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Microsoft’s AI-Powered Contact Center Solution Provides Glimpse Into Future of Customer Service
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center now generally available: Microsoft’s Copilot-powered contact center solution, Dynamics 365 Contact Center, is now generally available, offering a complete, composable solution for contact centers built on Azure’s hyperscale cloud platform.

Key benefits of Dynamics 365 Contact Center: The solution provides effortless self-service across various channels, accelerated human-assisted service through intelligent routing and AI tools, and operational efficiency gains via generative AI-based real-time reporting and extensive integration capabilities.

  • Customers can engage through voice, SMS, chat, email, and social media, with sophisticated pre-integrated copilots driving personalized conversations for rich self-service.
  • Intelligent unified routing directs requests requiring human assistance to the best-suited agent, while providing them with AI tools and a 360-degree customer view to streamline service.
  • Generative AI enables real-time optimization of contact center operations, while over 1,200 pre-built connectors allow integration with existing data and applications.

Early adopter customer stories highlight impact: Companies like Lenovo, Synoptek, and AIA Group are already seeing significant potential for enhanced staff productivity, quicker and more precise responses, and elevated customer service.

Pricing and packaging details: Dynamics 365 Contact Center is available for $110 per user/month, with individual channel options for purchase. A new Dynamics 365 Customer Service Premium offer combines it with Dynamics 365 Customer Service Enterprise for $195 per user/month.

Broader implications for contact center modernization: The general availability of Dynamics 365 Contact Center marks a significant milestone in Microsoft’s journey to modernize customer engagement through a generative AI-powered, cloud-native solution. By enabling organizations to maximize their existing investments while leveraging cutting-edge AI capabilities, Microsoft is positioning itself as a leader in the next generation of customer service technology. However, it remains to be seen how quickly enterprises will adopt this new offering and how it will stack up against competing solutions in the rapidly evolving contact center market.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center is now generally available  - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog

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