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Little insight into my daily activity

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User Group Focus 2019


Dynamics 365 Business Central & NAV  
March 13-14, 2019

On March 11th and 12th I will be teaching a VSCode and Modern NAV Development. This course will be held from 8:00am-5:00pm each day

The goal of the workshop is to learn about the new development tool for Business Central (Dynamics NAV), VSCode, GIT source control management and to experience what AL programming is about 
• What makes AL different from C/AL 
• How do you build and deploy a new BC feature 
• How can I convert my current code into AL 
• How to get ready for publishing your IP to AppSource 
• How to use GIT for you code 

On the Developer track I will host three sessions.

Wednesday, March 13, 201910:15 AM – 11:45 AM, Room: Founders III

DEV75: How to Prepare Your Code for ALBCUG/NAVUG

Ready to completely re-think your all-in-one C/AL application? How about we try this: figure out how to split the code into “bricks” by functionality and/or processes, then turn that pile of bricks back into a usable solution. Can you migrate your customer data from the all-in-one C/AL database to the new continuous delivery cycle, replacing C/AL bricks with AL bricks. Let’s find out!

Wednesday, March 13, 20194:00 PM – 5:30 PM, Room: Founders II

DEV78: How I Got my Big Database Upgraded to Business Central

Your database upgrade takes longer than your available downtime window – bit of a problem, right? How about when executing all the upgrade processes on your database will take close to 10 days? Yeah, that’s a big problem. Of course you cannot stop a business for 10 days, but how do you shrink that to fit the 30-hour window over the weekend? You’ll hear the real life story and learn about the tools and methods you can use to streamline your upgrades.

Thursday, March 14, 20198:00 AM – 9:30 AM, Room: Founders III

DEV79: Breaking the Compilation Dependencies

Going to the extension model requires a simple structure to allow multiple extensions to talk to each other without having to put all of them into a compile dependency or into the same extension. Applying the standard API pattern inside the Business Central Service tier will give us the possibility to do all required functionality in a fast and easy way. This session is about explaining this pattern and giving some examples on how we have been using this pattern.

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My first Dynamics 365 Extension – Offer ‘G/L Source Names’ is live

So, back from summer vacation and time to blog…

Early this month I got this email:

Offer ‘G/L Source Names’ is live

Congratulations! Your offer ‘G/L Source Names’ has been successfully published and is available publicly.

Next Steps

Below are the published link(s) for this offer. Please use these to verify and validate end to end experience.

Microsoft AppSource

If you need to update your offer click here.

Reply all to this email in case you need any help.

Thank you,
Microsoft AppSource team

If you follow these links you should see that the publishing portal for Dynamics 365 AppSource has been changed.

My App was automatically migrated from Azure MarketPlace to Cloud Partner Portal.  Got this email from Microsoft:

Greetings,

Azure Marketplace will be migrating your VM offers to the Cloud Partner Portal – the new and improved portal for publishing your single VM offers and getting valuable insights about your Azure Marketplace business, on Monday, 17th July 2017.

What should you expect during migration?

Migration will be done by Azure marketplace team and there is no action needed from you. Post-migration, you will start managing your single VM offers in the new Cloud Partner Portal.

During the migration, you will be unable to make updates to your offers via the publishing portal. Migration will be completed on the same day.

Will my offer be available on Azure Marketplace during migration?

Yes, migration will not affect your Azure Marketplace listing.

Refer to migration documentation here for FAQs.

You can log in to the Cloud Partner Portal at https://cloudpartner.azure.com. Documentation about the Cloud Partner Portal and publishing single VM offers can be found here.

General questions on the new CPP itself, reach out to cpp-public-preview@microsoft.com and we will follow up with you! If you have specific D365 questions, reach out to d365val@microsoft.com

Regards,
Azure Marketplace Team

And that is not all.  I also got this email from Microsoft:

Hello,

The Dynamics 365 for Financials Extension Team wants to inform you of some important information. As of August 1st, 2017, we will begin accepting version 2.0 extensions for validation. Version 2.0 extensions is a much improved experience and represent our future direction for extensions. We will continue to accept v1 extensions until October 1. Please plan accordingly.

If you have a v1 app that is currently in process of validation, or if you have one that is currently published in App Source, you can begin (at your convenience) to convert your v1 app to v2. Refer to the site here for information on how to convert your app. We will work with you as well for the conversion so please direct any questions to d365val@microsoft.com.

https://aka.ms/BeDeveloperforApps and https://aka.ms/GetStartedWithApps has all the information to date around Extensions v2.0. If there is anything you cannot find there, you can always contact the email with any further questions.

Best Regards

D365 Extension Validation Team

This blog series will be continued where I will be converting this App to Extension v2.0 using VSCode.  Stay tuned…

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My first Dynamics 365 Extension – In maintenance mode

This morning I got this email:

Hi Gunnar,

I just wanted to inform you that your extension passed validation on US, CA, and GB. We will now get your extension checked in and it will go into the June (Update 7) release.

I am excited to see if users will start to install my app.  As more markets will open for Dynamics 365 for Financials (D365) I will need to support more languages to my App.

If you can help me with your local language please ping me.  The App is available on my GitHub site; https://github.com/gunnargestsson/nav2017/tree/GLSourceNames.  If you would like to install this extension or merge the deltas into your solution, again just ping me.

If you are in the process of creating an Extension for Dynamics 365 for Financials you can now request a Financials sandbox environment.  I installed this on my local virtual machine and this was an essential part of validating the extension.  You will need to sign up for the CTP program, which provides you with a prerelease version of Dynamics 365 for Financials. After you have signed the CTP Agreement, you are directed to a page that contains information about how to download the latest builds and configure a local computer or a Microsoft Azure VM for Dynamics 365 for Financials. If you have questions or feedback regarding this, please send an e-mail to: d365-smb@microsoft.com.

Also, take a look at the updated aka.ms/AppsForFinancials page for more information.

Finally, if you take a look at the source for G/L Source Names you will find a setup.json file.  This file has all the information needed for my GIT Source Control.  As promised in NAV TechDays 2016 I am releasing the AdvaniaGIT to be community project.  Stay tuned to Dynamics.is as I will be writing blogs about this project in the coming days and weeks.

 

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NAVTechDays 2016

Now, ten days after a succesful NAV TechDays 2016, it is time to write a short recap.

NAV TechDays 2016

As usual I met with a lot of old friends and managed to gain new ones.  Had a great time.  I hosted a workshops on extending the Data Exchange Framework on Thuesday and Wednesday.  It looks like I am the only one in my MVP group to have dug deep into that functionality.  Huge thanks to the people who attended.  I always learn a lot from you guys.

On Thursday morning I had my first NAV TechDays session.  I talked about migrating to events.  I had a blast!

Luc has the video on Mibuso, so if you missed it or just want to relive the moment, go ahead and watch or download.

You can also watch the slides right here.  I have notes on most of my slides to better explain what I was thinking.

On Friday morning Soren presented Source Control.  There he talked about an initiative that Kamil and me started – to make Source Control available for every NAV developer.  Soren jumped on board and we can expect more to join.  On that note I have created my GitHub account where everyone can download the stuff that I publish.

I have published the presentations and objects to GitHub for everyone to play with.  What you download and do with it is on your own responsibility.

p.s. the NAV TechDays photo album is right here to browse through.

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Presenting the Data Exchange Framework

Earlier this month Arend-Jan contacted me about being a presenter on Dutch Dynamics Community NAV Event for March 2016.  Of course I was honored and after a moments thought I accepted.

The following presentation was repeated two times for close to 140 people in total.  I had a great time and am thankful for the opportunity.

I promised to share one Codeunit – that general mapping Codeunit – and here it is: Codeunit 60000.

If you download the presentation you can also read my notes.  They should help you better understand the whole story.

 

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NAVUG European Congress

This conference, being held 9-10 May 2016 in Stuttgart, Germany, is a user-driven event dedicated to helping Dynamics NAV users maximize the return on their Dynamics investment. The programme schedule currently include the following sessions and more:

  • Why the Cloud? Options and Considerations for Full or Hybrid Hosting
  • Approaches to Managing Your Historical Data
  • Best Practices for Dynamics NAV Administration and Security
  • Power BI in Action
  • Global vs. Local: Localizations and Cultural Aspects

Experienced Dynamics users and partners will lead instructional sessions, showcases, and How2’s, focusing on past and current versions of Dynamics NAV. As an attendee you will:

  • Broaden your Dynamics NAV product knowledge through hands-on training sessions, prepared by knowledgeable Dynamics NAV end users and partners.
  • Improve your Dynamics NAV competency to be more efficient in the workplace.
  • Learn more about the Dynamics NAV version you are currently using; as well as newer versions if you are looking to upgrade.
  • Network with other Dynamics NAV peers who use the product on a daily basis.

The conference will be held at the International Congress Centre in Stuttgart, Germany on 9-10 May 2016. To learn more about the conference or to register today, please visit www.navugcongress.com.

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Directions

Directions 2015 are now finished. Attended both EMEA and US as a speaker. Had a great time.

To follow is MVP summit and NAV TechDays. The content I had in my sessions and a lot more will soon be available on this blog so stay tuned…