Dynamics 365: Learn in doing

Just thinking out load - With "Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations" moving towards this "new approach" by Microsoft, it is more and more important to understand the latest announcements. When I say "new standard", I meant the stage where most of the Microsoft products are moving towards. Windows 10 - Seems like no more newer versions, but rather continous updates to keep the same version up to date. Office 365 - is also one such standard. Now Dynamics 365 maybe falls under the same category. Microsoft annouces GA of AppService and Functions on Azure stack: Early this month, Microsoft shared that Azure App service and Functions are generally available on Azure stack, i.e, Customers who intend to use it can go ahead, buy and use the service in their PROD environments. Now customers can deploy their application (be it D365fFO or any other) in the environment of their choice with App Service - the public cloud, Virtual network or on-premises wi...

With Dynamics 365 for Finance and operations, the out-of-the-box POS solution is truly Omni-channel, with enhanced modern look and universal app logic. With D365Ops, there are two options for POS solution: mPOS - modern POS, which can be directly downloaded from D365Ops. ePOS - cloud POS, which can be opened in any browser - so universal, just like the Dynamics 365 for operations itself. Retail Modern POS configuration and installation: If you have a valid .onmicrosoft.com account and access to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition solutions via LCS (lifeCycleServices) using that account, then you will be able to find the step-by-step guideline for learning development when you choose the appropriate Methodology. One such link is to activate and configure a mPOS client pointing out to your D365fFO instance on the cloud and/or on a local VM - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/retail/retail-modern-pos-devi...

With Dynamics 365 for Operations (D365Ops), there is so much change from its immediate previous version. And one such major change is done in How the Source code is saved ? If you have every worked in AX2009, you know that the source code is saved in files in a specific file location in the AOS server. Now with D365Ops, Microsoft has fallen back to the concept of storing the files in file system instead of database (model database in AX2012 used to hold all the code base). And the developers working with D365Ops, the primary question is where & how the source code is kept & handled. Where to find the Source code: The application code for Dynamics 365 for operations is stored in File system, usually in a directory named PackageDirectory. You can find the details on the configuration related to AOS in a web.config file. Steps to follow: Open IIS and go to the Sites\AOSService (in case you missed, AOS is a web service with D365Ops) . Right click > Explore You s...