What's new in Fundraising and Engagement October 30, 2021
The Fundraising and Engagement solution is now part of Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit. It uniquely brings together trusted and intelligent cloud capabilities to provide nonprofits with a holistic, connected platform that unifies disparate data and empowers nonprofit workers.
This release includes comprehensive and critical updates. Be sure to review and update your environment to the newest release.
This Fundraising and Engagement update (v2.0.3.0) mitigates the following issues:
| Issue | Mitigation |
|---|---|
| Improved security of the platform. | Payment processor secrets moved to Azure Key Vault. Payment processing moved to Azure background service. Managed identity assigned to Azure services for interaction with database. |
| Use of Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). | Visual Studio and SSMS are no longer required during the release. |
| Payment processor and error handling issues. | Improved payment processor stability and error handling. |
This release also includes the following enhancements.
| Updated item | Description |
|---|---|
| Accessibility | Accessibility is improved. |
| Recurring donations | Improved recurring donation stability. |
| Installation experience | The application can now be downloaded from Microsoft Cloud Solution Center. |
Update instructions
You need to generate a new app registration client secret to access Dynamics 365 from Azure services. You must delete the old key.
Be sure to run all scripts mentioned in Post-deployment tasks (Dynamics 365), especially the following scripts:
- assign-managed-identity
- setup-webhook
- importFromEnvironment
Important
Users with access to Fundraising and Engagement may work with sensitive data. We recommend that administrators and users enable multifactor authentication to increase the security of their environment.