Running Powershell scripts in Azure Logic Apps workflows.

Few days ago the Azure Logic Apps team publicly released the preview of the inline PowerShell action, that permits you … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Cloud Migration secrets and tips.

I think that everyone of you know that you can quite easily migrate from Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises to … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central update 24.4: small changes in Job Queue.

Dynamics 365 Business Central version 24.4 (August cumulative update) was released few minutes ago and you can start downloading it … More

Do you have again Classic Azure Storage Accounts? These are the last days for migrate and avoid service disruptions.

On 31 August 2024, Microsoft will retire the Cloud Services (classic) deployment model (the announcement was made by Microsoft in March 2022). Before that date, you’ll need … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central v25: what’s coming for developers.

Microsoft has publicly announced today the plans for the 2024 Wave 2 release of their Dynamics 365 and Power Platform … More

Prevent prompt injections in your Azure OpenAI and Copilots implementations.

If any of you have ever developed Windows or Web applications connected to a SQL database in C# or other … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: linked Power Platform environment

In the last days, a new Linked Power Platform Environment option is appeared in the Administration Center of your Dynamics … More

Azure Managed Grafana for Dynamics 365 Business Central telemetry? It’s time to upgrade.

About two years ago at Directions EMEA 2022 I did a demo on exposing Dynamics 365 Business Central telemetry with … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: why not reviewing the SaaS storage cost policy?

In these days I had a talk with some partners asking me some guidelines and suggestions on how trying to … More

Semantic Search and Vectors support on Dynamics 365 Business Central: this is the right moment.

Some weeks ago we had a nice interview with two amazing US guys (Brad Prendergast and Kristoffer Ruyeras aka Kris … More

Are you ready for the most mystical conference of the year?

3 days until DynamicsMinds 2024 in Portoroz (Slovenia) starts, a 4 days community conference covering Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: monitoring field changes with telemetry is better…

In a traditional Dynamics 365 Business Central project, expecially when the customer is a large company, it’s quite often requested … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: clarifications on changing the identity of an app.

When talking with some partners trying to approach the AppSource marketplace during the last week, I’ve discovered that for many … More

Azure Functions: .NET 7 support is ending and you should upgrade to .NET 8.

On 14 May 2024, support for .NET 7 in Azure Functions will end. Your Function apps that are currently using .NET … More

Handling company’s carbon footprint with Business Central and Azure

Corporate environmental responsibility has become a cornerstone of modern business strategy. Companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their commitment … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: receive notifications when AppSource apps updates are available in a tenant

When you install AppSource apps in a Dynamics 365 Business Central tenant, app updates are automatically handled by Microsoft during … More

The 2nd edition of “Mastering Dynamics 365 Business Central” is here…

More than one year of work, many updates and reviews, lots of energies spent. But now I’m proud to announce … More

Azure Spring Clean: Deploying Azure OpenAI in the enterprise world.

This post is my contribution to the Azure Spring Clean 2024 event, an initiative to promote well managed Azure tenants. … More

How we (probably) broke limits at the #BCAIHackathon

Last week Microsoft organized the #BCAIHackathon initiative, a 3 days dedicated to create innovative solutions using generative AI in Dynamics … More

REST APIs and the importance of Versioning.

A REST API (also known as RESTful API) is an application programming interface that conforms to the constraints of REST architecture and it’s … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: transfer environments between Microsoft Entra tenants

Starting from today, it’s possible to transfer a Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS tenant to a different tenant without opening … More

Audit Dynamics 365 Business Central operations in Microsoft Purview: what is it?

Some days ago Microsoft announced the upcoming new features for the new products wave and also Dynamics 365 Business Central … More

List all Azure Functions with older runtime with Powershell

When you create an Azure Function app, the runtime is responsible for executing function code on the underlying WebJobs SDK … More

Azure Basic Load Balancer: it’s time to plan the update to Standard.

Azure Load Balancer is a high-performance, ultra-low-latency Layer 4 load-balancing service (inbound and outbound) for all UDP and TCP protocols. It’s … More

Monitoring your Azure OpenAI usage (part 2)

In a previous post I wrote about how you can monitor your Azure OpenAI usage with Azure Monitor and Application … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Isolated Storage and SecretText support.

With Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 release (version 23) Microsoft introduced a new data type called SecretText. This new … More

Azure Logic Apps: securing HTTP Triggers with Microsoft Entra ID authentication

Lots of time ago I wrote a post about securing the HTTP triggered workflows created with Power Automate. You can … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: remember to delete the Media orphans.

In all my trainings and sessions I always say that when you have a blob file to import in Dynamics … More

Monitoring your Azure OpenAI usage

I want to continue the saga of “using Azure OpenAI in a professional way” by talking a bit about a … More

Azure Logic Apps Standard: introducing the Workflow Assistant (AI)

Yes… AI is coming also in Azure Logic Apps Designer! If you’re developing an Azure Logic Apps Standard workflow, in … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Copilot, Azure OpenAI and real-world enterprise usage.

We are entering a new era of AI, one that is fundamentally changing how we relate to and benefit from … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: SQL Server and Read Committed Snapshot Isolation impact.

One of the greatest thing introduced in the latest Dynamics 365 Business Central release if cerainly the TRI STATE LOCKING … More

“Decoupling”: the misterious word for many Dynamics 365 Business Central partners.

In the last year I’m seeing lots of existing Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises customers deciding to move their ERP … More

Dynamics 365 Business Central: automate the telemetry setup.

Some days ago I was reading a summary made by Kennie about the Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on data-driven … More

Azure Functions and Blob Triggers: be careful on the binding type.

This post is borned to signal a problem that I’ve recently found in a customer and I think that sharing … More