New Security Data Entities in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations PU8
With Platform Update 8, Microsoft has added some more data entities surrounding security. SecuritySubRoles - shows the relationship between role -> subroles SecurityDuties - shows relationship between role -> duties, this could be used if using the out of box...
Changes to X++ Development in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
While the end user experience has changed dramatically from AX 2012 to D365FO, arguably the bigger changes are to the development side. This post will go through some of the highlights of this and hopefully give a better understanding of some of the changes that will...
Security Reporting for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations in the AOT
Reporting on security within Dynamics AX/365FO has always been tough but there looks to be a push to improve this reporting. Reports have been slowly making appearances as new D365FO releases emerge but in kind of a hidden place, in the Dynamics 365 Visual Studio...
Determining User Licenses in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations
NOTE: Microsoft's licensing methodology has been updated, please refer to this post for a more up to date overview: https://alexdmeyer.com/2021/01/25/current-state-of-d365fo-user-licensing/ Microsoft's licensing in Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 for Finance &...
Batch Jobs in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
A batch job in D365FO is a collection of tasks that are processed automatically by the AOS. Tasks in a batch job can be run sequentially or simultaneously. You can also create dependencies and decision trees between tasks based on whether previous tasks succeed or...
How to Simulate the Security Development Tool in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
The Security Development Tool is a feature developed initially for AX 2012 that helps to more easily create and maintain security artifacts such as roles, duties, and privileges. Technically this is still a beta tool offered by Microsoft through Life Cycle Services...
What’s New in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Security Permissions?
There are a lot of questions about security in D365FO and how it differs from previous versions of AX. If we look specifically at user permissions we can see a couple of things that have changed. In AX the access level is hierarchy based with one access level being...
Dynamics 365 for Operations Blog Introduction
Since Dynamics User Group Summit 2016 in Tampa is over I figured it was as good as time as any to get into the new stuff Microsoft announced this last week. We got another rebranding of what initially was called AX7, then Microsoft Dynamics for Enterprise, and finally...
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