Getting OCI annotations / Docker image labels from an Azure Container Registry in Kubernetes

Dec 27, 2023

When you create container images using Dockerfiles, you can easily set up convenient labels to store more information about an image for later retrieval. These follow the definition in the... [read more]

More Power to you: About equality in PowerShell and finding next Monday in Power Automate

Nov 26, 2023

Just two quick lessons I learned in the last few weeks: Lesson 1: Equal isn’t equal in PowerShell when it comes to environment variables This was an issue a colleague... [read more]

Creating a BC only container image

Oct 26, 2023

I sometimes take half a look at at the bccontainerhelper issues and recently one caught my eye: Question: How to create a [Business Central] “service only” container, by KristofKlein. Not... [read more]

Easily access files in your containers

Sep 7, 2023

This is a little “service post” where I want to show you three ways how to easily interact with the file system of your container, mainly driven by the relatively... [read more]

Docker Desktop resource saving got an amazing improvement

Aug 17, 2023

Docker Desktop, the “one-click-install application for your Mac, Linux, or Windows environment that lets you build, share, and run containerized applications and microservices” has a new release, v4.22, and for... [read more]

Generate your own Business Central API client with Kiota

Aug 6, 2023

I know that there are tons of options for low-code / no-code integrations with Business Central and those certainly have merit. But sometimes, you just want or need a piece... [read more]

Vacation everywhere - how to keep track

Jul 22, 2023

It’s vacation time in Germany, so this will be a short, but topical blog post: How to keep track of the planned vacation of your team? The TL;DR A manually... [read more]

AL development in a GitHub Codespace with sources in an Azure DevOps repo

Jun 4, 2023

GitHub Codespaces and the underlying technology of Visual Studio Code devcontainers are a real game changer when it comes to development efficiency and velocity. I’ve been using them as much... [read more]

How to identify the apps in a BC Online export

May 26, 2023

This is going to be a very short blog post, but hopefully still helpful for those of you in the same situation as me: How can I find out what... [read more]

34spiele.de, an easy containerized, Azure-driven dev and ops experience

Apr 23, 2023

The easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga is the top-level German Basketball league, but it doesn’t have an option to try and predict the remaining games of a season to see what the... [read more]