Little license helper / Update to D365BCAppHelper

I know, I know what you’re gonna say: license files are a thing of the past 😅 But even though I prefer the SaaS-model a lot over the on-prem model, we can’t forget that there are still tons of customers on-prem. And just recently I had a tedious task I didn’t want to manually do … Read more

Get platform version of Runtime Packages / Update to D365BCAppHelper (and little sign of life)

My last post was already quite a while ago. That’s mostly because the work-load right now is kind of bananas. Never thought that there be so much projects in the midst of a pandemic 😅 But at least some small update is there in the meantime, that I can share. Thanks to Kenneth Fuglsangs tweet … Read more

Yet another update for D365BCAppHelper / Read information from Runtime packages

In the last post I introduced you to a new function in the D365BCAppHelper-module – Get-D365BCManifestFromAppFile. I also informed you that it is limited to “regular” App-packages (meaning “non-Runtime-Packages” that weren’t created with Get-NAVAppRuntimePackage). But I also said that I would try to figure out if it is possible to include these as well. Spoiler … Read more

Update for D365BCAppHelper

Sample Screenshot (crop)

When I initially started with the D365BCAppHelper-module I did not only want to easily see a representation of existing Dependencies between installed Apps. I also wanted to use it for scenarios like easily updating Apps with said dependencies (e.g. replacing “Base Application”). I know that there are already posts out there explaining the replacement of … Read more

Show app dependencies with D365BCAppHelper

It’s been quiet for some time here, but I didn’t abandon the blog. There was just a lot to do and there was little time for new stuff. This post won’t be very long, just a quick introduction of a little helper Module I created. I wanted an easy way to visualize app-dependencies for Business … Read more

Load-balanced Dynamics 365 Business Central Scale Sets on Azure – Part 3 – Update and Final Thoughts

Basic 3 Tier Architecture (VMSS)

This post took a bit longer than expected, but it were some busy days. First of all I want to give a quick update to the creation of the demo environment. Update I added HTTPS/SSL-support for the Webclient/Application Gateway setup – at least some initial support. I’m still not sure how to set this up … Read more

Load-balanced Dynamics 365 Business Central Scale Sets on Azure – Part 2: Create Demo Environment

Basic 3 Tier Architecture (VMSS)

In case you have no idea what this post is about, you should probably read the Introduction and Part 1 real quick. But besides that, let’s jump right into the creation of the demo environment. If you have any questions, please take a look at the other parts of this series. Creating the demo environment … Read more

Load-balanced Dynamics 365 Business Central Scale Sets on Azure – Part 1: Modules, Templates and Process Overview

Basic 3 Tier Architecture (VMSS)

In case you have no idea what this post is about, you should probably read the Introduction real quick. But besides that, let’s jump right into the first real chapter of this series. Process Overview The following picture basically shows the high-level steps of the resources that are created (the ones with a dotted-line as … Read more