Hidden Feature Flag Changing How User Licensing is Performed in D365FO
In the past I written and presented on the topic of user licensing in D365FO, the methodology used has not really changed since October 2019 when Microsoft released their new 'privilege based licensing'. Recently though I was contacted about some interesting behavior...
My Experience at Dynamics Communities North America Summit 2023
Last week was one of my favorite weeks of the year professionally with the Dynamics Communities North America Summit conference this year hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina. I wanted to share the sights of the conference from my experience! Dynamics 365 Finance &...
Dynamics Communities Summit North America 2023 Speaking Activities
We are officially one week out from Dynamics Communities Summit North America 2023 conference and looking forward to a great event, here is a listing of my speaking engagements during the conference. Security Overview of D365FO - Academy Monday Oct 16th 8:00 AM - 5:00...
Using Telemetry Data for Read Auditing in D365FO
One question I get quite often in D365FO revolves around the ability to capture when a record is read or viewed within D365FO. The 'read auditing' feature is standard in other Dynamics 365 offerings but does not exist natively in D365FO, so what can we use to achieve...
D365FO Data Entity Metadata
I've written about D365FO data entities in the past and have had the opportunity to use them extensively from a ISV and consulting perspective. While working with them I have found myself at different times wanting to have a centralized source of information...
Import Number Sequences via Data Entity
Overview Number sequences are used to generate readable, unique identifiers for master data records and transaction records. These sequences are normally one of the first things set up after a legal entity is deployed. When either implementing or migrating these...
Warehouse Mobile Device Security Overview
The warehouse mobile app is a way for end users to have external devices (such as RF guns) to interact with D365FO to improve efficiency with warehouse tasks. I recently had the opportunity to do a deep dive into how this functionality was secured and wanted to give...
Apply Environment Update to D365FO via Command Line
Following up on my previous post about deploying a local VHD of D365FO, I wanted to show how you can then update your environment when Microsoft releases newer versions. The first step is to download the update deployable package from LCS by navigating to the Shared...
Step by Step Guide to Deploy a Local VHD of D365FO
There are two main ways to deploy D365FO for development and testing purposes, the more streamlined way is to deploy a preconfigured environment via LCS. While this is extremely straightforward it does incur Azure costs as the resources (virtual machine, networking,...
How to Secure Form Fields Populated By Data Methods in D365FO
I have written in the past about using field level security to help secure sensitive information within your D365FO environment, but what if the field you want to secure doesn't correlate directly to a SQL table field and instead is populated by a data method? Let's...
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