31 mei 2017Microsoft Dynamics 365
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 reason to change the isolation level...
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 users at once. Before this update,...
10 april 2017AX2012 R3
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 the importance of such rules it is a pity that these rules...
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 this step the standard Security Development Tool of AX can...
5 april 2017AX2012 R3
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 employees took advantage of there employers in an...
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.
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