Extensible Data Security examples – Secure by retail channel
When I initially learned AX 2012, before it got released, I was quite enthusiastic about the security changes and the organization hierarchies. Then also I learned about the eXtensible Data Security (XDS) concept. While working on one of my first AX2012 implementations, I also had to do a presentation for a Dutch community. The topic […]
Extensible Data Security examples – Secure by warehouse
In this post, I will continue explaining the examples created with eXtensible Data Security. In this part, I will explain how I did think of a solution for restricting warehouse access for users. There were a lot of questions on forums in the past about how to secure this. So, for a presentation on the […]
Extensible Data Security examples – Secure by legal entity
In my last blog, I shared some code examples for eXtensible Data Security (XDS). In this post, I will explain how it works and also introduce a V2 version which will be more advanced in determine which legal entities will be visible for the user.
Extensible Data Security examples for Microsoft Dynamics
The last few months, I did spend a lot of time on speaker sessions for the Summit EMEA, MVP Monday webcast and a coming Dutch Dynamics Community event. In the meantime, it was also extremely busy completing work. One of the topics I talked about recently, is eXtensible Data Security (XDS) in Microsoft Dynamics 365 […]
How I fooled myself for 5 years…
I’m working quite a long time at a customer now. In August 2013, I was (re)hired to help on a migration from Dynamics AX4 to Dynamics AX 2012. As I had worked at this customer before, I know about some issues related to performance of the ledger balances. Now in AX2012 the update of balances […]
How to: Move security configurations across Dynamics 365 environments
As you might know, security related topics are one of my favorites. It is not only about the technical stuff how to configure the roles. It is also related to e.g. segregation of duties to prevent possible fraud. It is always fun to work together with a customer to get the best possible setup which […]
Custom fields: handle with care!
The Microsoft team did release platform update 13 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition. One of the new features is Custom fields. This feature lets a power user or system administrator configure new fields on existing tables without using the development environment and deploy it on the other environments. It is a […]
What is the temporary voucher functionality in Dynamics 365?
As of several versions of Microsoft Dynamics AX there is a feature to setup and use temporary vouchers for journal entry. Also, this feature still exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition. In this blog post I will tell you about the temporary voucher number and namely how you can benefit […]
Speed up data import with (data) entity execution parameters
This post will inform you about the Entity execution parameters which can be found on the Data import/export framework parameters form. It will give you an option for gaining performance when importing large number of records using the data management features.
New document count indicator in platform update 11
It’s been a while since I posted a blog post. I have been extremely busy and had barely time to sit down and finish some posts. During my work I collected some experiences and made some drafts, so I will be publishing some more blog posts, for sure. One of the things that took some […]