D365FO Security Myth: Applying Company Restrictions to Just the System User Role
Photo designed by FreePik Security within ERP systems is not easy or straightforward, over the years I have heard a lot of different ways that people have tried to create an 'easy button' for developing or configuring security. In most cases, these methods do not...
Security Audit Trail Feature in D365FO
Photo designed by FreePik Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has native functionality to track changes to security that are performed via configuration. Let's take an overview look at the feature and see what it can do, what the gaps are, and what we can...
D365FO Security Setup: Configuration or Code?
Photo designed by FreePik When developing or modifying Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations security, a question I get quite often is 'Where should I make my security changes? Is it better to make changes via the Security Configuration page within D365FO or should...
What License Do SysAdmins Need in D365FO?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqDXHN5oN0c Photo designed by FreePik Licensing in Dynamics 365 is complex, licensing in D365FO is even more difficult. I've written numerous articles in the past on licensing but one question I get quite often is 'What License Do...
Summit Academy – D365FO Administration & Developer Overview Class Plan
With the Dynamics Communities Summit Conference fast approaching, I wanted to share a lesson plan overview of the Summit Academy class that Peter Ramer and myself are presenting. Links D365FO Administration & Developer Overview - Academy Class Class Overview...
D365FO Data Entity Metadata in 10.0.40
A while ago I wrote a blog post on how you could obtain metadata about data entities within D365FO. Originally this was written against version 10.0.35, I wanted to update this for the 10.0.40 release. The updated file can be found here: D365FO Data Entity Metadata...
New Release of D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.7
We've had another contribution from the Microsoft Dynamics community and are ready to release the v1.7 version of the D365FO Admin Toolkit! D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.7 D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.7 Release D365FO Admin Toolkit GitHub Note: This has been built against a...
Comparing Security Between D365FO Versions
With Microsoft on a true 'one version' solution for Dynamics 365, it can become extremely important to ensure change management practices are followed during updates. I have previously released a tool that could potentially help with this process and I wanted to walk...
New Release of D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.6
We've had some great community contributions to get us to v1.6 of the D365FO Admin Utility! D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.6 D365O Admin Toolkit v1.6 Release D365FO Admin Toolkit GitHub Note: This release has been built against a 10.0.39 version of D365FO. Let’s look at the...
New Release of D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.5
It's time for another release of the D365FO Admin Toolkit, we are now on version 1.5! Version 1.5 Release D365FO Admin Toolkit v1.5 Release D365FO Admin Toolkit GitHub Note: This release has been built against a 10.0.39 version of D365FO. Let’s look at the new...