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How to install Business Central (developer) preview version
In the last weeks, I got some questions about installing the developer's preview version (the Insider build) of the Business Central. This version is available through Artifacts for docker similarly to standard versions; however, they are available only for Microsoft'...
D365 Business Central database capacity changes valid from the 1st of July
On the Virtual Launch Event for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 Release Wave 1, the major changes to the cloud-based version (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online) have been introduced. The changes are not active yet; they will be effective from...
A quick look into the upcoming major version in April 2021 (Business Central 2021 release wave 1) from the developer’s point of view
It is only four months since the last major version of the Business Central (2020 wave 2) has been released, and we can already look forward to another version that will be released in April. Microsoft has already provided the list of planned and confirmed...
Monitored Fields
Another new functionality introduced with the Business Central 2020 Wave 2 (with version 17.1 in November specifically) is called "Monitored Fields". This functionality is built over the original Change Log functionality and use the same tables and procedures;...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Certification is available!
Right now, the only official Microsoft exam & certification for the Business Central (details of MB800 exam and details of certification) is in the full version! After more than 4 months when the exam was in beta version, Microsoft just switched the exam and...
UI enhancements in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Wave 2
Dynamics 365 has come out with a comprehensive plan for the release of business central 2020 wave 2. In this article I will focus on updates to page styling, more responsive FactBoxes, and an upgraded dialog bar for a seamless service and optimized productivity. Page...
Merge entity duplicity
In the case of duplicity in Customers, Vendors or Contacts, the system offers functionality to merge related record. To run it, go to the customer/vendor/contact card and run action "Merge With…". The setup window is opened for the entity from which the page was...
New Features: Managing permissions to export data to Excel
With the new version of the Business Central (2020 Wave 1) administrators have a way how to restrict users who could export data to Excel. This is common request across all industries to allow this functionality to only some users. The permission is under the...
New Features: Optimizing of pages
Page Loading One of the highly expected changes is optimization of pages. With the upcoming major version (2020 Wave 1) there should be a lot of changes to the behaviour and performance in pages. In the current version (2019 Wave 2 and older) the page is not opened...
Page Inspection
Description of the standard functionality that allows data inspection as so as inspection of the current page.
New Features: Non-Sequential numbering
One of the most known problem, especially in systems with many users, is managing DB locking for records, that require many updates. In term of Business Central (and previously NAV too) this problem is mostly known from No. Series. The new version of the Business...
Processing Sales Returns and Cancellations
It's tricky when a customer wants to cancel or return the item they bought from your company. One of the best ways to handle this through Business Central is to create a "sales credit memo" or a sales post that highlights the specific change. By doing this, you'll be...
How to Record Prices and Discounts for Purchases
You can't get anywhere as a business if you don't produce sales through selling your items. But it's also just as important to keep as much inventory coming in as what's going out, so it's good to keep a clean record of your purchases, prices for those purchases, and...
Recording Prices and Discounted for Sales
As a business, your main source of income is from your sales. Sales are one of the most important aspects for your company, so when you need to record and keep track of all the surrounding aspects. Business Central is there to help you keep things tidy and optimized....
Item Transfers and Stock Adjustment
Inventory management is a long and sometimes painful process, that's why with Business Central's inventory management tools there is always an easy way to mark, map, and transfer your physical and digital products around. Although there are a lot of tools involved,...
Dimensions (part 2)
This is the second part of the articles about Financial Dimensions. The first part that described what dimensions are and how to set up them on customers and vendors properly is here. How To Set Up Dimension Priorities, Combination, and Global Dimensions To make an...
How to Use Posting Groups in Business Central
Posting groups are a major tool when using Business Central. The main point of posting groups is so that businesses' can create links for certain accounts in separate application areas. This means accounts can be linked whether they are associated with the general...
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