DEMO
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Having Demo Data while developing Business Central Apps with Docker
Update 2021/2/10: Microsoft stopped creating images for Docker in the summer of 2020. We now publish artifacts, which can be used to spin up containers and BcContainerHelper has replaced NavContainerHelper. This blog post reflects the old way of using NAV/BC on Docker and references NavContainerHelper, which is outdated. I have always preached that you shouldn’t try to keep your Docker containers running. Containers should be something, which easily can be dismissed and recreated for any developer. One of the frequent...
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The ARM templates for Dynamics 365 Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Update 2021/2/10: Microsoft stopped creating images for Docker in the summer of 2020. We now publish artifacts, which can be used to spin up containers and BcContainerHelper has replaced NavContainerHelper. This blog post reflects the old way of using NAV/BC on Docker and references NavContainerHelper, which is outdated. Moving quickly towards a world, where C/SIDE and C/AL development in Dynamics 365 Business Central is history, I have made some cleanup of the ARM templates and this blog posts describes the...
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iOS 10 and self signed certificates
With the release of iOS 10, Apple have changed the way self-signed certificates works and since self-signed certificates are a vital part of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Demo Environment setup, I thought I would describe how to connect to a Demo Environment, signed by a self-signed certificate from an iPad or an iPhone. It is no longer sufficient to install the profile (self-signed certificate), you also have to trust the certificate… Install the Self-Signed Certificate from the Landing page After...
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Create a secure Url to a file
In the very last paragraph of this post, I talk about specifying a certificate pfx file as a Url for http://aka.ms/navdemodeploy: The Url needs to start with http:// or https:// and today (while writing this post) this is the only parameter that you need to specify as a secure Url, but I am planning to create more parameters like this: License file Demo Database Extensions All things that you want to have in a secure location and control access to it, while...
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SSL Certificates 101
This is not an exhaustive description about SSL certificates. Instead it is an explanation about why self-signed SSL certificates doesn’t always work for you and a high level description of what you need to do in order to install a trusted SSL certificate on the Azure image. First… – understanding DNS (Dynamic Name Service) In order to understand the usage of SSL certificates, we need to understand the DNS. The DNS is like the Phone/Address Book of the internet. If...
