Some time ago I mentioned a brand new product: SQL Operations Studio. Its feature set was small and aimed mainly at the developer persona. Now, recently, SQL Operations Studio was rebranded as Azure Data Studio. Although they’re effectively the same thing currently, you do need to install Azure Data Studio separately from your existing sqlops … Read More →
https://community.dynamics.com/business/b/businesscentraldevitpro/archive/2018/12/20/developer-preview-december-2018 This December marks the two year anniversary of the very first AL Developer preview back in December 2016. And we want to use this opportunity to say “Thank you!” to all the partners that have dived into AL, installed the Visual Studio Code, and AL Language tools. We are now at 47K downloads, and … Read More →
The new modeling view for Power BI Desktop is here! See the announcement in the November Power BI Desktop feature summary. It is designed to work with enterprise datasets that grow in complexity. Such datasets can easily contain over 100 tables. Here is a summary of what you can do with the new modeling view. … Read More →
Almost every time I deliver a training, presentation, webinar,… someone always asks me, what is this magic you use to zoom in and out and annotate? Well, the answer is: ZoomIt, by Mark Russinovich. ZoomIt is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray … Read More →
You might have read my previous posts How Do I: Develop an Extension in Business Central On Premises? and How Do I: Create a Dynamics 365 Business Central Demo/Sandbox Environment? Now you might be wondering, How Do I: Develop an Extension in Business Central Saas, meaning the online Business Central environment? Well, first of all, … Read More →
Microsoft is ready with the November update of the Developer Preview With this release, we bring you several new features that help building your solutions as extensions. Again this month we have fixed a large number of GitHub issues, see what’s been closed here: closed bugs in November. This Developer Preview is available only through … Read More →
There are many ways to spin up a demo environment for Dynamics 365 Business Central. For example, you can use a Docker image, or register for an online tenant, or create one on Azure: What Docker Image is right for you? Multiple ways to run a NAV on Docker image. http://aka.ms/getnav http://aka.ms/navdeveloperpreview http://aka.ms/getnavworkshopvms Sign up … Read More →
Now that we have installed and configured Business Central On Premises, let’s see how you can configure and use Visual Studio Code to create an extension. First, let’s verify the service tier development settings: Make sure Enable Developer Service Endpoint has been enabled, and make a note of the Port number (default 7049). Then download … Read More →
After you have installed Business Central On Premises, as explained in the previous blog post, you will notice that Personalization is not enabled: I don’t know why, if this is by design or not, but you can enable it as follows. First, find your navsettings.json file: Here you can find more info on modifying the … Read More →
To install Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On Premises, first obtain the installation DVD. You can download it here: https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/northamerica/support/bconpremdownload Then, select your flavor (localization): Download and unzip it, then run the setup.exe: Click Next in the welcome screen: Accept the eula: Choose your setup options: When you select the Get a free online trial … Read More →
We have a massive Power BI Desktop update this month. Composite models, which allow you to combine direct query and import sources together in one model, is now generally available. Two of the top feature requests on UserVoice, expand/collapse on the matrix and copy and pasting visuals between Desktop files, are also shipping this month. … Read More →
A question I get asked sometimes, during my Power BI trainings is, can I use PowerPoint to display my Power BI reports and dashboards? Yes of course, I usually answer, and then I explain, that in your Power BI workspace, when you select your report, in the File menu there’s the following option: You simply … Read More →
Let’s get started. In Power BI Desktop, select Get Data, More: Authenticate using your Office 365 credentials (email & password), end then select a query: In this case, I’m filtering the navigator on queries that contain the word item in their name, and then I select Edit to verify the query in the query editor: … Read More →
A very interesting blog post from Kurt Juvyns about object ranges: I wanted to provide some clarity on how you want to think about object ranges in Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Which object ranges are used for what, which one have potentially costs associated, how do you apply for them and … Read More →
This month’s update for Power BI Desktop filled with both small and large improvements across the entire product. One huge update is support in the Power BI service for both our composite model and aggregation previews. This really enables you to start using these preview features end-to-end for your normal reports. We also have two … Read More →