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Dynamics 365 Customer Service

Cases, queues, and a unified customer view so service teams resolve faster and nothing falls through the cracks.

Overview

Dynamics 365 Customer Service gives your support and service teams structured case management, queues, and SLAs on top of the same customer record your sales and finance teams use.

We configure it to your service motions so requests get routed, tracked, and resolved consistently, and leadership can see volume, response time, and recurring issues at a glance.

How We Work

1

Discovery and design

We map how cases reach you today, define queues, priorities, and SLAs, and design a unified view of every customer.

2

Implementation

We configure routing, knowledge, and dashboards, connect email and phone channels, and train agents on the new workflow.

3

Run and improve

We monitor resolution metrics with you and keep tuning routing and automation so nothing falls through the cracks.

What's Included

Case management

Structured cases with full history against a single customer record.

Queues and routing

Requests routed to the right team automatically, with nothing dropped.

SLA tracking

Response and resolution targets tracked and surfaced before they slip.

Knowledge base

Reusable answers so common questions resolve faster.

Reporting

Volume, response time, and recurring-issue dashboards for leadership.

Unified customer view

Service shares the same record as sales and finance, so context is never lost.

Implementation Options

Three ways to start, depending on how much certainty you want before you commit. Estimates and rates are quoted in your proposal.

T&M Implementation

Details
  • The full implementation on time and materials, billed to actual hours as consumed
  • A written estimate up front, revisited at every phase gate
  • Design and build run in parallel: the blueprint evolves while early phases are already being delivered
  • Scope stays flexible, with changes approved through a written change order
Best fit for
  • Simpler footprints with a clear picture of their requirements
  • Teams comfortable steering scope as the work unfolds

Fixed-Fee Discovery & Design

Details
  • The first phase of a full implementation, run as a standalone engagement with its own deliverables (we call it Phase 0)
  • Current state documented, future state designed, and the implementation blueprint delivered
  • A fixed-fee implementation proposal, priced against confirmed scope
  • Deliverables are platform-agnostic, not tied to Microsoft or to us, and detailed enough for any qualified partner to quote a fixed fee
  • The fee is credited in full toward the implementation if you proceed with us within three months
Best fit for
  • Complex or unclear scope, where guessing is expensive
  • Boards and leadership teams that prefer the certainty of a detailed roadmap and fixed-fee scope before implementation kicks off
Learn more about Phase 0

Fixed-Fee Implementation

Details
  • Follows a completed Discovery & Design engagement
  • The implementation at a fixed price, quoted against the scope confirmed in discovery and design
  • Milestone billing tied to deliverables you can verify
  • Change orders only when the scope itself changes
Best fit for
  • Budget certainty required before kickoff
  • Regulated or board-governed purchases

Support & Training Options

Go-live is the start of the relationship, and how much of it you hand to us is your call. Flat-fee plans run on a rolling 90-day commitment; T&M support carries no commitment.

T&M support & training

Details
  • Support billed hourly, as you need it, with no monthly fee
  • Escalation straight to the team that built your system, including your solution architect
  • Training sessions on request: new hires, refreshers, or a deep dive on one module
  • Minor configuration changes scoped in writing before work starts
Best fit for
  • Larger teams with dedicated in-house Dynamics resources
  • Staff comfortable with a self-service approach
  • Teams looking for escalation support and occasional training

Flat-fee Customer Service support & training

Details
  • Reduced professional services rates for your implementation
  • SLA-backed unlimited support during business hours
  • Minor modifications to existing configurations
  • Training for new agents so the queue never depends on tribal knowledge
  • Training on new Microsoft wave releases: updates ship twice a year, announced in advance, and we prep your team before each one lands
Best fit for
  • Smaller teams without dedicated in-house Dynamics resources
  • Leadership that prefers flat-fee simplicity and wants staff to ask for help without watching a meter
  • Teams with predictable growth plans and support needs

Fully managed Dynamics & IT support

Everything in the flat-fee Customer Service support & training option, plus managed IT services:

  • Our lowest professional services rates for your implementation, as part of a holistic ongoing engagement
  • Microsoft 365 administration
  • Endpoint monitoring, patching, and security configuration
  • Security monitoring, threat response, and email security
  • IT vendor and license management
  • vCIO strategic advisory
  • Helpdesk and level 1, 2, and 3 support for staff
  • SLA on system-blocking issues
Best fit for
  • Teams without dedicated in-house Dynamics and IT support staff
  • Companies that prefer a single outside partner across their entire IT footprint, from applications through general IT operations

Who This Is For, and Who It Is Not

A strong fit if

  • Support arrives in a shared inbox, and nobody can say what is open, what is late, or who owns it.
  • You have committed response or resolution times to customers, and no way to show whether you meet them.
  • The same questions come back every week and each agent answers them from scratch.
  • You run Dynamics 365 Sales or Business Central, and want service working from the same customer record.
  • You are adding your second or third support person, and handoffs are where things go missing.

A poor fit if

  • You need an IT service desk with asset, ticket, and change management. That calls for a tool built for IT operations.
  • One person handles every request and the volume is steady. A shared mailbox with rules still fits.
  • Live chat, bots, and social channels are the main need. Those are a wider build with their own licensing, worth scoping on their own.

Frequently Asked Questions

All questions
What is Dynamics 365 Customer Service?

Dynamics 365 Customer Service is case management for support teams. Every customer issue becomes a tracked case with an owner, a queue, and a history, so support stops living in a shared inbox.

How much does Dynamics 365 Customer Service cost?

Licensing is per service representative, per month, on an annual commitment, so it scales with the size of your support team rather than your headcount. Three tiers step up: Professional for case management, Enterprise for deeper automation and AI, and Premium for a combined contact center and CRM. Voice and digital channels come through Dynamics 365 Contact Center, which is licensed on its own. Copilot Credits are billed separately. Microsoft publishes current rates on the Dynamics 365 Customer Service pricing page.

How is this different from a shared inbox or a helpdesk tool?

A shared inbox tells you nothing about volume, response times, or repeat issues, and things silently fall through. Against helpdesk tools like Zendesk, the difference is the Microsoft connection: cases sit next to the customer's orders and history instead of in a separate silo. We explain the moving parts in Dynamics 365 Customer Service, explained.

Who is Dynamics 365 Customer Service for, and who is it not?

Teams handling steady support volume, warranty or repair flows, or anything where 'did we ever respond?' is a real question, especially when case history should connect to orders and invoices. If you get a handful of support emails a week, a disciplined inbox is fine; case management pays off at volume, and it takes process discipline to run.

What does an implementation cost, and when do we find out?

Early, on purpose. After discovery we put a ballpark scope and budget in front of you, with no signature expected, so both sides know the shape of the project early. After design, pricing becomes a fixed scope. We present two structures side by side, a straight hourly project and the same scope amortized monthly with support included, so you can show leadership the difference and defend the choice.

What happens after go-live?

Thirty days of hypercare are built into every implementation, then you move to the support option you chose. Expect a response within a couple of hours, usually a live screen share, and sessions that double as training. Heavy investment in training and cutover means post-go-live questions skew toward how-do-I rather than break-fix.

How do you handle training?

Role-based and timed close to go-live so it sticks: finance, operations, and quality each learn their own workflows, in your system with your data. After go-live, support sessions run as live screen shares that double as training, and flat-fee plans include training for new hires and on each Microsoft release wave.

Will Microsoft's updates break things mid-workday?

Business Central and Dynamics 365 ship two release waves a year, announced months in advance. We review each wave against your configuration, test in a sandbox, and train your team on what changes before it reaches production. No surprise updates during the Tuesday rush.

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