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Adrià Ariste Santacreu

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ISVLicenseGenerator v0.9: a farewell?

5 Mins Read

I’ve been working on the ISVLicenseGenerator open source tool for some years now, almost five. It all started when I ordered a code-signing certificate to sign ISV solutions, and I got a USB token instead of a software certificate.

After many years of Microsoft not offering support for these devices to sign the license files, it looks like with the changes introduced to AXUtil in the version 10.0.37, ISVLicenseGenerator will not be needed anymore…

If you want to learn more about ISVLicenseGenerator you can read:

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In Azure

APIOps: ALM for Azure API Management

11 Mins Read

In this post, I’m going to talk about APIOps, the DevOps techniques applied to Azure API Management, that allow us to automate the promotion of changes between API Management instances.

It would be possible to attain a certain degree of automation using Bicep, but it wouldn’t apply to many elements of the APIM, and that’s why we need and like APIOps!

If you want to learn more about Azure API Management, you can read my previous posts and video:

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In Dynamics 365

Error querying Synapse Link

3 Mins Read

A short one for today! I stumbled upon this while configuring the new Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse feature for an environment.

Most of the time, when I’m configuring resources on Azure, I do it as a subscription or resource group owner. This means I’m working in god-mode all the time, and I won’t be finding out some issues that users with less access rights do.

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In Dynamics 365

Azure Key Vault support in ISVLicenseGenerator v0.7

5 Mins Read

I’m once again back with a new version of the ISVLicenseGenerator tool, the piece of software I created with a modified version of the standard AXUtil.dll library that lets us sign license files using a cryptographic USB token.

In the new version (v0.7) I’ve added the possibility of signing the license file using a certificate stored on an Azure Key Vault.

And this time I come with a request from anyone reading this post. If you have an HSM-protected key for your code-signing certificate, and are storing it in a Key Vault, I’d love you to try this new version out!

Why am I asking this? Well, I swear there are no hidden intentions here! The main reason is that I don’t have access to HSM keys, and I can’t test the new functionality with one of those. So if your certificate provider has a cloud HSM, and provides some sort of Azure Key Vault integration to store the keys in it, and you want to try it… I’ll be very happy to try to fix things if they don’t work!

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In Dynamics 365

I wrote a book! Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform

4 Mins Read

I guess that most of my readers will already be aware of this, as I’ve been spamming LinkedIn with the news: I wrote a book!

The book is called like this post’s title: “Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform”. It covers some practical scenarios where I show how to use Power Apps, Power Automate or AI Builder with F&O data.

It also offers an introduction and overview into the Power Platform integration and F&O: linked environments, Dual-write, Virtual tables, Dataverse, PPAC, etc.

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In Azure

Microsoft Dev Box and Dynamics 365 F&O local development

14 Mins Read

After a long, long, long, long, long time waiting for it, the Dynamics 365 F&O local development feature is finally here… in public preview. It’s a bit different since the first time we heard about this at the MBAS in 2019… but it opens up a new scenario for developers.

I won’t go into much detail about the new unified developer experience, which is its name now, but if you want to know what you need to use it and how to configure it, you can read this blog post from Aurélien Clere: Dynamics 365 FinOps Unified developer experience.

Today I’ll explain what Microsoft Dev Box is and how we can use it with the Dynamics 365 F&O local development tools. We will also learn about the cost, and in which scenarios we could benefit from Microsoft Dev Box as our development environment. You know, the best of both worlds, or the worst… 🤣

But first…

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In Azure

Microsoft Sentinel for Dynamics 365 F&O

10 Mins Read

Today I’m bringing you a post that’s all about Dynamics 365 F&O, but the main focus is on security, specifically Microsoft Sentinel. Some days ago it was announced a Microsoft Sentinel Solution for F&O had been published and is currently in preview. Let’s learn a bit about it!

Sometimes we overlook the security aspects of the things that are not directly related to F&O, specially regarding resources like networking, storage accounts, dev VMs, Microsoft Entra ID (this is Azure AD’s new name!) or using Bastion.

And we don’t do that because we just don’t care about security, but because we’re Dynamics 365 people, and sometimes we might lack the knowledge in other things. If you’re lucky, you’ll have an in-house security team that’ll take care of that, otherwise we need to train ourselves a bit.

This is the first time I’ve used Microsoft Sentinel, and I’m for sure missing on a lot of things and features. Time to learn!

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Alertas de Dynamics 365 F&O en Power Automate
In Dynamics 365

F&O alert emails in Power Automate

7 Mins Read

There’s a nice feature in Dynamics 365 F&O that lets us emit notifications when data is changed, created or deleted: the alert framework.

In this post, I will show you how to send the alerts as Business events and send emails notifying the users using a Power Automate flow.

When I was almost done writing this blog post, I found this blog post and video from Scott Gaines where he showed this scenario. Take a look at it for a clearer step-by-step guide: Using Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Alerts to Trigger Power Automate Flows.

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In X++

Create a Dynamics 365 F&O encrypted field

4 Mins Read

Today we have a quick and easy X++ post where we’ll learn how to create an encrypted field in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.

Creating an encrypted field in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations is a simple process that can help secure sensitive information in your application. By using an encryption key to encrypt the data, it ensures that the data remains safe even if it is accessed by unauthorized users.

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