3. Dynamics 365 Deployment

Backend installation. Retrieve and deploy the Dynaway Enterprise Asset Management modules.

Introduction

This section describes how to retrieve and deploy the Dynaway Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, using Microsoft Lifecycle Services (LCS).
The solution contains two Dynamics 365 modules:
- Enterprise Asset Management
- Mobility (Web application client)

This installation procedure covers deployment into cloud-hosted environments for demo, development, and user acceptance testing purposes. It does not cover installation into a production environment as these environments are managed and operated by Microsoft®.

Prerequisites

In order to complete installation by following this procedure, you must be familiar with Microsoft Lifecycle Services (LCS) and administration of Microsoft Dynamics® 365 for Finance and Operations environments. For topics not covered in this installation procedure, refer to Microsoft® deployment guidelines on Microsoft Docs website.

Audience
Sysadmin, Partner Consultant

Acquire license file

If you want to install Dynaway EAM, first you must acquire a license file. In order to acquire a Dynaway Mobile license file for EAM in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, send an email to help@dynaway.com and provide the following version information:

  • License holder name
  • Serial number of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
  • Product version number of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Find this information in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations by selecting Help & Support (the question mark icon in the upper-right corner of the application) > About.

If you update Dynaway solution from an older version to a newer version, the license file may also need to be updated due to certificate updates.

Invite Dynaway to your LCS project

The procedure described in this chapter can be omitted if the Dynaway EAM solution is already available in your LCS project.

The Dynaway solution is published and distributed using the Asset Library in the Microsoft LCS project. For the Dynaway Mobile solution package to become available, it must be imported into the Asset Library by a representative of Dynaway. This means that Dynaway needs temporary access to your LCS project.

Follow the step-by-step instruction below to grant access to a Dynaway representative in your LCS project.

Recommended for security purposes: When the Dynaway Mobile solution has been imported to your LCS project, the added Dynaway users can be removed again. Future versions will automatically be available when they are published.

How to add a user to the LCS project Dynaway manual

Get Deployable Package in LCS

When you have completed the procedure described in the article Invite Dynaway to your LCS project, the Dynaway EAM solution is available in the Asset Library of your LCS project. To see the solution package contents, go to the Asset Library.

  • You will not get notifications from LCS regarding solution package imports and version updates. Verify that the Dynaway Enterprise Asset Management solution is available in the Asset Library.
    Verify that the version is compatible with the version number of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.
  • You must manually select the correct version of the solution package. Every time Dynaway publishes an updated version of Dynaway EAM, it is automatically available in the versions list. Please refer to the Release Notes to identify if a version of Dynaway EAM is compatible with a specific version of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Platform updates vs. Application updates

  • Microsoft releases Platform Updates and Application Updates for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.
  • Generally, Platform Updates do not contain changes that affect the functionality of Dynaway Mobile. Therefore, Platform Updates should not require a new version of Dynaway Mobile to be applied.
  • Application Updates may affect Dynaway Mobile, meaning you should always update to a version of Dynaway Mobile that is compatible as specified in the Release Notes.

Refer to the Release overview article for an overview of compatibility between major Dynaway EAM versions and Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Application Updates.

Refer to our Dynaway Mobile Release Notes for further details on version content and compatibility with Microsoft updates to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Getting an updated version of Dynaway EAM in LCS

Data Requirements

  1. You have opened your LCS project.

Steps 5

  1. Go to your LCS Project Asset Library and select Solution package.

  2. Select the Dynaway EAM solution.

  3. Select Versions to view the list of available versions.

  4. Select the most current version.

  5. Select Get version.

Expected

You can get an updated version of Dynaway Mobility for Asset Management in LCS.

The latest version may contain builds for multiple Application Updates from Microsoft.

Add Software deployable package to your project
Add Software deployable package to your project

Deploy to existing cloud-hosted environment

This article describes how to deploy Dynaway Mobile into an existing cloud-hosted environment using LCS.

The Dynaway Mobile module is deployed into existing environments using the environment management section of LCS. When the Dynaway Mobile solution has been imported into the LCS project as described in the article Get mobile solution in LCS, deployable packages will appear in the list of applicable updates.

Note: Before deployment, ensure that the active version of Dynaway Mobile in LCS is compatible with the Application Update version of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Refer to the test case below for step-by-step instructions on how to deploy Dynaway Mobile to an existing cloud-hosted environment.

When you have completed deployment of the Dynaway mobile solution, next step is to import the license file, which is described in the next article.

Deploying to cloud-hosted environment

Data Requirements

  1. You have opened your LCS project.

Steps 5

  1. Go to the existing environment in LCS.

  2. Select Maintain.

  3. Select Apply updates.

  4. Select Dynaway EAM [version number] in the list.

  5. Select Apply and wait until the process completes. This may take several hours.

Expected

You are able to deploy the Dynaway mobility solution into a cloud-hosted environment by using LCS.

Step 2: Select Maintain.
Step 2: Select Maintain.
Step 3: Select Apply Updates.
Step 3: Select Apply Updates.
Step 4: Select the Dynaway Mobile software package.
Step 4: Select the Dynaway Mobile software package.

Import license file

There are two ways to deploy the Dynaway license:
a) Add the license with Dynaway models to the pipeline in DevOps, create an all-in-one package and deploy on an environment
b) Add the license to the Dynaway Deployable package (in case there are no other customizations / ISVs in the system) or modify the existing All-in-one package.

This section uses a deployable package to import the Dynaway Mobile for Asset Management license file into Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Prerequisite: You already have a license file (.txt) from Dynaway, as described in the Acquire license file section.

Dynaway Mobile uses ISV licensing as described on Microsoft Docs: Create a package and generate a customer-specific license.
Follow the step-by-step instructions described in the three test cases below to create a deployable package, then upload and import it.

Deploy the Dynaway License

Data Requirements

  1. You can access the Dynaway solution under LCS -> Asset Library -> Solution packages.

Steps 2

  1. Go to LCS -> Asset library -> Solution packages and import Dynaway package to Asset library -> Software deployable packages. Download the package to the local drive.

  2. Open the zip package file.
    In the zip package file, create "License" directory under "\AosService\Scripts\" and navigate to the subfolder. Copy the license file you received from Dynaway to this folder.

Expected

You have created a deployable package with the license file.

1. Import the Dynaway deployable package to the Asset library.
1. Import the Dynaway deployable package to the Asset library.
2. Drag and drop the license file to the package.
2. Drag and drop the license file to the package.

Importing license package

Data Requirements

  1. You have opened your LCS project.
  2. You have uploaded the license import package file to LCS.

Steps 6

  1. In LCS, navigate to the target environment.

  2. Select Maintain and Apply updates.

  3. In the list, select the newly added license package.

  4. Select Apply and wait for the process to be completed.

  5. Select Sign-off to complete the process.

  6. Open Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to verify the Dynaway mobility module is available in the main menu of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Expected

You have imported the license package file into LCS.

The Dynaway mobile module is available in the D365FO main menu.

Step 2: Apply updates.
Step 2: Apply updates.
Step 3: Select license package.
Step 3: Select license package.
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