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Prepare for dimension table changes in Financial Dimension Framework 

Effective December 1, 2020, for all 10.0+ versions of Dynamics 365 Financial Dimension Framework we are preventing deletion from the following Dimension table. This change is applied directly in the database and follows the same business logic that is used within the application. These changes protect the integrity of the financial accounting data. Any customizations...Read more
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Electronic invoicing add-on (preview) expands capabilities for Dynamics 365 business applications 

  • By Georg GlantschnigGeneral Manager, Dynamics 365 Finance, Project Operations, and Human Resources
There are a number of reasons for companies to use electronic invoicing instead of paper documents, such as maintaining compliance, being able to adapt quickly to changing regulations, and reducing manual errors – not to mention reducing costs and speeding up end-to-end invoice processing. In addition, governments are increasingly turning to electronic invoicing as a...Read more
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Support date extended for tax updates in US Payroll feature in Dynamics 365 Finance 

  • By April OlsonDynamics 365 Finance Principal Group Product Manager
To ensure organizations have ample time to provide for the safety of their employees, protect the health and well-being of their communities, and react to the changes needed due to COVID-19, we are extending support for tax updates in the US Payroll feature in Dynamics 365 Finance until July 31, 2024. This is a change...Read more
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Maintain budget control balances after update to Dynamics 365 Finance 2020 release wave 2 

As you might already know if you read our post from August, 2020, the hash function for the dimension framework in Dynamics 365 Finance 2020 release wave 2 has changed. After you update to version 10.0.13 or later, you’ll need to make sure a one-time update to maintain budget control balances for your active account...Read more
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Verify hash function changes after update to Dynamics 365 Finance 2020 release wave 2 

  • By Jason StoneSoftware Engineer, Dynamics 365 Finance
In Dynamics 365 2020 release wave 2, the hash function for the dimension framework in Dynamics 365 Finance has changed. This change may cause breaks in your production and test code in some scenarios. This blog post explains how to inspect your code for impacted patterns and provides guidance about how to validate this functionality...Read more
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Simplify and automate compliance with asset leasing in Dynamics 365 Finance 

Change is constant. Today most organizations are experiencing challenges and making plans that they did not anticipate. In times like these, organizations do not have time to worry about reacting to changes in accounting regulations, yet they cannot risk leaving them unaddressed. A core tenant of Dynamics 365 Finance is to enable you to reduce risk, and to automate and modernize your global...Read more
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Get the updated toolkit for easier deployment of solution-specific Help content 

If you’ve created your own custom solution for Dynamics 365 Finance, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, or Dynamics 365 Commerce, you may be wondering how to connect your own Help content for the solution to the Help pane in the Finance and Operations client. Microsoft provides a toolkit to help you generate HTML files from the Microsoft Help repositories, generate...Read more
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Weekly Webinars for the Business Applications Community for September 2019! 

Didn’t you wish there was some expert that would just explain how to use Dynamics 365 and Power Platform technologies? Purvin Patel brings his firehose of information to the community every Monday at 10am (Pacific) as part of a weekly webinar series.  You should expect deep dives, special guests, MVPs talking about cool things they...Read more
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Using Azure Active Directory groups to manage a user’s app and data access 

Applies to Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement apps version 9.x Applies to Common Data Service The administration of app and data access for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement and Common Data Service has been extended to allow administrators to use their organization’s Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) groups to manage access rights for licensed...Read more
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Setup for sales tax which should be used when ‘Price include sales tax’ is enabled on a Store 

Hello, If you have any issues regarding sales tax (net amount) rounding between Retail store transactions and posted sales invoice voucher transactions, you should check at first Sales tax setup. The recommended setup for sales tax which should be used when ‘Price include sales tax’ is enabled on a Store. ‘Marginal base’ to set up...Read more
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