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From Commit to Inbox: Automating Change Summaries with Azure AI

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Introduction In our small development team, we usually merge code without formal pull requests. Instead, changes are committed directly by the developer responsible for the project, and while I don’t need to approve every change in my role as the senior developer, I still need to stay aware of what’s being merged.  Manually reviewing each commit was becoming too time-consuming, so I built an automated process using Power Automate, Azure DevOps, and Azure AI. Now, whenever a commit is made, it triggers a workflow that summarizes the changes and sends me an email. This simple system keeps me informed without slowing down the team’s work. Although I kept the automation straightforward, it could easily be extended further. For example, it could be improved to allow me to reply directly to the committer from the email or even display file changes in detail using a text comparison feature in Outlook. We didn’t need that level of detail, but it’s a good option if deeper insights are ever ...
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Using Copilot for simplifying Sales Quote and Order Lines creation in Dynamics 365 Business Central

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Introduction Microsoft is rapidly integrating Copilot across its ecosystem, empowering users with AI-driven assistance in various business processes. As enterprise systems become more connected, AI gains deeper access to data, enabling automation that eliminates tedious tasks and lets users focus on strategic decisions. In Dynamics 365, Copilot can help sales teams by generating Sales Quote Lines or Sales Order Lines by providing a rough prompt.  In this blog, we’ll explore how to leverage Copilot for a more efficient sales workflow by taking a sample use case. References Copilot in Business Central Overview Sales Line Suggestions with Copilot Scenario One fine morning your sales team recieves an email from a customer who's looking to try out your product. He sends your team an email. Your team goes to Business Central and creates a Sales Quote. In the lines section, they click on the Copilot button and click on "Suggest lines". They can add the text the customer sent the...
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Quick Read: Find Your Element's Project in Visual Studio for Finance and Operations Developers

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Introduction In Finance and Operations development, it's common for the same object to be referenced across multiple projects for different purposes. For example, one developer might have created the object in Project A, another could be using it with slight modifications in Project B, and yet another might be working on bug fixes for the same object in Project C. In such cases, the original logical grouping of the object—essentially the reason for creating a project—can become unclear. Unfortunately, Visual Studio does not provide a built-in method to identify all the projects an element belongs to. In this blog, we'll explore how to determine the projects associated with a specific element. Reference Stackover Flow - Find all projects a file belongs to MS Learn - Find Str Steps 1. Go to the root of your projects folder in File Explorer. This will generally be the  " C:\Users\<Username>\source\repos " folder. 2. Open a command prompt from this window by typing ...
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Resolving SSL/TLS Secure Channel Trust Errors in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

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Introduction  Have you ever encountered the error: "The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel" while deploying from Visual Studio to Finance and Operations. This error is often linked to an expired or invalid SSL certificate in your environment.  This also shows up as an expired SSL Certificate warning when you open your Finance and Operations environment from the browser. Certificates are critical for securing communication channels, and an expired certificate can disrupt services and integrations. In this blog, we’ll explore the cause of the error and provide steps to resolve it. References Eugene Dmytriienko - Onpremise Certificate Rotation Said Nikjou - Rotate Secrets via LCS MS Docs - Certificate Rotation Configuration In a new cloud hosted environment, the SSL Certificate stays valid for one year by default. Post that, it expires at which point it is essential to renew the SSL Certificate. For Cloud Hoste...
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Shopify Meets Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations: A Guide to Integration [Part 2]

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Introduction Integrating Shopify with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (FnO) requires structured data management and seamless automation.  This blog covers how to create a setup table and page in FnO to securely store API credentials and endpoints.  In the next blog, we’ll create an automated batch job to push product data from FnO to Shopify, automating product creation on the e-commerce platform. If you are new to this series, you can refer to my blog here for setting up the necessary Shopify components for getting started. Pre-requisites Shopify API credentials (API Key, API Secret, Auth Token) Access to the development environment in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations. References MS Docs - Create a table MS Docs - Create a form Configuration Step 1: Create the model and project I'm going to be starting from scratch so I'll create a new model for this. If you already have a model you'll be using, you can skip this part. Open Visual Studio and click on Continue withou...
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