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Moving data between different instances of Dynamics 365 should be relatively easy with the Data Management framework. Microsoft offers a long list of entities and default templates nicely grouped into relevant packages. In 7.2 we did experience some issues with loading the default templates, but that seemed fixed in 7.3.2. The real problems showed up when trying to import the packages in projects created based on the…

Organizations in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector operate on tight budgets and rely on volunteers wherever possible. So if many live up to a reputation for slower adoption of technology in their operations, it's easy to understand why. But a new generation of executives and board members appears to be changing the way NFPs approach business applications, says Kelly Hagen, a partner at BDO Canada in their NFP…

Agust Bjornsson leads Microsoft's EMEA FastTrack team and will be at Summit EMEA 2018 to talk about the FastTrack program and how Dynamics AX users can make the right decisions when evaluating their Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365FO) upgrade or migration options. "We will be there to have an open discussion on demystifying cloud deployments [of D365FO] and breaking assumptions," he says…

Dilip Popat, Microsoft EMEA Customer Success Director, based in the UK, will be focused on growing the Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM businesses at Summit EMEA  this year, April 24 to 26 in Dublin. Popat says Microsoft is building on what it began last year. "We had one session last year that was well received and we are following up this year with two," he says. The first one, on Tuesday, Popat is leading…

Microsoft partner 360 Vertical Solutions is merging with SAGlobal under the SAGlobal brand, the companies announced today. The deal will grow their combined presence as a Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner in the professional services sector with expertise across both CRM and ERP and a broader set of vertical solutions. 360 Vertical Solutions sells and services two Dynamics 365 CRM-focused solutions: AEC360 for…

I am going to do a series of posts on Chatbots. I have been working on (and off) it for about a year now. I will start slowly and build up on the concepts. The easiest to do is probably Microsofts QnA Maker. QnA Maker can help your create an FAQ type chatbot that has language understanding. You just provide it with a link to an FAQ site or file, it will index all the content. The user then uses natural language to ask…

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics 365/AX blog roundup: D365: full text search Importance of security process cycles in AX2012 security Dynamics AX obscurities series: SQL Server integration services after SQL version upgrade How to create custom workspace form and add tiles in D365 D365: full text search On Galyna Fedorova's Microsoft Dynamics AX blog, Fedorova stated that because…

Sales order processing involves a wide spectrum of considerations and many variations in business practices, and sales orders comprise a key element in the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) game plans used by master planning calculations to coordinate supply chain activities in manufacturing firms. A critical consideration involves sales order reservations. Some guidelines for sales order reservations are…

This is very simple but not too obvious. There are times when you want to start the hierarchy approval with a specific worker and then have it traverse up the hierarchy. See screenshot below screenshot of some of the options. You may want to add something different to what is already available. The way it works is, it uses certain EDTs on the table. So, all you need to do is add a field that extends one of these EDTs…

Sales order processing involves a wide spectrum of considerations and many variations in business practices, and sales orders comprise a key element in the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) game plans used by master planning calculations to coordinate supply chain activities in manufacturing firms. A critical consideration involves sales order reservations. Some guidelines for sales order reservations are…

Sales order processing involves a wide spectrum of considerations and many variations in business practices, and sales orders comprise a key element in the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) game plans used by master planning calculations to coordinate supply chain activities in manufacturing firms. A critical consideration involves sales order reservations. Some guidelines for sales order reservations are…

Sales order processing involves a wide spectrum of considerations and many variations in business practices, and sales orders comprise a key element in the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) game plans used by master planning calculations to coordinate supply chain activities in manufacturing firms. A critical consideration involves sales order reservations, and they serve multiple purposes. At a minimum…

In Norwegian a customer won a compensation case against an ERP implementation partner after the customer terminated the parties’ agreement on the supply of a new ERP. The customer was compensated by the Norwegian district court assessed at 288 mNOK (36,7 mUSD). Originally the contract was worth...

Global IT services company DXC Technology has acquired Microsoft Dynamics partners Sable37 and eBECS to enhance its position as a global independent systems integrator (SI) for Microsoft Dynamics 365. Sable37 and eBECS will be combined with DXC's Eclipse practice to enable DXC to expand its Dynamics 365 cloud capabilities across the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., and Canada…

Consider a scenario where you are importing data using DIXF , and you get an error when you try to “ Preview source file ” and you are running SQL Server 2014 SP2 CU10 or CU11 . 1. The error The error you see looks something like this: System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException : An error occurred while receiving the HTTP response to http://servernamehere:7000/DMFService/DMFServiceHelper.svc . This could be due…

Tommy Skaue, a Microsoft MVP, blogger, podcaster, and Dynamics AX/365 consultant based in Norway, will be returning to Summit EMEA this year, April 24 to 26 in Dublin, and he will be ready to talk to AX customers about the Microsoft technology almost certain to be in their future. Skaue will be presenting at the conference on Power BI and AX data migration, but he also expects the larger theme of cloud migration…

Previously, we used to define class constructors like below if we want to switch correct child class via a parameter : public static AtTest constructFromCommon(Common _common) { AtTest ret; switch(_common.Tableid) { case tableNum(CustTable) : ret = new AtTest_Customer(_common); break; case...

The emergence of ecommerce behemoths likes Amazon, eBay, Alibaba and Rakuten created a tectonic shift in the way ecommerce is conducted. They have been so large and influential that they each created a market for themselves, which is embodied in each building a marketplace, where other ecommerce players can sell under the marketplace banner. Smaller ecommerce players cannot ignore the impact of these trends…

Hosting critical business software in the cloud has become increasingly popular for Microsoft Dynamics ERP users. But what is different about a cloud-based deployment for a warehouse management system (WMS)? This article explores the cloud's significance, benefits, and the concerns it raises in the context of managing your warehouses - especially around security and compliance. The significance of cloud…

I feel this is very limiting when you try to use purchase order workflow via hierarchy assignment. The set up is there but you really can’t use it to the end. When you try to set up a stop condition, you can’t really use it. Vote for the idea for Microsoft to develop this. https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=6b55a93d-7235-e811-bbd3-0003ff68aa57 Below is a screenshot of how I have added it. To add these…