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Turn Microsoft's LCS VHD into a working D365 F&O dev VM on Hyper-V, through to first sign-in with Entra ID.
Development · Integrations · Delivery
Dynamics 365 F&O
Technical Consultant
I extend D365, connect it to the systems around it, and ship reliable releases. 4+ years with enterprise and UAE-based clients.
Open to consultant roles
Sohaib Azhar
Multan, Pakistan · UTC+5
Remote · UAE · Relocation
4+Years in D365 F&O
3D365 F&O roles
6Case studies
2Published guides
Companies I’ve worked with
- MAHY Khoory
- LVM
Selected work
Real challenges. Practical solutions.
Integrations · Data
Dual-Write and Data Lake integration
My roleBuilt the integrations and reporting layer
ResultOne consistent data flow from F&O into Dataverse and the reporting layer, with Power Apps and Power Automate workflows running on the synced data.
Explore case studyCustomizations · Automation
Multi-threaded journal posting engine
My roleDesigned and built the posting engine
ResultHigh-volume posting runs in parallel and the manual processing overhead is reduced.
Explore case studyCustomizations · Integrations
CEGID and Adyen reconciliation
My roleDesigned the reconciliation modules and integrations
ResultCross-platform data flows run automatically instead of being reconciled by hand.
Explore case studyHow I can help
From development to delivery
X++ development
Extensions, data entities, batch jobs and form customizations.
Integrations
Dual-Write, OData and REST APIs, Azure Logic Apps.
DevOps and LCS
CI/CD pipelines, deployments, upgrades and environment care.
Data and reporting
Data Lake, Synapse, Power BI and SSRS on top of F&O.
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Practical D365 developer guides
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DEVELOPER GUIDERemove Demo Legal Entities
Clear USMF, USRT and the other Contoso companies from a OneBox by restoring Empty Data over AxDB, leaving only DAT.
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Don't delete USMF with SQL: a cleaner way to empty your OneBox
Contoso demo companies clutter every lookup on a dev VM. Deleting them row by row breaks the database. Restoring Empty Data over AxDB leaves you with a clean, DAT-only environment instead.
What Dual-Write changes in order-to-cash
Dual-Write is often treated as a technical sync between F&O and Dataverse. For the business it changes who owns customer data, where orders start and what the sales team can see. Those decisions matter more than the mappings.
7 things that trip people up when building a D365 OneBox VM
Turning the LCS VHD into a working development VM looks simple until sign-in fails. These are the settings and steps that cause most of the trouble, and how to get them right the first time.
Behind the work
A developer’s attention to detail.
A consultant’s view of the business.
I work across development, integrations, reporting, and environment management. I also share practical D365 guides to make technical knowledge easier to put into practice.
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