Microsoft 365 Message Center item MC1465492

MC1465492 - Dynamics 365 Customer Service - Create capacity plans for planning groups

Message Center ID
MC1465492
Category
stay Informed
Severity
normal
Services
Dynamics 365 Apps
Tags
New feature
Published
2026-09-01
Last updated
2026-09-01
Expires
2026-10-01

We are announcing the ability to use planning groups to treat multiple queues as a single unit to calculate the capacity that is needed for operations more efficiently within Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Dynamics 365 Contact Center. This feature reached general availability on August 31, 2026.How does this affect me?With this feature, instead of building capacity plans for each queue and manually calculating overall staffing needs across queues, planning groups can combine queues to more efficiently plan capacity by considering the entire pool of staff shared across queues as a single unit. When a plan is built from a forecast scenario, the planning group is derived automatically from that scenario, keeping the forecast and capacity plan aligned to the same group with no additional input from the planner.To use Workforce Management capabilities, an administrator must install the Workforce Management for Customer Service package from the Power Platform admin center.What action do I need to take?This message is for awareness, and no action is required.If you would like more information on this feature, please visit Create capacity plans for planning groups.