Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Custom services

Custom services are programming models through which a developer can convert the X++ business logic to a service. Using this model, any existing X++ code can be exposed as a custom service simply by adding an attribute. There are standard attributes that can be set on the data contract class and methods to automatically serialize and deserialize data that is sent and received.

In Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition, custom service programming model supports SOAP and JSON endpoints. Custom service model was available in the previous version--Dynamics AX 2012. The following are the key changes to custom services in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition from the previous version: ...