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Tag: Extensions
Dynamics 365 Business Central: AL and the internalsVisibleTo property
Yesterday I was talking with a partner that developed an extension with a quite complex logic declared in a codeunit … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: using Camera in AL
Curious thing… last week a follower asked my if it’s possible to use the Camera with Dynamics 365 Business Central … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: using AL rulesets to customize code analysis
I think that many of you are familiar with this topic, but I’ve received today a question related to AL … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: loading Configuration Packages from AL (part 2)
More than one year ago I wrote this post on how to import directly from AL code a Configuration Package … More
The new life with an app-based ERP
Some days ago I wrote an article for Simplanova website for summarizing the biggest technical changes that every partner should … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: something more about dependency propagation
One week ago I’ve written a post about the new “proxy app” (Microsoft.Application.app file) introduced with the 15.3 version (you … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central and the new Microsoft Application “proxy” app
If someone of you has installed or upgraded a Dynamics 365 Business Central database instances with the new 15.3 version, … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: please always check AL warnings!
This is a quick post that want to describe a curious thing discovered 3 days ago. A partner contacted me … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Wave 1: FAQ about updating apps for v16
I’m receiving a lot of questions from partners about what they will have to do for their existing apps in … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: obsoleting events
I’ve written a lot in the past about handling breaking schema changes on extensions and the best practice to use … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: handling BLOB fields on APIs
I’m not a big fan of using BLOB fields on the Dynamics 365 Business Central database, but there are many … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central and the “mistery” of Library Apps
More than an year ago I wrote this article for Simplanova website mentioning some “architectural choices” when moving a C/AL … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: again about obsoleting fields
More than an year ago I’ve written this post explaining how to handle breaking schema changes on a production Dynamics … More
“Mastering Dynamics 365 Business Central” is out!
Just in time for Christmas, I’m very happy and proud to announce that the book “Mastering Dynamics 365 Business Central” … More
LinkedObjects on Dynamics 365 Business Central: be careful now!
One of the common (and basic) way to create integrations between systems in Microsoft Dynamics NAV in the past was … More
Webhooks with Dynamics 365 Business Central
When integrating external applications with Dynamics 365 Business Central, one of the classical way is to use APIs (standard or … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: handling telemetry with Azure Application Insights
Handling telemetry is on of the most important activities that should always be done on a Dynamics 365 Business Central … More
SD Extension Pack for Dynamics 365 Business Central Developers
On all the Dynamics 365 Business Central training activities I’ve done in the last year for Microsoft Italy, I’ve always … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: debugging the Base Application
Yesterday at our “Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2 What’s new” event in Microsoft Italy we quickly saw hot to … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise Wave 2: changing license
I was sure this was an obvious topic until today, but after receiving so many desperate questions from partners that … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: checking Users Plans in Wave 2 release
Checking which plan is assigned to a specific user (Essential, Premium, Team Member) is become a quite different thing with … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2: customizing the Base Application
In a previous post I described how you can start building extensions for the upcoming Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2 … More
Dynamics 365 BC Wave 2 Release: What happens now?
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2 release date is just around the corner and there are many aspects of … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2: on-premise and direct SQL integrations
Do you remember this post? I wrote it long time ago to explain what happens on SQL Server when you … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2: building apps on top of System Application
As you already knows from this official Microsoft post, with Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2 release Microsoft has splitted … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise: checking extension’s status via Powershell
An interesting question pops out yesterday: with Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise, how can I programmatically check if a particular … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: access modifiers
If someone of you know C# or other object oriented languages in general, you know also that those languages have … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: data encryption changements for Isolated Storage
I suggested many times in the past to every partners I met and to all the attendees to my AL … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: how to detect if an extension is running on SaaS or on-premise
When developing extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central, you could have scenarios where you want to execute a procedure or … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central + Azure Cosmos DB for globally distributed integrations
Today’s post wants to give an overview of a successfully deployed scenario of a geo-distributed integration between Dynamics 365 Business … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: using OData V4 Bound Actions
I’ve promised this post to some attendees of my last Dynamics 365 Business Central development workshop in Microsoft Italy (c/o … More
My 10 tips/best practices for starting with Dynamics 365 Business Central extensions
About one month ago during the Dynamics 365 Business Central April ’19 release launch event in Microsoft Italy, I’ve presented … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central: AppSource demystified
When you develop solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central, you have essentially two roads for your extensions: Release it as … More
Dynamics 365 Business Central and per-tenant extensions: check page control names between platform upgrades
I’ve talked a lot in the past about pros and cons of per-tenant extensions (PTE) in Dynamics 365 Business Central. Despite … More
