How secure is your password? For years, the rule has been to use a complex password – the more complex the password, the more challenging it was for a hacker to access your account. Of course, that’s assuming they know your user ID, which, for many accounts, is your email. Password complexity is a function… Continue reading Password Security and Protection Has Never Been More Important
Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 457
ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes adding table fields to pages without code extensions, performance improvements in Business Central for large data export to Excel with Microsoft Graph, and using AL namespaces in BC. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community comprises professionals devoted to advancing the success… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 457
How to: Dynamics 365 Business Central: Enter Job Tasks and Planning Lines
If you use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for project management, you should understand how to set up job tasks and planning lines. You can optionally use task types on the beginning and ending balances. Task types can be beneficial for reporting purposes. A planning line can be one of the following types: Find more… Continue reading How to: Dynamics 365 Business Central: Enter Job Tasks and Planning Lines
Remaining Vigilant: External threat detection with OSINT
For all the benefits that the internet has provided to businesses, from cloud computing giving you anytime, anywhere access to your information to robust data analysis at the click of a button, there are also increased risks of cyberattacks that take advantage of security vulnerabilities in the networks, devices, and applications used by these organizations.… Continue reading Remaining Vigilant: External threat detection with OSINT
Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 456
ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes performance improvement for DataAccessIntent property, prerelease versions of the AL Language extension for BC available for Visual Studio, managing user permission sets during on-prem to cloud BC migration, and managing multiple entity transactions across different BC environments. The Dynamics 365 Business… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 456
8 Cool Things You Can Do in Business Central You Couldn’t Do in Dynamics NAV
In January 2023, Microsoft moved Dynamics NAV 2018 out of mainstream support. As the last version of Dynamics NAV produced by Microsoft, NAV 2018 users will no longer receive new features, only security updates. Dynamics NAV users are encouraged to upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the next generation of NAV. Business Central (BC)… Continue reading 8 Cool Things You Can Do in Business Central You Couldn’t Do in Dynamics NAV
Phishing, Quishing, Vishing, and Smishing
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Most people are familiar with the term “phishing,” which describes emails sent by malicious hackers to coax the email recipient (the victim) into clicking on a link that asks them to divulge personal information or login credentials. Sometimes, the victim’s computer is… Continue reading Phishing, Quishing, Vishing, and Smishing
Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 455
ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes recommended AL coding practices, Microsoft cleaning up deprecated objects in BC, new features in BC 2023 Wave 2, Community Summit 2023, and the Funny of the Week. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community comprises professionals devoted to advancing the success of… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 455
Hot New Features Coming in Business Central 2023 Wave 2
Microsoft’s Business Central 23 will be out this fall, and it comes with a ton of enhancements for development, AI, user administration and governance, reporting and analysis, UI, and Power Platform capabilities. Here are a few of the features I’m most excited about! Add fields to pages This feature was teased in Wave 1 and… Continue reading Hot New Features Coming in Business Central 2023 Wave 2
How to Respond to a Ransomware Attack – A Framework for Companies
Ransomware attacks can have devastating consequences for an organization. Some companies could not retrieve all their lost data, even after paying the ransom (let’s face it, attackers do not set up a support team to help you get your data back once they have your money!). Others have been met with subsequent ransom demands from… Continue reading How to Respond to a Ransomware Attack – A Framework for Companies