Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs Load Testing with JMeter

Yesterday I saw a Twitter thread asking for suggestions about tools for load testing APIs. There are lots of tools … More

Using Azure API Management to host your Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs

Some days ago there was a discussion on Twitter started by Waldo about how to document custom Dynamics 365 Business … More

Exporting Application Insights logs with Continuous Export or Diagnostic Settings

I’m continuously emphasizing that for monitoring cloud applications (like Dynamics 365 Business Central) and cloud services, using Azure Application Insights … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: automatically update library apps when updating your main app

Yesterday I had a chat with a Partner that was stuck with a problem on some SaaS tenants. Problem can … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central and .NET add-ins (part 2): why .NET Standard?

As a follow-up to this post, I’ve received some questions related to why we talked about .NET Standard if the … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central and .NET Framework add-ins: it’s time to change

With Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 Wave 1 Microsoft is continuously moving the server to .NET Standard and if you’re … More

Why you should start considering Azure Batch for some of your Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud workloads

At the Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 Wave 1 Launch event, in his wonderful session about the Administration Center, Dmitry … More

Deleting Application Insights telemetry data on-demand with Powershell

I think that everyone of you knows that telemetry is an important aspect to take into consideration when working with … More

Microsoft Universal Print is finally ready (yes, also for Dynamics 365 Business Central)

Today at the first day of Ignite, Microsoft has finally announced that Universal Print is finally available for everyone. Universal … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: SOAP and Basic Authentication deprecation

If you’re using web services with Dynamics 365 Business Central version, from version 17.X you should always check the notifications … More

Securing your Azure SQL Database with a private endpoint

Some days ago I discussed with some partners the architecture of a possible datawarehouse system for external BI analysis connected … More

Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure made it to the Best Microsoft Azure Books of All Time

I’m happy to announce that our book, “Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure: Re-architect and rebuild your applications using … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: the impact of tableextensions

I think that everyone of you already knows that when working with Dynamics 365 Business Central, table extensions are killers … More

Moving Azure Functions from Consumption to Premium plans

In a demo at the Microsoft’s Reactor event in October I talked about the performance advantages on moving Azure Functions … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: using snapshot debugging

One of the top requested features for Dynamics 365 Business Central from a long time is absolutely one: debugging the … More

How much my Application Insights service costs?

This is a question that I’ve received many times and also this morning I had a discussion with a partner … More

“Azure DevOps Explained” book announcement

I’m very happy and proud to announce the hard work I’ve done during the quarantine together with two great MVPs … More

Tips for handling a Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS tenant at best

Handling a Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS tenant in a cloud environment is not exactly like handling it on an … More

Creating lightweight Teams bots with outgoing webhooks and Azure Functions

Microsoft Teams is becoming always more a central point for the everyday’s work on many of us now and often … More

Handling the “HTTP 429 – Too Many Requests” error when calling external services

I think that many of you that creates integrations with external services could have the pleasure to know the HTTP … More

Dynamics 365 ERP landscape report

Earlier this year, I was pleased to be asked to contribute my thoughts on the current ERP landscape for the … More

Creating a local drive mapped with an Azure File Share for your files in the cloud

File Management in the cloud is always an hot topic when using SaaS services like Dynamics 365 Business Central. A … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: exploring page views with Azure Application Insights

I think that you already know that I’m a huge fan of using Azure Application Insights for collecting telemetry for … More

Using Azure Logic Apps for creating a Dynamics 365 Business Central container on Azure Container Instances

A week ago I’ve written a post explaining how to create a Dynamics 365 Business Central Docker container on Azure … More

Creating a Dynamics 365 Business Central Docker container with artifacts on Azure Container Instances

Azure Container Instances (ACI) is a great service offered by Azure that permits you to run serverless Docker containers in … More

Securing your HTTP triggered flow in Power Automate

This is a quick post for giving a response to a question that comes out in our latest Microsoft’s webcast … More

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 4-steps webcasts ended today

Today was the last stage for this serie of 4 Microsoft’s webcasts related to Dynamics 365 Business Central integrations and … More

Auto-scaling your Azure SQL database with Logic Apps

I think that you know that I’m a huge fan of using Azure SQL database for your workloads in the … More

Nigel Frank’s new white paper sets blueprint for overcoming business challenges with Microsoft Dynamics technology

We find ourselves in a position where Microsoft cloud technology is in higher demand than ever before, but with uncertainty … More

My session at Global Azure Bootcamp 2020: 15 tips to follow when deploying Azure Functions to production

Thanks to all the attendees that followed my session yesterday at Global Azure Bootcamp 2020. We saw 15 tips that … More

Azure SQL Serverless tier: a way to save cost for your workloads in the cloud

When going to the cloud, saving costs while maximizing performances is always a goal to reach but sometimes also not … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS: save a file to an SFTP server (the Logic App way)

Yesterday I’ve provided a solution for saving a file generated directly from a Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS tenant to … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS: save a file to an SFTP server

In our recently released “Mastering Dynamics 365 Business Central” book, in the Azure Function chapter I’ve provided a full example … More

A quick way to deploy your Azure Functions in the cloud

After my last webcast about Azure Functions, I received an interesting question: how can I quickly deploy a function to … More

Live sharing your AL code directly in the browser

In this terrible period where COVID-19 is changing our days (and our life) and where homeworking is becoming a must, … More