What's new in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
Important
Fundraising and Engagement is being retired. Support for Fundraising and Engagement will end at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on December 31, 2026. For more information, go to What’s new in Fundraising and Engagement.
Find out what's new or changed in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit.
August 2024
Template apps built on Power Apps
Description | Documentation |
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Fundraising template app now available | Unify constituent and fundraising data |
Grant Management template app now available | Unify grant and constituent data |
Outcome Management template app now available | Unify program and impact data |
Common Data Model for Nonprofits available in Solution Center | Common Data Model for Nonprofits |
December 2023
Volunteer Management
Description | How it worked before | How it works now |
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Create new volunteer | User received an error when trying to create a new volunteer in Volunteer Management when there was an unconfigured Fundraising and Engagement instance in the same environment. | The configuration state of the Fundraising and Engagement instance in the same environment doesn't affect the functionality of Volunteer Management. |
Volunteer Engagement
The December 2023 release of Volunteer Engagement includes French language availability for Volunteer Engagement users. Review the deployment and configuration documentation below for more information.
This release also includes the following update.
Description | How it worked before | How it works now |
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Engagement opportunity – short description | When the short description field contained enter or return characters, users received an error. | Volunteer Engagement now handles the input so users don't receive an error when they use these characters. |
March 2023
Volunteer Management
Item | How it worked before | How it works now |
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Engagement opportunity message settings | Volunteer Management didn't create or send emails that followed the rules configured in message settings. | We updated the solution to create email activities and send emails as expected based on the rules created in the message settings of the engagement opportunity. This update allows users to effectively communicate with volunteers and streamline volunteer management processes. For more information, go to Send emails from Volunteer Management. |
Volunteer Engagement
The March 2023 release of Volunteer Engagement includes specific code signing updates to ensure the authenticity and integrity of Microsoft software to our customers and partners.
September 2022
Volunteer Management
The September 2022 release of Volunteer Management provides the following new features and enhancements:
Volunteer Engagement
The September 2022 release of Volunteer Engagement includes important updates. For instructions on updating Volunteer Engagement, go to Deploy and configure Volunteer Engagement.
Important
We highly recommend that nonprofit organizations and partners upgrade to Volunteer Engagement solution version 1.1.3.0 to take advantage of the latest features and improvements. To ensure a successful update, follow the instructions in Deploy and configure Volunteer Engagement.
May 2022
Volunteer Management
The May 2022 release of Volunteer Management includes specific entitlement updates due to changes in Microsoft Cloud Solution Center.
April 2022
Volunteer Management
The April 2022 release of Volunteer Management provides the following improvements:
Item | How it worked before | How it works now |
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Canceled/deactivated shifts and related participations | Participations remained active even when the related shift was canceled or deactivated on the engagement opportunity. | We added logic to the following sections to keep shifts and participation status aligned:
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Shift date validation |
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Closed/canceled engagement opportunity and new volunteers | Previously, it was possible to add new volunteers to closed or canceled engagement opportunities. | Now it's not possible to add more volunteers if the engagement opportunity is closed or canceled. |