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Environment Variables in Dynamics 365

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 14:38 By Lorenz Prandini
Let's have a look at solution component Environment Variable Definition and Environment Variable Values. We took this blog from November 2019 that introduced us to this new solution components and put it to the test in regards of deployment. Environment Variable Definitions and Values are used to handle environment specific configurations - for example webhooks that differ from dev, test or production.

OOTB Auto-Numbering on Dynamics 365 fields

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 13:17 By Stéphan Drouard
In some case, it could be useful to have an auto-increment number in order to easily identify and find a record into a big amount of data. To create a auto-increment field, you can use different ways like using a plugin or even a real-time workflow but this means that you will have to create one workflow per field you want to be auto-incremented. But with the new dynamics 365 interface, you have the possibility to easily create as many as auto-increment field you need without creating workflow or plugin.