Installing Active Directory Part 1 – Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations On-Premise at Home – 04
One of the 'shared service' environment requirements for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations is an Active Directory domain. There should never be just one Active Directory server, so we'll create two Windows Server 2016 virtual machines. AX needs an [...]
Attaching an iSCSI LUN to Windows Server 2016 – Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations On-Premise at Home – 03
Regardless of the NAS device you may be using, the following steps can attach iSCSI storage to your server for VM storage. These are the steps I took: Attach an iSCSI LUN to Windows Server 2016 1. Log into the [...]
Setting up iSCSI with Synology – Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations On-Premise at Home – 02
Previous Post: Windows and Hyper-V Installation - Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations On-Premise at Home - 01To support the number of VMs and possible environments I want to host I will be leveraging a network attached storage (NAS) device to [...]
Windows and Hyper-V Installation – Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations On-Premise at Home – 01
Previous Post: Setting up Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations- on-premise...at home!Setting up the ServerThe server arrived, it is time to get rolling! I first jumped into the BIOS. It is easier and better to configure things before the operating system [...]
Setting up Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations- on-premise…at home!
In order to build some of the automation tools and test configurations I set down the path of purchasing a server. There are many servers available with decent specifications, still under warranty, and with good performance. The better deals are [...]
Converting Toodledo Tasks to Nozbe
Over the past ten years I have loved the Pocket Informant system of Getting Things Done (GTD) with Toodledo as the back end. However, I found Nozbe - yes they've been around this whole time! I wish I had known [...]
AX 2012 Database Synchronization Warnings and Errors
After making a change to the data dictionary AX will synchronize to the SQL database. If you have turned off configuration keys the window which pops up shows many warnings, most of which can be ignored every time. How do [...]
Performance Tweaks for AX2012 Demo VM
Open the VM Profile Manager within the VM, and change the default profile to "AX2012Minimum."Look at VM profile to see what order it starts and stops things. Take note and disable anything you do not plan on using.Enable SQL Trace [...]
Who is online for all AX databases on current SQL server?
In the situation where you must support more than one AX environment with the same SQL Server, maintenance can become tricky unless you know who is online. The following SQL Script will list all of the users who are online. [...]
AX 2012 Demo VM on Parallels (OSx)
So I've got this iMac in my office with 24 GB of RAM so naturally, what am I doing with all that? Well, I have hobbies and test my Linux scripts, firewalls, and even some CTF challenges within there. Dynamics [...]
Showing Bible Verse when PowerShell is Opened
Using the code created in a previous post in our PowerShell profile, we can have PowerShell display a random Bible quote whenever it is opened.StepsDownload PSBible-NET.psm1 from Github.Place the file in %UserProfile%DocumentsWindowsPowerShellModules. You may need to create the folders if they [...]
Search the Internet for Bible References on a Topic
Scraping a Web Site for Bible ReferencesUsing the function from the prior post, we can leverage PowerShell to download a web page and parse it for us to find references to scripture.$requestResult = Invoke-WebRequest-Uri "https://blogs.lcms.org/2018/loving-your-internet-neighbor"-DisableKeepAlive -UseBasicParsing-ErrorAction SilentlyContinueif ($requestResult.StatusCode -eq200){ Get-BibleReferences$requestResult.Content [...]
Find Bible Verses using PowerShell
Using regular expressions and PowerShell we can create some code which will parse a Bible verse and then these values can be used in other ways. In the function below I've used the .NET RegEx class to read Bible verses, [...]
Allow WEMO Communication through your Firewall
The following instructions will enable your WEMO devices to communicate through your firewall without Upnp enabled. Disabling Upnp is a best practice because otherwise any device inside your network would be able to open up any port to the outside [...]
Create a VM network in Parallels with a Linux VM Firewall
Parallels Desktop has been a solid virtualization option for my iMac. It enables easy sharing of folders and other advanced options I felt would be useful, i.e. seamless Windows programs. For my latest adventure I wanted to test out some [...]
Comparing BOMs in AX
Bills of material in AX 2012 can be effective dated, and this provides the ability to keep prior versions. Now it has been several years and the question arises- what changed between versions? There is a built-in way to compare [...]