The available and supported version are shown here:
https://ax.help.dynamics.com/en/wiki/manage-microsoft-dynamics-ax-online-updates/
From technical point of view also have a look here:
https://ax.help.dynamics.com/en/wiki/upgrade-latest-platform-update/
For the long run have a look here:
https://roadmap.dynamics.com/
I carefully consider those 2 scenarios (at least I thought I did…). All code is in FSTO. Some existing DEV VM are like Frankenstein, already patched from RTM. Those were kept alive with windows rearm and had only 30 days left. The windows 2012 Hyper V server is running fine, but also running out of disk space. Those Dynamics 365 VM can run up to 127 Gb disk use, while only 100 GB is needed.
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So, I chose the new DEV VM, and before distribute those set with administrative tools the disk size back to 100 GB. So, I will gain 20% disk store space for all those DEV VM
We have then hosted on a window 2012 Hyper V server and that was exactly the real killer. The new update 4 VM are running on window 2016. These VM Can’t be hosted on a Windows 2012 Hyper-V machine!
You must upgrade your Windows 2012 Hyper V host to Windows 2012 R2.
Upgrading you Windows Hyper V host, is not a just click next, next, next task, so what was left.
We downloaded the update 3 VM, put the disk size back to 100, rearmed them and installed the update 4 patch self on this VM. So, we have the prep update 4 VM running on not windows 2016, and we can distribute all DEV VM again.
As you understand, it was very nice weather outside here in The Netherlands. It apparently is the first week of spring, sadly enough I have not seen it, only heard about it. My wife and kids avoided me, because my passion for MS products dropped below their tolerance level, and maybe for me as well…
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There have been several cases in the past few months that customers and partners have been requesting how to get Dynamics 365 for Operations Document Routing Agent (DRA) to print documents and send documents to a Network user document assigned print queue, so that a user can identify them themselves at a network printer and only their print jobs will be shown on the printer.
Issue has been reported so far in Dynamics for operations version update 2, 3 and 4
Issue:
DRA is assigning the service account or local account of the Server/PC that the DRA is installed on, to the document being printed. Once the document is sent to the Network Printer server queue the document has lost the name of the user printing the document and replaced by local/service server name which the printer server does not recognize and the document is deleted or does not register on the network printer for the user creating the print job.
The DRA is made by design to print documents in bulk and not to a user assigned print queue.
Official workaround:
The official workaround from the Dynamics 365 for Operations product team, is to print any document from Dynamics to a PDF format into a shared network folder. Then get the user to print PDF from that shared network folder to the print queue.
Other workaround is to output the print document to latest version of Chrome then print from Chrome by network user to print queue.
Other suggested workaround that could be offered but maybe not suitable for users and security:
Author: Jason Stock
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Support Engineer
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If you want to run the DRA (Document Routing Agent) as a service, you need to:
(one account for all – Login to server, run service, start DRA App)
Reason for this is that the account that is running the Service needs to have the printer mapped and full access to it.
As well, the service has then the permission to pick up the print jobs from the Azure blob.
Here is the link on how to install the Document Routing Agent to enable network printer devices and how it is used.
Author: Uwe Zimmermann
Microsoft Dynamics Support Escalation Engineer
Image may be NSFW.There have been several reported cases with signing into Dynamics Printer Routing Agent.
Issue:
Reported Dynamics versions Update 2, 3 and 4.
Dynamics version when signing into the DRA an error appears.
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Cause:
Customer has install warehouse app into their Dynamics environment.
See following link and see step 8 with in this webpage
https://ax.help.dynamics.com/en/wiki/install-and-configure-dynamics-365-for-operations-warehousing/
Setting in Active Directory App ID URI needs to be set to a fictitious URI with no link to the Dynamics Environment or any of them.
Additional Steps are:
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Please note that article below may change in the future due to this problem being identified.
https://ax.help.dynamics.com/en/wiki/install-and-configure-dynamics-365-for-operations-warehousing/
Author: Jason Stock – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Support Engineer
Co Authors: Czeslawa Langowska Vliegen, Uwe Zimmermann – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Support Escalation Engineers
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Upgrading an on-premise enterprise resource planning solution like Microsoft Dynamics to its current version is traditionally a costly and time consuming project. Replacing aging hardware and costly lapsed maintenance fees often deter businesses from upgrading. But falling several versions behind can create competitive deficiencies. However, many of the deterrents to upgrading can be avoided in the cloud. Learn more in an upcoming webinar about the Dynamics cloud upgrade process hosted by RoseASP.
Is cloud the right answer for you?
To help you answer this question we’ll look at the reasons some Dynamics customers hesitate to go cloud and we will look at the main benefits of Dynamics cloud upgrades:
While many of the fears listed above may be true in the case of public cloud services and multi-tenant environments, a full service cloud provider for Dynamics will offer a variety of cloud options. These options may include dedicated cloud environments, shared private cloud, multi-tenant, Azure or a hybrid of all of the above. At RoseASP we make the cloud upgrade process simple and fast with no downtime to your systems. In our experience moving Dynamics customers to the cloud since 2000, it is not a problem to keep any customizations or integrations customers have. Now let’s look at some of the benefits of going cloud…
These are just a few of the benefits and concerns about Dynamics cloud upgrades. If you are curious to learn more about the cloud upgrade process for Dynamics join us for our free webinar Thursday March 30, 9am-10am.
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Image may be NSFW.I was recently looking at different ways of analyzing the security in the AOT. I found an Addin that is in Visual Studio.
Click on the “View related objects and licenses for all roles”.
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It takes about 5 minutes to put all the data together and export an Excel file.
You get two worksheets.
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Based on the second tab I was able to create a pivot table. This allows me to figure out what makes a particular license Enterprise.
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The thing you have to keep in mind is that this is looking at the AOT. If you have made security changes in the front end, this Addin won’t recognize it.
If you want to review security from the front end then navigation to the Security configuration form. Then click on the View permissions.
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You will get a similar list as the Excel sheet. You get the Role license type. In the grid you get the exploded view with the license type. You can sort on the License column and figure out what makes up the Enterprise license.
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I have a few suggestions for Microsoft:
1. Can we have a simple export from the front end. Export the same Excel as the add in – I.e. exploded view for all security objects.
2. Add a new Excel worksheet to export the “User roles” - Users with their roles and showing the License type. Also add the field Enabled (active user or not).
3. Make these exploded view an actual table that gets updated periodically.
4. Create data entities for PowerBI content pack. This would allow the ERP administrators a dashboard to see things like
a) Number of Active users by License type
b) Drill through to Roles and Security objects
Image may be NSFW.Data Masons Software, LLC., a leading provider of Integrated EDI and XML solutions for Microsoft Dynamics customers, announces its sponsorship of Dynamic Communities’ Summit EMEA 2017 in Amsterdam, 4-6, April. Offering EDI solutions certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX and NAV, the company continues its commitment to the European-based Microsoft Dynamics community with its sponsorship and participation within the event’s educational program.
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