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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

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Product type Book
Published in Dec 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789951257
Pages 770 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Stefano Demiliani Stefano Demiliani
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Duilio Tacconi Duilio Tacconi
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface Section 1: Dynamics 365 Business Central - Platform Overview and the Basics of Modern Development
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Overview Mastering a Modern Development Environment Online and Container-Based Sandboxes Section 2: Developing Extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Extension Development Fundamentals Developing a Customized Solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central Advanced AL Development Report Development with AL Section 3: Debugging, Testing, and Release Management (DevOps)
Installing and Upgrading Extensions Debugging Automated Test Development with AL Source Control Management and DevOps with Business Central Section 4: Advanced Integrations with Dynamics 365 Business Central
Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs Serverless Business Processes with Business Central and Azure Monitoring, Scaling, and CI/CD with Azure Functions Business Central and Integration with the Power Platform Section 5: Moving Solutions to the New Extension Model
Integrating Machine Learning into Dynamics 365 Business Central Moving Existing ISV Solutions to the New Extension Model Useful and Proficient Tools for AL Developers Other Books You May Enjoy

Basic concepts regarding extensions

As you already know, with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS, you don't have access to the database or to the standard base code (this is different in the on-premise version, where you can still have access to the base code, and modifying that core is your responsibility). In the SaaS world, you cannot alter the database schema and cannot alter the standard business logic.

In the previous versions of the Microsoft Dynamics ERP, we have always talked about code modification. In the SaaS world, we have to start thinking about a new concept: code extension. To customize Dynamics 365 Business Central, you have to create extensions.

An extension (according to Microsoft's guidelines) is defined as an installable feature built in a way that it does not directly alter source resources and that is distributed as a preconfigured package...

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