this feature, sellers will be able to:

  • View the latest news about an account or company contextually within Dynamics 365 Sales, curated from Bing.
  • Trigger the 'Get latest news' command from the Lead, Contact, Opportunity or Account form to view the latest account news.

Example of latest account news

Prompt to display latest news

Geographic areas

This feature will be released into the following Microsoft Azure geographic areas:

  • Germany
  • Norway
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Switzerland
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
  • South America
  • Canada
  • India
  • Japan
  • France
  • Korea
  • China

See also

Show latest news for an account (docs)