What is new: D365 Commerce CSU

Introduction

There are no official Microsoft Release Notes on the latest D365 Commerce (Retail) Cloud Scale Unit (CSU) APIs. Since more and more companies are starting to use these APIs for integrating external e-commerce websites with D365 ERP, I think the community may appreciate some ‘unofficial’ Commerce CSU “WHAT’S NEW” 😎.

Besides that, the ‘official’ list of APIs is not really kept up-to-date here on Microsoft learn, so below you’ll find links to the latest API documentation, an up-to-date list of all APIs and what role they’re designed for (Customer = website, Employee/Device = store, Application = server-to-server).

Release notes | Latest version

The latest Commerce CSU version which is used for the Release notes here is:

The version is compared with 9.49 (10.0.39).

Removed APIs

/Commerce/GetOrdersByStore

/Commerce/GetPickUpOrdersByStore

New APIs

Note on Roles vs Use:

Anonymous/Customer/BusinessPartner = e-commerce
Employee/Device = In-store
Application = Server-to-Server

As per this list, it becomes clear that Microsoft is investing to expose Copilot/ERP backend generated summary information through the CSU. Unfortunately, this is currently only designed for use in-store (role = employee), but it should be possible to extend this.

Data Model changes

The list above demonstrates investment in the following areas:

Self checkout POS (in-store): more detail
Copilot Summaries: more detail
New search criteria for stock availability

Relevant links

All Commerce APIs and roles (V9.50) in Excel: link

Full Commerce API documentation (V9.50): link

About the Author

I’ve been integrating non-Microsoft e-commerce solutions with D365 ERP and CRM since the early days of AX for Retail in 2009. Already back in 2015, I connected an E-commerce platform to D365 ERP by a predecessor of the current D365 Commerce CSU for the first time.

Get in touch via patrickmouwen.com/contact if you need help in implementing:

D365 Commerce on top of ERP including D365 Store Commerce App and D365 e-commerce
Customizing/Extending D365 Commerce, CSU, Store Commerce App and e-commerce
B2C and B2B Headless Commerce/D365 ERP integrations via Commerce CSU
B2C and B2B Commerce Platform/D365 ERP integrations via Commerce CSU
Customer Service operation based on D365 ERP and D365 CE data utilizing Commerce CSU
Social Commerce/D365 ERP integrations via Commerce CSU
Professional App (React.JS)/D365 ERP integrations utilizing Commerce CSU
POS/ERP integration

Contact me on LinkedIn for more details: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmouwen/

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