Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations - Tech Tips

Scenario: You are unable to retrieve projects under LCS and you might be getting an error with the following message "The certificate you presented for this request is not valid. Please use a valid certificate for calling Lifecycle Services." or "An error occurs from LCS Server. Contact your administrator with the following LCS activity identifier: {}" The above errors occur when you access the following forms: 1) Commerce Parameters > channel deployment > check for package update 2) Devices > select a device > download > download POS 3) system parameters > Help > refresh LCS > "Failed to retrieve projects from Lifecycle Services   Note: When these errors are triggered for tier 1 (Onebox/Dev) environments the bellow mentioned steps must be performed to fix them. And for Microsoft managed environments tier 2 or higher, a SR (Support request) will be required, the same steps can be conveyed to the SR engineer.   Prerequisites: To perform ...

Scenario:   Error : 9002 The Transaction Log for database 'DB' is full due to 'LOG_BACKUP'... One of the most common issue/error faced by developers working with databases i.e., SQL Server, is when LOG size reaches 100% or disk space reaches capacity. Usually this can be resolved by running SQL queries in SSMS to truncate the LOG file, in order words, reducing its size. Let us dive into a specific situation, suppose, there is only one disk in a development environment and the disk space reaches capacity, no programs can be opened e.g. SSMS or even internet browsers. In such a case, we can either increase the disk space or truncate the LOG file using a system utility program, which require minimal temporary storage on disk to execute.  One such program is PowerShell and by executing the following commands a quick-fix can be achieved. Prerequisites: 1. Access to the development environment, where the database is housed. 2. Administrator access. Process: On the development...

  Scenario: Continuing onward from the previous blog. How to Deploy a Package from DEV to UAT using LCS Your customizations have been successfully deployed to a UAT (sandbox) environment. Functionals and/or users have extensively tested and verified the customization on the UAT environment. You have been given go-ahead and now you need to carry those customizations from UAT environment to production environment. All right then, let’s jump right into it! Prerequisites: To successfully perform the process, you will need: Admin creds or project security role of "Project owner" on LCS. A successfully completed deployment on a UAT (sandbox) environment. Process: Step 1: Mark an application deployable package from a sandbox environment as a release candidate for a production environment. Step 2: Schedule the release candidate on a production environment. Step 1: Mark an application deployable package from a sandbox environment as a release candidate for a production environment. ...

Scenario: Suppose you have been tasked to create a deployment package and deploy it to a UAT environment. For a beginner, who has never done a deployment before, the task might seem overwhelming. Regardless, getting it done is what this blog post is for. Consider you are on a cloud-hosted DEV environment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations. You or some developer has written x++ code, or perhaps created custom entities or it can be any type of customization for D365 FO. Your customizations have been tested and approved to be deployed to UAT (User Acceptance Test) environment. Using Lifecycle Services (LCS) we will deploy your customizations to a UAT environment. As you might be familiar with or know, there are a few different approaches to deploying customization to an environment. This blog post solely covers deployment through LCS.   Prerequisites: To successfully perform the process, you will need: Access to DEV environment, i.e. where your customizations lie. Adm...