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Directions ASIA 2025 – Join Us in Bangkok!
I’m excited to announce that I will speak at Directions ASIA 2025 alongside Steve Gichure. This year, the event expands to three full days of learning, networking, and innovation, and we can’t wait to be a part of it. 💙 This event is also extra special because my wife, Shanika Ranathunga, plans to join me!…
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Update sandbox environments to preview versions
It will be possible to update a Microsoft Business Central sandbox environment to the preview version starting with the public preview for 2025 release wave 2.
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VS Code Multi Screens (Floating editor windows)
If you are working with multiple screens, you might have been annoyed with VSCode many times because it does not support multiple screens very much. Sometimes, even on a single screen, you want to rearrange the vscode editor windows but struggle as vscode does not support that either. The great news is that it is…
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BCTechDays 2023
I am excited to announce that Vlad and I will be presenting a session on the topic of Future Management for Continuous Delivery at BCTechDays 2023 in Belgium. Our session will focus on the practice of feature management, which leverages feature flags to enable dynamic feature administration and quick changes to feature availability on demand.…
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 release wave 1 (BC20) SaaS preview environment is available.
Creating a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 preview environment is now possible. You need to go to the Admin Center of the Business Central tenant and create a Sandbox and select the version. Make sure to select 20.x.xxxxx.x (Preview) and click Create. To remember, Microsoft will sometimes remove these preview environments without…
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 1 2020: Release note explained.
A few weeks ago Microsoft published the 2020 release wave 1 plan for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform document. This document contains details about many new interesting functionalities and features. Below are some of the features that got my attention. Look up events and insert event subscribers in code One challenge most developers face…
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Notes from Directions EMEA 2019
Below are some notes I took during Directions EMEA 2019. A bit late to publish but didn’t want to just delete them. Treat extensions as products. Which means releasing them to customers periodically. Allow proper testing with proper test cases (Preferably automated testing). Try to run all the customers on the same version. Proper code…
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AL Extensions, Announcement, Conferences, Development, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central
Report back from Directions EMEA 2019: Technical
The first-day keynote was packed with stats and exciting announcements from Microsoft. As for the Microsoft general manager Toby Bowers, 1400+ partners selling Business Central worldwide. 4000+ customers actively using Business Central. 450+ business central solutions are available on AppSource. The number of users doubled compared to last year. This clearly indicates that Business…
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Report back from Directions EMEA 2019
Starting from the second week of July to today, I had a completely packed schedule. It is a simple explanation about me blogging about the Directions EMEA after two months. August month started with 4 different Dynamics 365 Saturday community events every weekend and then came the Directions EMEA, after a few weeks time NAV…
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Directions EMEA 2019 : We safely landed in Vienna
We safely landed in Vienna after flying over more than 18000+ Km. This is just normal to most of us who live on the edge of the world. As our prime minister used says even the shortest flight to our neighbor is more than 4 hours away. So flying for more than 24 hours is quite common…
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Fourth consecutive year as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Business Applications
Honoured to receive my 4th consecutive MVP award for Business Applications. Congratulations to my fellow MVPs and best wishes to those boarding on a new journey. A special shout-out goes to my family, @ThetaNet, @MSDYN365BC, and @freddydk for all the support! Thank you, everyone, for helping me out on this great journey and…
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Third consecutive year as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Business Applications
Third consecutive year as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. It is a great honor to receive the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. Thank you, everyone, for helping me out on this great journey. Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara
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Dynamics 365 Saturday – Melbourne 2018
I will be taking the stage this Saturday with Wagner Silveira at Dynamics 365 Saturday – Melbourne to talk about “Richer integration with logic apps for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365”. Join us. Please provide your feedback with a comment. Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara
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Directions Asia 2018 Bangkok: MVPs report back
The original post is posted in Theta’s Official Blog. Directions is the biggest Microsoft Dynamics NAV conference in the world, and was held for the second time in Asia, on 15th and 16th March in Bangkok. It’s an independent conference for Microsoft Dynamics partners from the ERP and CRM channels focusing on the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market,…
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is now official
While waiting at Auckland Airport for my flight to Bangkok to attend Direction Asia, I got a pretty exciting mail from my MVP group. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is now official! Generally available beginning April 2nd, Business Central offers businesses a single, end to end solution for managing finances, operations, sales and customer service,…
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Direction Asia 2018 : Richer integration with logic apps for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 (CRM)
I’ll be speaking at #DirectionAsia 2018 this March in Bangkok together with Wagner Silveira. Join with me and other Dynamics expects at the Directions ASIA conference! Topic: Richer integration with logic apps for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 (CRM). Session Type: Technical. Abstract: Precise, up-to-date Information is key to success, as it adds real value…
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New Release Date of Dynamics NAV 2018 and future of Dynamics NAV
It is a good news for all the Microsoft Dynamics NAV partners and for new customers who were waiting for Dynamics NAV 2018 on-premise version. The release date of Dynamics NAV 2018: The wait is finally over and Marko Perisic announced in Madrid last week that we will have the published Dynamics NAV 2018 on…
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March 2017 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft has published new Cumulative Updates for March 2017: Please refer below links for more information Cumulative Update 4 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 (Build 15601) | Details Cumulative Update 17 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build No 48067) | Details Cumulative Update 29 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build No 48062) | Details Cumulative…
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January 2017 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft has published new Cumulative Updates for January 2017: Please refer below links for more information Cumulative Update 02.1 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 (Build 15052) Cumulative Update 15.1 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build 47838) Cumulative Update 27 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 47665) Cumulative Update 39 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2…
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Dynamics NAV and Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 released in October 2016 with many new and interesting capabilities. For more information, see their announcement here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/cloud-platform/windows-server Over the last few months, the Dynamics NAV team has been testing compatibility with this new version of Windows Server, and we are now proud to announce that Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017, Microsoft Dynamics…
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Awarded as Microsoft MVP – 2017
What a great way to start the new year! Second consecutive year as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. It is a great honor to receive the most prestigious award a person who works with Microsoft technologies can receive. The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. I want to thank all the people who helped me to…
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Wishing You All a Happy New Year!
It’s 2017 already and I wish you and all your loved once a perfect year ahead. Year 2016 is one of the best year for me due to many reasons. Specially it is the first year I got the MVP award from Microsoft for Dynamics NAV and it allows me to become the first Dynamics…
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Overview of User Permission : Microsoft Dynamics NAV
During last few versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft has introduced some cool new features. One of my favorite is user permission (It has a long way to go, but it is getting there) . CRM and User Permission : If you have worked with Microsoft Dynamics CRM you might have noticed how good (cool) is…
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December 2016 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft has published new Cumulative Updates for December 2016: Please refer below links for more information Cumulative Update 01 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 (Build 14199) Cumulative Update 14 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build 47444) Cumulative Update 26 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 47438) Cumulative Update 38 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2…
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November 2016 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft has published new Cumulative Updates for November 2016: Please refer below links for more information Cumulative Update 13 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build 47042) Cumulative Update 25 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 47039) Cumulative Update 37 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 (Build 47043) Cumulative Update 44 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 (Build…
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Download Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
Now you can download Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017!! Use below link to access the download page: Link PS: Thanks Freddy for the hot news. Please provide your feedback with a comment. Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara
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New Release Date : Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
Microsoft has announced that they will not be realsing the new Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 version till end of this week. To be excat new realses date will be 28th October 2016. Please provide your feedback with a comment. Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara
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October 2016 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft has published new Cumulative Updates for October 2016: Please refer below links for more information Cumulative Update 12 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build 47042) Cumulative Update 24 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 47039) Cumulative Update 36 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 (Build 47043) Cumulative Update 43 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013…
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Workflows in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
From now on you will be able to find some of my blog posts in the Theta NAV Blog as well. Following is my first blog post under Theta NAV Blog. Workflows in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 has been released with many new features which will cater for small to mid-sized…
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 – New Announcement | Part 02
These are some of more news from Directions 2016.. Stay tuned for more info on Microsoft Dynamics NAV APPSOURCE Hope most of you already know App Store or Google Play, like that AppSource will be the place where customers by apps for Dynamics365 which are built with extensions. I don’t know much info about this at this time,…
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 – Release Date and new Announcement | Part 01
As most of the NAV fans know #NAVDirections is underway in US. Even though I could not participate to it (Next year for sure), there are so much of information flowing about Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 and Dynamics 365. Daniel Rimmelzwaan and Saurav has shared many details about the new announcement and I have added the link on their…
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What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 [Published]
Microsoft has released the “What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017” document and related documents. You will be able to find many details about Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017. Following are few links that you might be interested of : Get Ready Page What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Beta Program Learning Plan…
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About Me
My Name is C.M.Tharanga N. Chandrasekara and working as a Microsoft Dynamics NAV technical consultant.