The Dynamics GP Blogster

So far, I have covered the process of setting up both the Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC containerized application components, along with the VS Code IDE and AL language extensions. We also built the "Hello World" extension on BC's Customer List page and deployed it to our container by following some simple debugging steps. You can read more about it in the following articles: #MSDYN365BC: Building a Development Environment for Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs Part 1/3 #MSDYN365BC: Building a Development Environment for Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs Part 2/3 #MSDYN365BC: Building a Development Environment for Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs Part 3/3 #MSDYN365BC: Building a Development Environment for Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs - Installing Visual Studio Code The purpose of today's article is to show you how to set up a source code control provider to host your projects for a multi-developer's environment. If you are a Microsoft Dexterity developer, you are probably familiar...

In the previous 3 articles of the series, I talked about the rationale for selecting a container based environment for development purposes, we also installed Docker and downloaded and installed the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central containers for Docker. This then set us on a path to installing the development IDE and selecting a source code control provider to host our AL solutions. See: #MSDYN365BC: Building a Development Environment for Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs Part 1/3 #MSDYN365BC: Building a Development Environment for Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs Part 2/3 #MSDYN365BC: Building a Development Environment for Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs Part 3/3 This article in particular, will focus on the installation of Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and the AL language extensions for the environment. Installing VS Code VS Code is to BC developers what Dexterity is to Dynamics GP developers. VS Code provides the IDE required to incorporate the AL language extensions to develo...

In Part 2 of this series, we covered the full installation of Docker Desktop, used to run the Dynamics 365 Business Central containers. We also saw how to use PowerShell to enable both the Hyper-V and Containers features on Windows 10. This article will focus on the installation and troubleshooting of the Dynamics 365 Business Central containers and will provide step by step instructions on how to accomplish this. Remember, there are quite a bit of resources out there, so here they are: Get started with the Container Sandbox Development Environment Running a Container-Based Development Environment But the goal of this series is to help Microsoft Dynamics GP ISVs draw similarities and contrasts with their multi-developer Microsoft Dexterity development environments. Now that Docker is been installed, we can effectively proceed to lay down the BC containers. This will create a full virtualized environment with all the BC components needed for development purposes. This equates...

Curiosity is definitely something in my DNA and with all the buzz surrounding Microsoft Project "Madeira", I thought I would take some time to walk you through getting started. "Madeira", besides being a Portuguese archipielago in the North Atlantic ocean, happens to be an Microsoft's first attempt at a true Azure-based SaaS ERP built on the Dynamics NAV platform - for more information, read MVP Aleksandar Totovic -  Project Madeira - Preview  article. Project "Madeira" is still in preview mode so you can try it out for free if you are already a Microsoft Office 365 or Azure subscriber, by going to http://madeira.microsoft.com/ . As is customary with most Microsoft product landing pages, you get quite the enticing visual that just makes you want to click on that Try the preview  button. Project "Madeira" landing page After clicking on the Try the preview  button, you are taken to a Sign up page where you are asked for your organiza...