EIP – Request/Response Integration Pattern

Summary This post will summarise the various Message Construction patterns. This isn't a comprehensive list, but patterns that have been widely adopted by the integration community. Some of these Message…

Fatal: could not read Password for terminal prompts disabled

I was recently trying to write back remote changes carried out by a build agent as part of a CI-CD task. I came across the following error:

Find Duplicates using Azure Data Factory (two source files)

There are some scenarios where you need to combine different datasets with some similarities to find duplicates. In this post I demonstrate how to use Azure Data Factory and Dataflows…

Data import/export framework parameters – Directory c:\temp\dixf\ does not exist

I was working with the on-premise Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations instance, specifically the Virtual Machine when I came across an error setting up a BYOD.

Integration testing with Data Factory, Data Lake, Dynamics 365 Finance & Operation

Just for fun, I decided to play around with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operation VM. I wanted to see…

Dynamics Plug-in profiler does not show any logs

Summary Recently I started trying to debug a plug-in using the Plug-in Registration Tool and the 'Persist to Entity' feature. This feature allows debugging to occur without having to go…

Designing a Modern Data Warehouse – Available Options

I recently spent some time with Microsoft to look at the various options for building our big data pipelines. Here are the final options that exist for anyone considering doing…

Create a custom RBAC in Azure

This post demonstrates how to create a custom role. The best practice for creating custom roles is to base it on an existing role.

Azure SQL Server security first steps

This post is a summary of the Microsoft Azure Tutorial: Secure a single or pooled database.

Access review of groups or applications

This is a very simple feature that provides great rewards. Managing large groups of Users in AAD can be cumbersome, especially in organisations where staff are always being hired or…