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Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations – How to delete a record in the Number sequence – Status List form 

Seeing an unexpected number sequence record in the Status list form (from the Number sequence form) that you need to delete? Wondering where to find that ‘Delete’ (File>Delete record) option that used to exist in AX 2012? That option no longer exists in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. For now, you would have to

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Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations – Requesting a ‘Database refresh’ – Enable user access 

As I am sure you are already aware, you can now submit requests directly to the Dynamics Service Engineering (DSE) team by using Lifecycle Services (LCS). Submit a request to the Dynamics Service Engineering team https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/unified-operations/dev-itpro/lifecycle-services/submit-request-dynamics-service-engineering-team One of the request types that you can select is the Database refresh, which includes the ability to refresh

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Production order end process results in variances due to differences in estimated and realized subassembly setup labor costs. 

The issue that we were initially encountering was that we were experiencing large variances in our production costing.  Upon further investigation, what we found was that the variances were coming from a subassembly that had been created and was being utilized in the finished good.  Reviewing the details on that subassembly and comparing to our

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Management Reporter 2012 CU 16 Hotfix 3813390 

This hotfix addresses an issue where user security may be removed during the Company to Company mapping if there is a SQLException. If a SQLException occurs during the AX 2012 Companies to Company integration task, such as a SQL server being offline, users may be removed from the security groups in Management Reporter Security and

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Unmarking locked transactions 

When trying to apply a payment to an invoice in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations a person with a cross icon is displayed on the Settle transactions form. Typically, you could click on Inquiry> Specifications to see the transaction it is marked against. If this is blank you are not able to unmark the

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August release notes 

The Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the August release of Lifecycle Services (LCS). Deploy different environment types Customer implementation projects In addition to the cloud environments that are included in a customer’s Dynamics 365 subscription, LCS implementation projects are available. These projects enable customers to deploy demo environments

Cumulative Update 34 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 has been released 

Cumulative Update 34 includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015. 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.

Cumulative Update 53 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 has been released 

Cumulative Update 53 includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013. 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.

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Migrate your Dynamics CRM 2011 Knowledge base articles to new Dynamics 365 Knowledge base articles 

Knowledge Management has always been a core of any Customer Service organization in helping achieve better CSAT and consistency in solving customer issues. Dynamics 365 (formerly Dynamics CRM) had Knowledge Management capabilities starting with the first Knowledge Management module in Dynamics CRM 2011 to the latest Knowledge Management module launched in Dynamics CRM 2015 release.

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Demystifying Dynamics 365 Portals Update Process 

Since the first launch of Dynamics 365 Portals in May 2016, it has come a long way adding a long list of capabilities in multiple releases—latest being 8.3 release  which was launched in July 2017. As we have been cranking out multiple portal releases, it is important for you to understand Portal update process to