Happy New Year 2019

May the new year days be as bright as the sunshine and as calm as the moonlight. Have a wonderful year ahead.

Make Money with Dynamics 365 Business Central and Progressus PSA

Want to stay relevant in the cloud ERP market?
 

Dynamics 365 Business Central is here to stay and the need to stay relevant in the industry is more important now than ever before. How can you do that? Differentiate and add value with an industry solution!

Progressus PSA adds robust project accounting and project management to Dynamics 365 Business Central. It is the largest and most comprehensive Business Central industry application approved for listing on Microsoft AppSource. With Progressus, you can significantly increase margins, subscription revenue, and service revenue to a Dynamics 365 deal, while also providing opportunities for add-on sales of additional Microsoft cloud services.

Join the Progressus Partner team to learn about Progressus PSA and how it's a perfect fit with Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Register today to learn more about Progressus PSA.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Training Sessions in Chennai

Delivered another Dynamics 365 Business Central 2 days in-class training for Techminds LLC at Chennai on August 12^th and 19^th, 2018.

Thank you Arun, Vise President (APAC), for contacting me for this training.

Techminds has a very energetic NAV (now D365 BC) development team and I enjoyed providing them this training.

Thank you all. I hope you enjoyed the session too.

If you need Dynamics 365 Business Central training in your office/location then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Training Session in Findlay, USA

Delivered another Dynamics 365 Business Central in-class training for Velosio at Findlay, USA on August 1^st and 2^nd, 2018.

Thank you all. I hope you enjoyed the session.

If you need Dynamics 365 Business Central training in your office/location then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Training Session in Bangalore

Continued Dynamics 365 Business Central in-class training for EVRY INDIA, Bangalore on June 30, 2018.

Thank you, Anand, for contacting me for training.

Welcome EVRY India team to Dynamics 365 Business Central family.

If you need Dynamics 365 Business Central training in your office/location then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Training Session in Bangalore

Delivered another Dynamics 365 Business Central in-class training for EVRY INDIA, Bangalore on June 23, 2018.

Thank you, Anand, for contacting me for training.

Welcome EVRY India team to Dynamics 365 Business Central family.

If you need Dynamics 365 Business Central training in your office/location then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Training Session in Mumbai

Another Dynamics 365 Business Central in-class training provided for LEAPING FROG SOLUTIONS, Mumbai on June 16, 2018.

Thank you Vrushank for contacting me for training.

Welcome Leaping Frog Solutions team to Dynamics 365 Business Central family.

If you need Dynamics 365 Business Central training in your office/location then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Event in Microsoft, Hyderabad

Another Dynamics 365 Business Central event provided in Microsoft office, Hyderabad on June 9, 2018.

Thank you all for joining the event.

If you need Dynamics 365 Business Central training in your office/location then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com. 

The Dynamics 365 Business Central Event in Hyderabad is back

Hello All,

The Dynamics 365 Business Central Event in Hyderabad is back and is scheduled on June 9th at 11 AM at MPR 003, Microsoft Building 3, ISB Road, Nanakramguda, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500032, India

Please register here

http://www.123formbuilder.com/form-3770811/Event-Registration-Form

NOTE: This is in-class event and NOT online.

If you need Dynamics 365 Business Central training in your office/location then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com. Training is FREE.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Training Session in Ahmedabad

Another Dynamics 365 Business Central in-class training provided for Intech Systems, Ahmedabad on May 19, 2018.

They have a certified Dynamics NAV add-on and willing to create it as an app for Dynamics 365 Business Central Appsource.

They have all the required details and Visual Studio Code knowledge now and ready to create the app and submit to Microsoft.

Good Luck and hope to see your app soon in Appsource.

Thank you Nilesh Gajjar (Team Lead, Intech System) for initiating the discussion regarding training.

Thank you Anuja Parikh (President, Intech Systems) for approving for the training.

Hope to see you soon again.

Thank you, Intech Systems NAV team

Jignesh Dhandha, Nilesh Gajjar, AbhayKirshnan Pillai, Sweta Vyas, Vishnu Goyanka, Akshay Patel, Suraj Patel, Nishit Patel, Preet Gor, Murari Jangid

Tenant Customization Rules in Dynamics 365 Business Central

As I mentioned in my previous training session here,

we came across below error while Uploading Tenant Customization App in production environment.

Publish operation failed with code PackageValidationFailed. Details: Extension validation failed. View the error details for more information.

There are certain rules that needs to be followed while developing tenant customizations.

1.   If we have created PageExtension object then we have to make sure that all Page fields, parts and action controls have ApplicationArea property set.

2.   If we have created new Table object then we have to make sure that

·       Object ID must be in free range.

·       Field ID must be in free range.

·       We have to create new Permission Set with new table created. (I have attached sample permission set format below, these permission sets to be included in folder where we are developing)

3.   If we have created Page Object then we have to make sure that all Page fields, parts and action controls have ApplicationArea property set.

4.   If we have created Report Object then we have to make sure that Report request page field controls have ApplicationArea property set.

5.   Functions must not subscribe to CompanyOpen events.

6.   Property 'target' should not have ‘Internal’ in app.json file.

7.   Encryption key functions must not be invoked.

8.   Test assertion functions are not allowed in a non-test context.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Training Session in Mumbai

I have provided one day in-class training session on Dynamics 365 Business Central in Mumbai last Saturday (28^th April, 2018) at CloudFronts office.

It was nice meeting NAV team of Cloudfronts and working with them.

They are working on a tenant-based customization app for Dynamics 365 Business Central and having some doubts/issues related to how to move forward and fix them.

They were able to publish and install their tenant-based app in sandbox environment but having issues while publishing and installing same app to Production environment using Upload Extension action.

I will write a separate blog about those issues.

Once again Thank you Anil (CEO, Cloudfronts) for contacting me and arranging the session.

Thank you Mahima (HR, Cloudfronts) for taking time to meet me on Holiday. It was nice meeting you.

Thank you NAV team, Cloudfronts

Olister Rumao, Chris D'silva, Me, Amol Bhad, Sunil Dhing and Anil Shah.

Do you want to learn about Dynamics 365 Business Central or having any issues? Please don’t hesitate to contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com

I am also presenting a session at Hyderabad, Microsoft India office regarding Dynamics 365 Business Central on May 6^th. Please register here.

https://www.123formbuilder.com/form-3669395/

Dynamics 365 Business Central Event in Hyderabad, Microsoft India

I am happy to announce that I am conducting an event on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central in Hyderabad, Microsoft India office on May 6th from 11 AM to 12 PM.

The event will be totally free and targeted for NAV community.

It is all about Dynamics 365 Business Central.

If you would like to take part in Dynamics 365 Business Central event, please fill in your details in the form below and you will be automatically registered.

https://www.123formbuilder.com/form-3669395/

NOTE: If you want to know more about Dynamics 365 Business Central in your location/office then please contact me at pmohanakrishna@hotmail.com

Dynamics 365 Webinar: Progressus ERP for Small & Mid-sized Professional Services Companies

Our #ProfessionalServicesAutomation and ERP software spans all your critical business functions:

- resource management

- project management

- project accounting

- sales & marketing

- financial management

Find out if Progressus is right for your business:

https://www.velosio.com/blog/2018/04/10/dynamics-365-webinar-progressus-erp-small-mid-sized-professional-services-companies/

Upgrade Steps from NAV 2017 CU4 to NAV 2018 CU2

Upgraded one of our customers from NAV2017 CU4 to NAV2018 CU2.

Steps are:

1.     Take backup of your NAV2017 CU4 database from SQL

2.     Upload Partner License and restart service

3.     Open Extension management page in NAV2017

Uninstall standard extensions

4.     Run this command to unpublish from powershell (example)

Unpublish-NAVApp -Name "Sales and Inventory Forecast" -ServerInstance dynamicsnav110

5.     Delete records of Debugger breakpoint table from database using SSMS

6.     Stop NAV2017 CU4 service

7.     Open current NAV 2017 CU4 database in NAV 2018 CU2 environment and do the convert.

8.     Delete all objects except Tables.

NOTE: I have created all fob of NAV2018 with customizations before.

I have manually merged customizations as there are only less than 20 objects modified.

You can use power shell merge commands if there are lot of customized objects.

9.     Import all objects fob file with Replace all option from Import Work Sheet. (With Later Option in Synchronize Schema)

10.Import Upgrade toolkit fob (With Later Option in Synchronize Schema)

11.Start NAV 2018 CU2 service

12.Sync-NAVTenant in Powershell

13.Compile all objects with Validation

14.Run data upgrade from Tools->Data UpgradeàStart (you can do it from Power shell also)

15.Following objects, you have to delete from converted database.

Type	ID	Name
1	9192	Pending Company Rename
3	83	Change Global Dimensions
8	1605	Office No Company Dlg
8	1802	Assisted Setup Part
8	2502	Extension Marketplace
8	5073	Sales Cycle Stages List
8	9627	Data Source List Part
8	9626	New Page Patterns List Part

16.Delete Upgrade related objects. (Version List UPG*)

Only Publish below app, don’t install

17.Publish extensions from NAV2018CU2 DVD and install if required

Publish-NAVApp -Path "C:\Install\Dynamics NAV\NAV2018CU2\Extensions\SalesAndInventoryForecast\SalesAndInventoryForecast.navx" -ServerInstance dynamicsnav110

18.Upload Customer license and restart service

February Preview - Whats New

Here is the one of the new things of February preview of extensions 2.0

If you have any issues in object/file then then it will show in red color with no. of issues in it.

Thank you, Microsoft.

Dynamics NAV 2013 and Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 end of mainstream support

Mainstream support for Dynamics NAV 2013 and Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 ended today. Microsoft recommends customers using this version to upgrade to a newer version of Dynamics NAV in order to ensure supportability.

Customers who are currently on a service plan can continue to access the following benefits through CustomerSource:

• Previously released Upgrades, Updates, Service Packs, Fixes and Regulatory/Tax Updates
• Self-Help Support through Knowledge Base articles and online content
• Unlimited Online Training

Cumulative Update 01 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 has been released

Cumulative Update 01 includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018.

The cumulative update is intended mainly for solutions that are experiencing the problems described in the Knowledge Base article linked to below. However, you are advised to always keep your solution updated with the latest cumulative update.

The cumulative update includes hotfixes that apply to all countries and hotfixes specific to the following local versions:

• AT – Austria
• AU – Australia
• BE – Belgium
• CH – Switzerland
• CZ – Czech Republic
• DE – Germany
• DK – Denmark
• ES – Spain
• FI – Finland
• FR – France
• IS – Iceland
• IT – Italy
• NA – North America
• NL – Netherlands
• NO – Norway
• NZ – New Zealand
• RU – Russia
• SE – Sweden
• UK – United Kingdom
• W1 – International

Where to find Cumulative Update 01

You can download the cumulative update from KB4058601  – Cumulative Update 01 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018.

You can press one of the countries in list above for a direct download or you can download the cumulative update from the Microsoft Download Center.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 is also available from containers. Containers are a way to wrap up an application into its own isolated box, you can pull the cumulative update container from the Docker Hub.

To learn more about other Cumulative Updates already released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 please see KB  4072483.

Warning

Before you install a cumulative update in a production environment, take the following precautions:

1.    Test the cumulative update in a non-production environment.

2.    Make a backup of the system or computer where the cumulative update is to be installed.

3.    This Cumulative Update can require a database upgrade.