How to: Read uncommitted records using Dynamics 365 for Operations
Recently we had a challenge to read uncommitted data from the Dynamics 365 for Operations database. Usually this is not required as you may retrieve dirty data. When using a business application, you should rely on correct and committed data as otherwise reporting might provide you incorrect data. However, if you find a very good […]
Manage personalizations in Dynamics 365 for multiple users
In the past, I had written two blog posts about personalizations in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations (at that time still called Dynamics AX). Some features are already enhanced and expanded in the past year. With the release of Platform update 5, Microsoft added the option to centrally upload a saved personalization file to multiple […]
Segregation of Duties: Dynamics AX meets the financial auditor (part 3)
In the previous parts the present way of handling Segregation of Duties in AX was covered. In this final part some improvements or if you prefer some open topics will be commented on. Date dependancy or versioning When looking at the form where Segregation of duties rules are setup and maintained and one thinks of […]
Segregation of Duties: Dynamics AX meets the financial auditor (part 2)
Setup and validation of Segregation of Duties rules in AX Prior to the setup of the Segregation of Duties rules in AX itself they should be determined by the organization (create an SoD matrix). Next step is to determine which Duties contain access to the functionality that must be checked when given access to. In […]
Segregation of Duties: Dynamics AX meets the financial auditor (part 1)
Organizations at risk Every organization has to deal with the risk that staff might be able to undertake fraudulent actions whilst at work. This can be actions like direct theft, paying out fake invoices, paying out actual invoices to “wrong” bank accounts. But as mankind is creative there are lots of other cases known where […]
Dynamics 365 LCS tricks – platform update 4 experience
As we all know Dynamics 365 has technically speaking 3 patch groups. We know the x++ updates and the binary updates. We have seen those in older version of Dynamics 365. The third group is called platform updates.
Dynamics 365 LCS Tricks – mass install packages
Deploying packages is a time-consuming thing. MS has improved the speed, but we partner can also help. This helping is by merging the packages. Good merged combinations are Binary updates and x++ updates, but your own code can also be combined with your customizations on your Retail (SDK) part. Till now I was not able […]
Dynamics 365 LCS tricks – restoring database
Microsoft supports the possibility to restore a database from Production to any azure database in your hosted environment. In case this database needs to be pushed to Production (go live) a special request must be sent. In this article I will explain what to do for the local VM
Dynamics 365 LCS tricks – force LCS to update
LCS is your friend in Dynamics 365 as long it is up-to-date. And I have seen it is not always the case. So I will share some tricks to force it. There are some things you should know LCS is only updating 1 time a day and that is 10 o clock in the evening. […]
Dynamics 365 LCS tricks – Fix your Retail Database
I have seen a lot off issue after applying new software or after restoring a database the retail database is not update anymore. To solve these issue I suggest you follow these steps, to get it all working. I always start looking if the connection string to the retail database is correct. Unfortunately, MS has […]