Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Key features:

• Meet Dynamics 365 Business Central, the next generation of Dynamics NAV
• Learn about advanced topics for managing complex integrations such as APIs, OData, and Azure Functions
• Learn best practices for developing SaaS add-ons and moving existing solutions to the cloud

Book description

Dynamics 365 Business Central is a comprehensive enterprise resource planning solution that's easy to implement and helps you make smarter business decisions. This book is a comprehensive guide to building solutions with Microsoft ERP (both in the cloud and on-premises). It covers all aspects of extension development, from preparing your lab to deploying your entire solution. The book begins by introducing Dynamics 365 Business Central and the new modern development environment. Next, learn about the concept of a lab and how to create labs for development. As you progress, you can create an end-to-end advanced solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central with AL language and Visual Studio Code. Next, learn how to debug and deploy the extension, and write automated testing. The book also walks you through advanced topics such as integration (Azure Functions, web services and APIs), DevOps and CI/CD techniques, and machine learning. Learn how to use Dynamics 365 Business Central with Office 365 apps. Finally, you will analyze different ways to move existing solutions based on extensions into the new development model. By the end of this book, you'll have developed highly customized solutions that meet the requirements of modern businesses using Dynamics 365 Business Central.

What can we get answers to?

• Developing a customized solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Writing performant code following extensibility patterns
• Handling reporting, files, and printing on a cloud environment
• Handling Business Central telemetries with Azure
• Writing APIs and integrations for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Applying DevOps and CI/CD to development projects by using GitHub
• Integrating Business Central with Power Platform
• Publishing your solutions to AppSource marketplace
• Manage Copilot capabilities and create your own generative AI copilot

Who is this book for?

If you're a new developer and want to get started with Dynamics 365 Business Central, this book is for you. This book also helps experienced professionals develop their knowledge and understanding of Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Table of contents

1. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central overview
2. Explore the modern development environment
3. Online and container-based test environments
4. Extension basics
5. Develop a customized solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central
6. Advanced AL development
7. Reporting with AL
8. Install and update extensions
9. Debugging
10. Development of automated tests with AL
11. Source control and DevOps with Dynamics 365 Business Central
12. Dynamics 365 Business Central API model
13. Serverless business processes with Dynamics 365 Business Central and Azure
14. Monitor, scale and CI/CD with Azure Functions
15. Dynamics 365 Business Central and integration with Dynamics 365 Power Platform
16. Integrate machine learning into Dynamics 365 Business Central
17. Move existing ISV solutions to the new extension model
18. Useful and proficient tools for AL developers