While using a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Extension that uses the HTTPClient, you may have seen a dialog prompting, “The extension [extension name] by [publisher name] is making a request to an external service. Do you want to allow this request?” The option chosen when presented with this prompt is saved in the database and is editable (if …
June 2022 archive
Jun 23 2022
Set BCContainerHelper Default Configuration Values
BCContainerHelper is a PowerShell module that makes it easier to work with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and NAV Containers on Docker. The BCContainerHelper module contains many valuable functions that do much more than basic container management. I use this module in some form daily. Many BCContainerHelper module functions have switches and parameters; however, some …
Jun 10 2022
June 2022 Cumulative Updates for Dynamics 365 Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics NAV
The June updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are now available. Before applying the updates, you should confirm that your implementation is ready for the upgrade and ensure compatibility with your modifications. Work with a Microsoft Partner to determine if you are ready and what is needed for you to apply …
Jun 10 2022
Validate field pattern with Regular Expression in Dynamics 365 Business Central
When accepting user input in a field, it may be necessary to validate that the value matches a particular pattern. In early versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you could use the RegEx dotNet libraries to validate input against a regular expression. The RegEx dotNet libraries are not directly available in Dynamics 365 Business Central; however, …
Jun 08 2022
Business Central 2022 Wave 1 – In-Client Performance Profiler
With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 has several exciting new features in the development environment. One of the exciting features is the In-Client Performance Profiler In 2021 release wave 2, …
Jun 06 2022
Set A Windows Service Log On Account and Password with PowerShell
Repeatability is important! Right alongside that, in my opinion, is efficiency. A recent task required me to set up several Application Services setups, including setting the log on account and password. I could have done all of these manually; however, I found it more efficient and repeatable to set up a script to handle the …