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Upload files into your Azure Storage with Dynamics 365 Business Central

March 16, 2019 Michael Megel

This open source library uses the Azure Blob Service from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to access your storage account, containers and blobs. See also here: Blob Service REST API Disclaimer: …please keep in mind, this example does not cover every aspects and is provided “AS IS”. Feel free to improve, contribute, use this API as an inspiration or contact me, if you have some ideas 😉 Authentication In each scenario, authentication is in my opinion the hardest challenge. Azure Blob Service API is an important service…

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IoT C2D Messages from Dynamics 365 Business Central

January 4, 2019 Michael Megel

My example invoke an Azure IoT Hub Device Method from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Required information to send a message to from IoT Hub to the IoT Device endpoint are: IoT Hub Uri IoT Device Id IoT Hub SaS Token for authorization A device method will be invoked by calling the method on the Device Twin by using this Url: (API Documentation – Invoke Device Method) The message content is Json. Key methodName specify the called method and payload contains the data (parameters) for…

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A MSDyn365BC API for Azure IoT Hub API

January 3, 2019 Michael Megel

IoT is an important part of our current technology. With Azure IoT Hub we are able to start as quick as possible. This platform allows to connect, configure and manage IoT Devices, IoT Edge Devices, Device Twins, Configurations and much more. My example show the integration of IoT Hub functionality in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central by using the IoT Hub Rest API. Well you might do this in CAL or C/Side, but I want to show the future and with MSDyn365BC I use the new…

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Xmas Blog Posts

December 22, 2018 Michael Megel

Why not to include the great blog posts from “Counting down to the holidays with daily blogs” from Microsoft into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central? This was the question and in this repository you find an answer. In my example I want to focus on usage of some of the new datatypes: List Dictionary In CAL you you have imported the ‘BAD’ .NET Framework to use these datatypes. In Microsoft AL they are included – and this is good! Disclaimer This example is provided “AS…

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Business Central – Custom Filter Tokens – in a Helloween Special for Directions EMEA

October 28, 2018 Michael Megel

Why not! It’s Halloween and it’s time to have fun! I created a little PowerApp which capture your hidden mystic Halloween personalities. Dependent on #AI Face Recognition, your “Special Halloween Profession” is Wizard, Zombie or … BTW – Meet us at Directions EMEA to find your “Special Halloween Profession”! But, let’s bring it back to a serious context and see how Custom Filter Tokens are used. My Halloween characters can be Wizards, Undead or Others. The real filters are complex. But I can improve the usability by using Filter…

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#AImeetsBiz – 48 Hours of Coding and Fun

October 18, 2018 Michael Megel

One Team, one mission: Do something unbelievable within 48 hours … and YES, we did this at the Microsoft Hackathon in Munich! Our plan was to build a platform-supported service. We have set ourselves a use case. An intelligent service must be created in an easy way and typical for use in manufacturing companies. As example, we used a customer who build power generators. Tanks of a diesel generator must be regularly supplied with fuel. Tank monitoring with real time…

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Great Demos with Azure, PowerApps, AI, IoT and Dynamics 365 Business Central

September 27, 2018 Michael Megel

How to explain the benefit of AI and IoT? How to perform it in a customer-event in a context of a classic ERP system? Well, this is an excellent question! Prepare some amazing demos with very common use cases – should be the answer! Everybody likes cookies, especially kids and developers! That’s a good base to start with “Cookie Technology” to explain Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and IoT. The Microsoft Power Platform and Azure empowers the users to create fantastic…

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Small Business and IoT Insides – A Story for Dynamics 365 Business Central

August 18, 2018 Michael Megel

An IoT idea direct from my summer vacation in Florida. Real-time information from swimming pools in Dynamics 365 Business Central for a pool cleaning company business. Lots of Microsoft Technology – D365BC, Azure IoT, VS Code with cool extensions, no hardware for IoT but PowerApps and Flow – Let’s see, what I used to setup this example. Setup of Dynamics 365 Business Central The pool cleaning company is a small business like each other service-oriented business. The company offers services…

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IoT with MS Dynamics 365 Business Central on Azure

July 5, 2018 Michael Megel

Is it possible to have real-time information about the filling of a silo in my ERP System? A common IoT task, where sensors provide information about almost everything. This use case sounds good for me to repeat, what I have learned during the IoT Workshop with Microsoft at COSMO CONSULT. What can I use for this demo? A couple month ago, I visualized a Silo in Dynamics 365 Business Central. The creation of the Control Addin and the Extension v2…

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Inspired by NAV TechDays 2017 – Cognitive Services & MS Graph meets Alexa

November 23, 2017 Michael Megel

Back at home and inspired from last week! I can’t resist and added some features to my Alexa Skill. At the fly, back from the NAV TechDays 2017 in Antwerp I had some time to think about the interesting session I saw. First, let me introduce, what I’ve seen, taken and adopted. Cognitive Services During the keynote Vincent Nicolas and Thomas Hejlsberg showed us the power of Cognitive Services. This cool AI technology covers a bunch of interesting things. I believe the highest…

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