Field Level Security in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations
I've written in the past about Least Privilege Security in D365FO but one aspect I haven't covered yet is the process of setting up field level security in D365FO. In D365FO, entry point security has changed slightly from AX 2012 and has simplified security by...
Biggest Takeaways From Microsoft BizApp Summit 2019
With Microsoft's Business Application Summit 2019 wrapping up in Atlanta, I thought I would share my thoughts on the biggest takeaways from the conference in my opinion. New OneVersion Release Schedule Instead of doing 12 separate monthly updates, Microsoft is...
Can Users Access D365FO With a License Type of None?
I recently saw a question posted on a forum regarding what license Microsoft assigns a user that has no license requirement based on their entry point access. I didn't really have an answer as I hadn't ran into this scenario and I didn't cover it in my my earlier post...
Why Adding an Undo Button to Unpublished Objects is Not Easy in D365FO
One question I've had throughout the releases of D365FO has been why there wasn't an 'Undo' or 'Remove' for a security change made within the user interface. Before security changes go live into the system, they first go to a staging area called 'Unpublished Objects',...
Things to Watch Out For When Developing D365FO Security Through the User Interface
There are a couple questions I get/issues I see quite often around setting up security in the D365FO user interface so I figured I would make a post around things to watch out for. Security is still hierarchy based, and needs to be created in that way One of the...
Extensible Data Security (XDS) Framework in D365FO
The Extensible Data Security (XDS) framework is a feature in D365FO and AX 2012 that allows users to supplement role based security and allow access to tables to be restricted by a policy. This feature was an evolution of the record-level security that existed in...
Configuring Azure AD Group Security in D365FO
In AX 2012 you had the ability to use Active Directory groups to help manage security within the application. The basic setup behind this was that you would: Create an AD group and put in the AX users you wanted to be controlled by that group Create the AD group...
Presenting Upcoming User Group Sessions and Academy Classes
The month of March will be very busy for myself and other colleagues at Fastpath as we will presenting sessions at Dynamics Communities conferences as well as leading an academy session. Academy Class - March 4th This Dynamics Communities academy class will be a...
Automated Role Access Testing Using the SysTestSecurityAttribute in D365FO
With the push in D365FO for automating everything from deployment to servicing to testing one of the questions I've heard numerous times is how do you perform/is it possible to perform automated role access testing? This comes into play for a number of reasons: With...
Table Permission Framework in D365FO
In the past, I've written about the Table Permission Framework functionality within D365FO but recently I've had numerous examples of this causing D365FO users issues when setting up security. Because of this, I wanted to write about it again to explain how the...
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