From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central / NAV blogs: NAV on Azure; Docker images; Premium experience; Outlook add-in

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics NAV & D365 Business Central blog roundup:

• Microsoft Dynamics NAV on Azure: SQL Server on Azure VM best practices
• Retrieving NAV Docker images from the registry API
• Enabling premium experience in Business Central sandbox containers
• Extending the Outlook add-in experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Microsoft Dynamics NAV on Azure: SQL Server on Azure VM best practices

On his blog, Stefano Demiliani stated that when it comes to installing Microsoft Dynamics NAV on Azure, there are two choices: use an Azure virtual machine (VM) with SQL Server installed or use Azure SQL.

Demiliani stated that in most Azure-based NAV deployments, people are choosing the SQL Server on an Azure VM option.

However, too often I see that the installation is done like an on-premise SQL or without considering some important best practices and SQL performances are poor.

So, in his post, he offered six tips from his experience to help you improve the performance of the SQL Server when it runs on an Azure VM. If you apply at least three of these tips, Demiliani stated that your SQL Server on Azure VM (and your NAV database) could satisfy your performance requirements.

You can read his recommendations here.

Retrieving NAV Docker images from the registry API

On The NAV Blog, Richard Robberse stated that it can be helpful to know which NAV Docker images are available on Microsoft's public Docker repository.

There are a couple ways to do that: you can either browse this