One of the main advantages to Dynamics 365 Field Service is the ability to configure it based on your organisation needs. This might include Identifying key configuration considerations, defining products and services, and other related factors and the defining the necessary Work Order Types, sub-statuses, service territories, and account configuration that will support the desired Functionality.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Identify key service configuration considerations
• Users and security roles
• Define work order types, statuses and sub statuses
• Define incident and service task types
• Define Field Service products, services, and pricing options
• Define service territories
• Configure Field Service account preferences

This module will focus on how bookable resources are used in universal resource scheduling. Configuring resources, working with bookable resources, setup of supporting components such as characteristics and roles, and working with facilities, crews, and resource pools is also covered.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Identify the different types of resources available
• Define supporting resource components such as characteristics, roles, and organisational units
• Setup an individual bookable resource
• Geocode resources, starting and ending locations, and viewing in the map
• Define pools, crews, and facilities

Handle more advanced scheduling options that might involve multiple resources, or specific facilities. Use resource pooling to provide place holders for scheduling groups of resources. Schedule crews to work on specific items. Schedule specific facilities that might be used to help deliver a specific service.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Define and use resource pools in scheduling scenarios
• Use the facility scheduling feature to book specific facilities for work
• Define and schedule crews using the schedule board

Leverage agreements to assist in creating Work Orders on a predefined schedule such as in preventative maintenance scenarios. Additionally, by leveraging inventory, they can more effectively manage inventory levels at warehouses and ensure that technicians have what they need to deliver services to their customer while in the field. Dynamics 365 has several foundational elements that can be configured to better tailor a Field Service implementation to meet the desired needs of an organisation.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Identify the work order lifecycle
• Identify the different options available for creating work orders
• Use related records such as service accounts, incidents, products and services, and other items with work orders
• Create and manage agreements
• Define and manage inventory and warehouses

Define and create incident types to use as templates when you are creating work orders in Dynamics 365 Field Service.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Learn about the purpose of incident types in Dynamics 365 Field Service.
• Learn how to create incident types.
• Create service tasks and use them in an incident type.
• Add products and services to an incident type.
• Define the duration of an incident type.
• Use incident types on work orders.

Learn how to create and perform inspections in Dynamics 365 Field Service.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Learn about the purpose of inspections in Dynamics 365 Field Service.
• Learn how to create inspections.
• Associate inspections with work orders and customer assets.
• Perform inspections by using the Field Service mobile app.

Dispatchers and schedulers need to easily identify and schedule resources to work on jobs. They should be able to identify which scheduling method will best be used based on the scenario that they are trying to schedule. When scenarios arise that require assistance, dispatchers can use the schedule assistant to provide recommendations based on requirements that are defined for the job. Many times, items that are scheduled will need to be rescheduled or assigned to a different resource. With Dynamics 365, schedule board dispatchers can easily identify which items need to be rescheduled and either reschedule them or rebook them to a different resource.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Identify scenarios where the different field service scheduling options could be used
• Navigate, filter, and modify basic schedule board settings
• Manually schedule and reschedule items on the schedule board
• Use the resource availability search (schedule assistant) to schedule items on the schedule board

Tailoring the schedule board for easier scheduling is made possible with multiple schedule boards, views, and schedule board options. We’ll look at how we configure the filters, queries, and entities for use with the schedule board.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Define each pane in schedule board
• Edit schedule board views and tooltips
• Edit map pane
• Schedule board alerts
• Extend schedule board with JavaScript and HTML

Learn how to setup and deploy Resource Scheduling Optimisation in this module. Topics include configuration options, defining optimisation goals and scope as well as optimising schedules.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Set up and deploy Resource Scheduling Optimisation.
• Learn about the configuration options and define optimisation goals, scopes, and schedules.

Dynamics 365 Field Service Mobile application is built on Microsoft Power Platform and provides tools that help frontline workers serve customers in the field. While working in the field, they can access important information such as work orders, customer asset lists, accounts, and contacts.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

• Learn how to deploy and use the mobile application.
• Learn about Service assets.
• Use online and offline data.