Microsoft was kind enough to supply us with a HoloLens 2 in order to get out and show it to our customers.  This happened about 8 weeks ago – haven’t had a lot of opportunities to showcase the technology, obviously.  Instead, we thought we’d do a little blog post showing off the 2 devices and talking through the user experience a bit. Cases HoloLens (front) and HoloLens 2 (back) cases – side by side The cases are different, obviously.  As we’ll see in a bit, the devices are shaped quite a...

What is the Solution Architect Bootcamp? Apparently, I missed the memo on these Solution Architect Bootcamps put on by the Fast Track Solution Architects at Microsoft.  Since rolling out the most recent version of their program to help customers “implement high quality solution faster”, “go live with confidence” and “stay connected to the product”, Microsoft has been training Partners on how to best interact with the team to ensure everyone is on the same page.  In the last two years or so, about...

What is the Solution Architect Bootcamp? Apparently, I missed the memo on these Solution Architect Bootcamps put on by the Fast Track Solution Architects at Microsoft.  Since rolling out the most recent version of their program to help customers “implement high quality solution faster”, “go live with confidence” and “stay connected to the product”, Microsoft has been training Partners on how to best interact with the team to ensure everyone is on the same page.  In the last two years or so, about...

What is the Solution Architect Bootcamp? Apparently, I missed the memo on these Solution Architect Bootcamps put on by the Fast Track Solution Architects at Microsoft.  Since rolling out the most recent version of their program to help customers “implement high quality solution faster”, “go live with confidence” and “stay connected to the product”, Microsoft has been training Partners on how to best interact with the team to ensure everyone is on the same page.  In the last two years or so, about...

I just upgraded; what happened? The process to upgrade Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations from older versions (7.2, 7.3, etc.) to One Version (10.0) can be a daunting task depending on the amount of overlayering of code that might have been done in previous versions.  That code needs to be converted to extensions.  But what happens if you have extensions in your previous version and you find out that those extensions are completely missing in your upgraded One Version release branch?  This happened...

I’ve been doing a little bit of work with the Electronic Reporting engine in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, and I ran into a little trick that I wasn’t able to find listed on any forums, Yammer groups, LCS issues, or blog posts. What was I trying to do? I was creating a custom payment model to export a payment file.  Since this file was going to have multiple records and could have multiple different types of payments, I needed a nice clean identifier for each record.  I wanted to...

I’ve been doing a little bit of work with the Electronic Reporting engine in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, and I ran into a little trick that I wasn’t able to find listed on any forums, Yammer groups, LCS issues, or blog posts. What was I trying to do? I was creating a custom payment model to export a payment file.  Since this file was going to have multiple records and could have multiple different types of payments, I needed a nice clean identifier for each record.  I wanted to...

I’ve been doing a little bit of work with the Electronic Reporting engine in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, and I ran into a little trick that I wasn’t able to find listed on any forums, Yammer groups, LCS issues, or blog posts. WHAT WAS I TRYING TO DO? I was creating a custom payment model to export a payment file. Since this file was going to have multiple records and could have multiple different types of payments, I needed a nice clean identifier for each record. I wanted to use...

I’ve been doing a little bit of work with the Electronic Reporting engine in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, and I ran into a little trick that I wasn’t able to find listed on any forums, Yammer groups, LCS issues, or blog posts. WHAT WAS I TRYING TO DO? I was creating a custom payment model to export a payment file. Since this file was going to have multiple records and could have multiple different types of payments, I needed a nice clean identifier for each record. I wanted to use...

Price control to maintain sales price compliance – something that seems like it should be supported out of the box in Dynamics AX or Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.  Specifically, we’ve heard a number of companies say they want a way to review if a sales representative modifies a price that’s generated from a trade agreement when a sales order is created. While a simple report or list page reporting on order events might be useful for this, some people require a rigid workflow for review...