Kauffmann @ Dynamics 365 Business Central

Deprecation of Basic Auth for SaaS has been postponed to 2022

7 Jan

January 7, 2021May 9, 2022 8

Good news: Microsoft decided to postpone the deprecation of Web Service Access Keys (Basic Authentication) until version 2022 wave 1. See confirmation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/upgrade/deprecated-features-platform#changes-in-2022-release-wave-1-version-200 Originally the plan was to remove basic authentication with version 2021 wave 1. Integrations with Business … Read More »

Batch calls with Business Central APIs (3) – Tips and Tricks

6 Jan

January 6, 2021 9

This is the third post in a series about batch calls with Business Central. If you haven’t read the the other posts, then I recommend to do so. You’ll find the first post about basic operations with batch calls here. … Read More »

Batch calls with Business Central (2) – Error handling

22 Dec

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 1

This is the second post in a batch series about batch calls with Business Central APIs. You can find the first one about the basic operations with batch calls here. In this post, I want to cover one of the … Read More »

Batch calls with Business Central APIs (1) – Basic operation

18 Dec

December 18, 2020 13

A while ago I wrote about deep inserts with Business Central APIs. And I promised to write about batch calls too, so it’s about time to live up to that. 😀 Actually, I did some online sessions about it, like … Read More »

What’s new in Business Central API v2.0

10 Dec

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 18

With the release of Business Central 2020 wave 2, a new version of the standard API set has been released. This new version got its own documentation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/api-reference/v2.0/. But while looking into it I was missing an overview of … Read More »

How to test Business Central webhooks

28 Nov

November 28, 2020 23

I don’t think webhooks need an introduction. But for those who are new to the topic, here you can find the official documentation. In short, a webhook is a push notification. The “don’t call us, we’ll call you” scenario of … Read More »

Business Central App maintenance policy tightened

25 Sep

September 25, 2020November 28, 2020 8

Microsoft recently published information about maintaining apps and per-tenant extensions (PTEs) for Business Central. This rule can be simply summarized as “keep your apps compatible with Business Central or we are forced to remove your app”. This sounds a little … Read More »

Service-to-service authentication for automation APIs in Business Central 2020 release wave 2

14 Sep

September 14, 2020September 17, 2020 38

One of the many new features in Business Central 2020 release wave 2, aka v17, is service-to-service authentication for automation APIs. What does that mean, how does it help us, and how does it work? Automation APIs are used for … Read More »

Converting Enum values in AL

16 Jul

July 16, 2020 12

During my AL training classes, a frequently asked question is how to convert enum values to and from integer or text. So I thought it would be a good idea to share with you what possibilities you have. First of … Read More »

Deep insert with Business Central APIs (part 2)

1 Jul

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 47

In my previous post about deep inserts with Business Central APIs, I mentioned creating custom APIs that support deep inserts. I tried to create an example with Sales Header / Sales Line, but I gave up because I ran into … Read More »