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 →
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 →
Recently, on some of my ‘machines’ I get the following errors, when trying to publish an extension (F5): The runtime version of the extension package is currently set to ‘2.0’. The runtime version must be set to ‘1.0’ or earlier in the app.json file in order to install the extension package on this platform. Apparently, … Read More →
Did you know that you can select the environment you publish to in Visual Studio Code? For example, when you AL:Publish (F5), you then see multiple choices: To accomplish this, simply use a comma (,) in the “configurations” section in your Launch.json file: And voila, that’s it! 🙂
Well, first of all, why not? And second, I’ll be there 😉 All kidding aside, when you are passionate about and want to drive innovation and success with Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central, these are pretty good conferences to get informed about what’s coming, learn about it, talk about it, exchange knowledge and ideas, … Read More →
Have you been in a situation where you are on a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central instance and want to figure out the build number? Well, look no further and simply open the System Information page: and voila: Update The above information is no longer valid. In the meantime, if you are running a version … Read More →
With this release, there are several new features that help building your solutions as extensions: New virtual tables for Report Data Items and all Page Control fields Translating Base App help using AL extensions Adding help links with user locale on new created objects Field group extensiblity Report substitution is possible from extensions See more … Read More →