Clone Emails
Allow users to quickly clone emails without creating a template. We have a use case in which we need to send two versions of an email with small changes in language between each version. Creating a template from the original and then an email from that template inserts an unnecessary step.
Testing of dynamic expression with the test send functioanlity
According to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/dynamics365/marketing/dynamic-email-content#assist-edit, Field values from lookups and related tables aren't shown in the Preview tab of the designer, or in test sends. Likewise, for-each loops aren't rendered in previews or test sends. To test your r...
Thank you for your feedback.
We released this functionality (test sends with dynamic content) as part of the wave 1 release 2020. It is documented here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/marketing/email-preview#send-a-test-message.
Sincerely,
PM,
Microsoft.
Basic Features added for URL Button in Email Templates
The URL button on Email Templates should as a bare minimum be a pop up that you can select the words you wish to be the hyperlink, as well as the link itself. This can be similar to how the Ctrl+K function works currently on Internet Explorer. In addition to this, the URLs or hyperlinked text s...
Marketing Emails: Ability to Control Border Details / Styling at Individual Level (Top/Bottom/Side/Sides/Grid)
We need the ability to control more aspects of a border for a column. Right now it is either no border, or a complete border. We need the ability to add a border to just the top, bottom, side, sides, or entire grid of a column. Look at Microsoft Word as an example - I have all sorts of border ...
Thank you for your feedback. We have released this feature.
Sincerely, PM, Microsoft
Allow Links to be Clicked in Preview Mode
We want the ability to test links when previewing an email. So when you are working on a marketing email and go to Preview - you can click on links to make sure they go to the right place.
Thank you for your feedback. We have released this feature.
Sincerely, PM, Microsoft
Marketing Email Templates (And Save As) Need to Include Summary Information Such as the To/From address
When I create a Marketing Email Template, it does not save the Summary details such as the To and From address. The same issue applies to "Save As" - it does not copy over the summary details such as the To and From address. Templates should include more than just the design - it should includ...
Thank you for your feedback.
We released this functionality as part of the November 2020 release.
Sincerely,
PM, Microsoft.
Add more than 3 images side by side in marketing email
Ability to add more than 3 images side by side (e.g. social media icons) without html or using out of the box templates.
Thank you for your feedback!
This is a great suggestion! This functionality is currently under review.
Sincerely,
PM, Dynamics 365 Marketing
Change the background color of a text block on a marketing email
Allow us to change the background color of a text block on a marketing email without having to use html.
Thank you for your feedback.
We released this functionality as part of the 2020 Release Wave 1. In order to change the background color of your section, please select it on the canvas, and set the background color in the properties pane.
Sincerely,
PM, Microsoft.
Improve Video Functionality
When placing a video on a marketing email or email template using the designer there is no ability to re-size the video and it cannot be aligned to the center of its block. This is providing a poor experience for our users who have resorted to using images and setting the url of the image to link...
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This is a great suggestion! We feel there should be more community votes to have this idea implemented.
Sincerely,
PM, Dynamics 365 Marketing
Wrapper to support cloning sections
Right now you can only clone pre-determined design blocks which is extremely limiting in empowering a marketing team to have reusable components/rows/blocks. Would be nice if there was a simple wrapper that could go around an HTML block that supported clone and drag and drop.
Thank you for your feedback. We have released this feature.
Sincerely, PM, Microsoft
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Thank you for your feedback.
You can use the save as functionality to copy email without creating templates.
Sincerely,
PM, Dynamics 365 Marketing