30 November 2018

D365 F&O | Sync DB timeout error

When the db sync of a D365 environment fails with a timeout error like the following:

AOS database sync failed. Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.Database.TableSyncException: Full sync did not complete successfully. Error: One or more errors occurred. 
...
SqlException:Execution Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.

You should check if the environment has enough ressources. Monitor the availbale CPU, RAM and disk speed. In some cases a simple reboot might help. If you are facind this error in a VM running on your laptop assign more than one core to the VM ;)

28 November 2018

D365 F&O | Change DevOps Build Agent

When you are managing more than one Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations environment throught DevOps (alias VSTS) it is a good idea to seperate the build agents into different build agent pools.
Creating a new agentpool in DevOps is quite simple but how do we change the link between the VSTSAgent which is running on the D365 box and the agent pool.

First of all create an AccessToken within DevOps as shown below:

After that connect to the D365 F&O server and navigate to C:\DynamicsSDK. There you will find a file named SetupBuildAgent.ps1. Create a copy of this file and open it in your favorite editor. Here we need to change two parameters:
AgentPoolName = "YourAgentPoolName"
VSOAccessToken = "YourNewlyCreatedToken"


After that we need a PowerShell which is running in admin mode. Execute your SetupBuildAgentXYZ.ps1 file and provide the base URL of the DevOps project collection


Finally you can check the agent pools in DevOps and you'll see that the Agent is now part of the agentPool you defined.

14 November 2018

Technical Reference Reports for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations


This site provides some good technical informations regarding Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations