Using the Deny Permission from the AOT in D365FO
The Deny permission in D365FO is a powerful piece of functionality that I’ve written about before. But if you want to utilize this feature from the AOT, there are some things to know about and keep in mind to ensure you are correctly configuring this access. In the AOT If you are setting up object access within the AOT and want to apply a Deny permission to an object you will need to go to the… Continue Reading...
Innovación en la Gestión de Almacenes con Dynamics 365
En la era actual, donde la eficiencia y la personalización son claves para el éxito operativo, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management está transformando la experiencia laboral de los trabajadores de almacén. Con la implementación de la IA generativa en la aplicación móvil de Gestión de Almacenes, se está revolucionando la manera en que los trabajadores interactúan con sus tareas… Continue Reading Juan Bravo’s Article on...
D365 Debug Tutorial #2
In this second D365 debug tutorial, learn new techniques and gain practice in debugging and solving error messages. Practice reading x++ code, using ‘find all references’, and navigating the Application Explorer in Visual Studio. When an error message is unclear, these steps will show you how to determine where in the system you need to… Continue Reading → The post D365 Debug Tutorial #2… Continue Reading...
How Do You Track Everything a System Administrator Does in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations? You Don’t.
The request to track everything a user assigned the SysAdmin role is something I see quite often; the problem is that this request is not feasible in the way that it is in other ERPs. Let’s explain where this request normally comes from, why it not feasible, and what we can do to address this. Where This Request Comes From Normally this type of request comes from an internal/external… Continue Reading Alex’s Article on...
Microsoft Updates Dynamics 365 License Pricing to Take Effect October 1st 2024
Microsoft Updated Dynamics 365 License Pricing Update Microsoft recently announced updated pricing for Dynamics 365 licensing which will take effect October 1st, 2024: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2024/04/12/new-pricing-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-effective-october-2024/ Here is an excerpt of the pricing, you can see: As is probably expected, there is an increase in pricing… Continue Reading Alex’s...
New pricing for Microsoft Dynamics 365 effective October 2024
Below is the list of products which has updated prices effective from October 1 , 2024. These increases will apply globally to new and existing customers (upon renewal as of October 1, 2024), and the products will be priced comparably in other currencies. To comply with local regulations, US government list prices for the same products will increase by 10% effective October 1, 2024,… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...
D365 Debug Tutorial #1
In addition to learning how to develop in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain, it is important to become very good at solving problems. In this D365 debug tutorial, learn how to find the code causing an error message to show using Find Labels. Sometimes when using D365, a user performs an action… Continue Reading → The post D365 Debug Tutorial #1 appeared first on Dynamics… Continue Reading...
Virtual entity in Data Management – 10.0.39
This new tile ‘Virtual Entity’ in 10.0.39 sparked my interest, prompting me to delve deeper into its functionalities. This lists all the virtual entities and their sync status. There is also an option to create/see the user flow in Power Automate. Whenever there is a refresh triggered in Dataverse, this would be automatically reflected here. You can force a refresh of a… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s Article...
One Dynamics One Platform – D365FO – LCS – PowerPlatform
Nice to see that One Dynamics One Platform is making strides towards a more seamless experience for its users. It’s exciting to hear that LCS is slowly merging with Power Platform. In fact, I recently tried to raise a support ticket from LCS and was pleasantly surprised to be directed to the Power Platform Admin page. It’s great to see these two platforms working together to provide a… Continue Reading...
Don’t be the Window Dressing Consultant
Welcome to the world of Window Dressing Consulting, where the appearance of knowledge and success is always a layer thicker than the foundation it’s built on. It’s a glittering path for those enchanted by the allure of titles and high salaries, with little regard for the hard work of generating actual value or, heaven forbid, … Continue reading Don’t be the Window… Continue Reading Kurt Hatlevik’s Article...
D365FO Service updates
Microsoft is dedicated to providing consistent service updates. These updates are typically made accessible for self-deployment prior to Microsoft implementing automatic updates. The timing of self-update package release compared to production autoupdates may vary. Please refer to my earlier post to know the details of most recent service updates. Beginning April 2024, Microsoft is… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s Article...
D365 FO 10.0.39 revised release notes
Due to certain impediments, the release of version 10.0.39 has been postponed, and it is now slated to be released in April alongside a fresh array of features. General availability of release (self-update): March 2024 General availability of release (auto-update): April 2024 Application version: 10.0.1860.56 Platform version: 7.0.7198.66I have already given the list of features… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s Article on...
Acciones basadas en la fecha solicitada para Planning Optimization.
La Versión de Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management nos trae una nueva novedad en su versión 10.0.39, esta nos permite añadir un parametro a la configuración general de nuestra planificación Maestra para definir en que se basarán los mensajes de acción Podemos ahora escoger entre: Fecha de Requisito (La opción predeterminada) Fecha Solicitada esto nos permitirá tener… Continue Reading Juan Bravo’s Article on their blog...
Error querying Synapse Link
A short one for today! I stumbled upon this while configuring the new Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse feature for an environment. Most of the time, when I’m configuring resources on Azure, I do it as a subscription or resource group owner. This means I’m working in god-mode all the time, and I won’t be… Continue Reading Error querying Synapse Link Continue Reading Adrià Ariste Santacreu’s Article on...
Does Specifying Columns in Select Statements Matter?
Submitted by Nathan Clouse on 03/16/24. Last modified: 03/17/24 Tags: performance Lets find out if specifying columns in our SELECT statements has any performance impact. The Setup In order to test if specifying column names in a select matter, we’ll have to select several records from the same table where we have not selected that specific… Continue Reading Nathan Clouse’s Article on their blog Does...
Copilot for F&O is here in Preview
Submitted by Nathan Clouse on 03/16/24. Last modified: 03/16/24 Tags: AI Copilot Copilot is here for F&O. Let’s check it out. I setup Copilot for F&O just to see what it can do. Below is a set of interactions. I thought I’d start with a simple question and ask how to switch legal entities that I’m transaction in. I was… Continue Reading Nathan Clouse’s Article on their blog Copilot for...
Azure security best practices
The purpose of Azure security best practices is to ensure that Azure cloud environments are adequately protected against security threats and vulnerabilities. These practices help organizations implement robust security measures to safeguard their data, applications, and infrastructure hosted on the Azure platform.By following these best practices, businesses can mitigate risks, maintain… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...
Release of D365FO Environment Comparison Utility
Building off the latest release of the D365FO Admin Toolkit, I am excited today to announce the first version of the D365FO Environment Comparison solution. This solution allows you to export data / configurations from a source environment and compare it to the data / configurations in a destination environment. It then exports an Excel file with the findings of what has been added, removed,… Continue Reading Alex’s...
Dynamics 365 – Power BI reporting – Do NOT
Here is a super quick guide for what NOT to use as base line information when building reporting: Do NOT create reporting on data originating from Sales Table and Sales Lines. These data change a lot, and are not permanent. Think of Sales Table and Sales Lines as a “journal”, that have little value after … Continue reading Dynamics 365 – Power BI reporting – Do NOT Continue Reading Kurt Hatlevik’s Article...
Azure blob – Tier architechture
Azure services groups the services into four – Blob, Files, Queues,Tables. Though we are familiar with these terms , learning the usage and purpose can leverage cost benefit. Today`s post focuses on blobs and its tiers. Blob stands for Binary Large Object. Azure Blob Storage is a service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as objects or blobs Also referred as Object… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s Article on...
New Release of D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.3
Excited to announce the v1.3 release of the D365FO Admin Toolkit! Version 1.3 Release D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.3 Deployable Package D365FO Admin Toolkit GitHub Note: The deployable package has been built against a CY24Q1: 10.0.38 version of D365FO, which is now GA. Navigation Updates I started to break out the different features into separate sub menus to make navigation easier as more… Continue Reading Alex’s Article on...
Using Git in PackagesLocalDirectory – VS 2022 Edition
Submitted by Nathan Clouse on 02/25/24. Last modified: 02/25/24 Using Git in PackagesLocalDirectory – VS 2022 Edition This article is an update of this post to show how to use Git in PackagesLocalDirectory when using Visual Studio 2022. Open VS 2022. Open the Git Changes Tab then click on Clone Repository Click on Azure DevOps Select your repo from the available projects, review… Continue Reading Nathan Clouse’s...
Using Git in PackagesLocalDirectory – VS 2019 Edition
Submitted by Nathan Clouse on 02/25/24. Last modified: 02/25/24 Using Git in PackagesLocalDirectory – VS 2019 Edition This article is an update of this post to show how to use Git in PackagesLocalDirectory when using Visual Studio 2019. Open VS 2019. Open the Team Explorer tab then click on “connect” for Azure DevOps. Connect to your Azure DevOps Project Next, Clone the...
Database Inserts – Primary Table
Does the process of inserting data with Code matter for performance by table? When inserting data in F&O, there are several best practices on how to do this from MSFT. But when inserting data, do those best practices really matter? Can I code up a solution that is less than ideal and still have a workable solution? Let’s find out. This will only look at Azure hosted VM performance for the… Continue Reading Nathan...
Database Inserts – Transaction Table
Does the process of inserting data with Code matter for performance? When inserting data in F&O, there are several best practices on how to do this from MSFT. But for this specific type of workload, do those best practices really matter? Can I code up a solution that is less than ideal and still have a workable solution? Let’s find out. This will only look at Azure hosted VM performance for… Continue Reading Nathan...
Database Inserts – Code Data Entity
Does the process of inserting data with Code matter for performance? When inserting data in F&O, there are several best practices on how to do this from MSFT. But for this specific type of workload, do those best practices really matter? Can I code up a solution that is less than ideal and still have a workable solution? Let’s find out. This will only look at Azure hosted VM performance for… Continue Reading Nathan...
Azure Key Vault support in ISVLicenseGenerator v0.7
I’m once again back with a new version of the ISVLicenseGenerator tool, the piece of software I created with a modified version of the standard AXUtil.dll library that lets us sign license files using a cryptographic USB token. In the new version (v0.7) I’ve added the possibility of signing the license file using a certificate… Continue Reading Azure Key Vault support in ISVLicenseGenerator… Continue Reading...
DDMRP : additional features (Decoupling point status, collaborative execution)
Here is the last post regarding DDMRP (see the previous posts : DDMRP introduction and Inventory Positionning, Buffer level definition and calculation, Buffer value calculation and dynamics adjustements, DDRMP calculation). We’ll have a look at some features not detailed previously to conclude on this topic. Be aware those tests were run activating a preview version, meaning that we can… Continue Reading Yohann ROLLAND’s...
Generate Classes From Data In D365
Often times you need to send data from an external system into Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain. Options include using the data migration framework, data entities, and custom services. When using custom services, learn how to generate classes from data that is sent in. Specifically, when the data is in JSON or… Continue Reading → The post Generate Classes From Data In D365… Continue Reading...
D365 eCommerce : Let’s talk about WEBP
In the architectural overview of Dynamics 365 eCommerce we can see that there are a few central components dealing with digital assets like images, videos and documents. A central component is image resizer service that automatically adjusts the size and quality of images according to the device and context of the user. This helps improve … Continue reading D365 eCommerce : Let’s talk… Continue Reading Kurt...
New update on Regulatory configuration service (RCS) as globalization studio in D365FO.
Regulatory Configuration Service (RCS) will be deprecated. This new feature implifies the experience of extending and customizing key globalization areas of tax e-invoicing regulatory reporting banking business documents. With the release of this feature, all new RCS provisioning is stopped. If provisioning is required, register a support ticket. We will be working… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s Article on their blog...
InvalidProtocolResponse – Logic apps
I was trying to configure composite entity for D365F&O using logic apps and faced the below error. The response to partial content upload initiating request is not valid. The response to initiating partial content upload request must contain a valid location header. This was due to a simple set up which was on by default in ‘Http’ action. Turning it off did the magic and… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...
Cloud service types
Microsoft learn has abundant resources to get introduced to basics or refresh our knowledge to keep ourselves updated. One topic I refreshed this week is ‘Cloud service types’ Key terms : Managing and configuring resources Shared responsibility model IaaS, PaaS,SaaS Referred to as the cloud service stack, with each layer building upon the capabilities of the layer beneath… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...
New Release of D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.2
We have a new release of the D365FO Admin Toolkit that includes some exciting new community contributions and features! Version 1.2 Release D365FO Admin Toolkit GitHub D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.2 Deployable Package Download Note: The deployable package has been built against a CY24Q1: 10.0.38 version of D365FO, which is now GA. New Features Based on community feedback, one of the requested… Continue Reading Alex’s Article on...
Using an AI Assistant to Provide Dynamic Help
Submitted by Nathan Clouse on 01/27/24. Last modified: 01/28/24 Is it possible to train an AI to offer intelligent assistance in your Dynamics 365 F&O instance? In a previous article, I showed how you could use AI to provide dynamic help to your users. This example simply allowed for a user to ask a ChatGPT generic model how to perform a task in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations…. Continue Reading Nathan...
Logic apps – Key vaults for Encryption
I had to work on a task where they data has to be encrypted during automation and logic apps came to my rescue to make the job simple and easy. Logic apps has a Key Vault connector to do this job. I am encrypting my data from logic apps and thus necessary permissions has to be given to logic apps. Let us first create a Key vault. Create a new Key vault and enter the name. I… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s Article on...
SFTP connector with Private key – Logic apps
This article shows you how to connect SFTP gateway via logic apps using private key. In our instance, Standard logic apps is used. Create a new workflow. Let the trigger be Recurrence. Add the next step and search for ‘SFTP-SSH’ Let us select the action ‘List files in folder’ . In the above screenshot, when you try to paste the Private key directly, connection will… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...
Punchout – CXml – External Catalog – D365 F&O Configuration – Part 1
Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations supports integration with various procurement and e-procurement solutions. The integration process allows the users to “punch out” to external supplier catalogs, select items, and seamlessly bring them back into the procurement workflow. This means it allows the users to purchase through vendors without need to store the master data and information such… Continue Reading...
How To Create A D365 SSRS Report
In this article, learn how to create a basic D365 SSRS reports. “SSRS” stands for SQL Server Reporting Services. Reports are defined by Microsoft as any visualization of a structured data set. Learn how to display data retrieved from within Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. Importantly, SSRS reports can be created to show… Continue Reading → The post How To Create A D365… Continue Reading...
New Feature Release of the D365FO Admin Toolkit (v1.1)
There has been some fantastic feedback already about the D365FO Admin Toolkit! I appreciate everyone that reached out with feature requests, bugs they found, and overall encouragement! Based on all of the feedback we already have a new release with some new features, bug fixes, and functionality changes. See below for details! Version 1.1 Release D365FO Admin Toolkit GitHub Deployable Package… Continue Reading Alex’s...
Power platform integration for D365F&O VM
Are you unable to find the Power platform add-ins in the LCS ? It might be because your user id doesn`t have advanced privilege to view or the VM might not be configured with Power Platform Integration. I can read your next question what happens if the integration is not enabled during VM provisioning? Unfortunately there is no option now to enable after the vm is provisioned. So we… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...
I wrote a book! Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform
I guess that most of my readers will already be aware of this, as I’ve been spamming LinkedIn with the news: I wrote a book! The book is called like this post’s title: “Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform”. It covers some practical scenarios where I show how to use Power… Continue Reading I wrote a book! Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with…...
Using AI To Provide Help For Users
Submitted by Nathan Clouse on 01/14/24. Last modified: 01/14/24 Tags: AI Help Using ChatGPT to improve the help experience for your end users This article is about using ChatGPT to help provide contextual help to an end user of Finance and Operations. This is simply an example of how to do it with some extra features… Continue Reading Nathan Clouse’s Article on their blog Using AI To Provide Help For Users Using...
Public Release of the D365FO Admin Toolkit
I’m excited today to release something I’ve been working on, the D365FO Admin Toolkit. The idea of this solution is that toolkit created for the Dynamics 365 FinOps community by the community itself. It is my hope and goal that this will be a platform that myself and others can add to going forward to help with some of the tasks normally faced by D365FO administrators. Links Link to the… Continue Reading Alex’s...
D365 new year. Let’s take the trash out.
Exciting news from Microsoft has just landed a new preview feature, and it’s all about making our Dynamics 365 environment cleaner, more efficient, and compliant. In a recent Yammer post, Microsoft announced a significant upgrade to the storage capacity experience in the Power Platform Admin Center (PPAC) for Finance and Operations. This new (preview) feature … Continue reading D365 new… Continue Reading Kurt...
D365FO bacpac import – Unable to connect to target server localhost – Error occurred during the login process
My team had an issue today when importing the bacpac in their devVM. Though the first issue was resolved with this fix , the import again ended up in the error . Unable to connect to target server ‘localhost’. Please verify the connection information such as the server name, login credentials, and firewall rules for the target server. A connection was successfully established with… Continue Reading...
How To Use D365 Try Catch Statements
In this article, learn how to add exception handling by using D365 try catch statements. Unexpected errors and exceptions can occur in any program. Without exception handling, when an error occurs the system will stop the process entirely. However, with the right code, you can ensure the system skips past invalid records and continues to… Continue Reading → The post How To Use D365 Try Catch… Continue Reading...
Secure inputs / outputs in Logic apps
Logic apps is best in orchestrating the workflow integrations and it has close to 200+ connectors .With its simple UI designer , it has become the favourite middleware for any integration scenarios. Data plays a major role in today`s transactions and it is important to secure it. For instance, if the auth token which consists of secret / client id / tenant should be secured as these… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...
CoPilot in Dynamics 365 implementation portal
Have you explored the Dynamics 365 implementation portal (https://experience.dynamics.com/FTimplementationportal )? You should! Lot’s of value and checklists available there. The Dynamics 365 Implementation Portal is designed to assist both customers and partners in guiding their Dynamics 365 projects to a successful completion. This portal offers detailed implementation advice and strategies… Continue Reading Kurt...
OData query options with D365F&O (Part 2)
In the previous post, I have explained about the various options of quering F&O using OData. Let us continue the ARITHEMATIC queries in this post. Less than – Applicable for numeric fields . Retrives the records that have the value mentioned in the lt clause and includes zero values in the result. For instance, to fetch the products whose Salesprice is lessthan 150 . The query is… Continue Reading AnithaEswaran’s...