Two-legged intercompany chain VS Three-legged intercompany chain (Direct Delivery) in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

In this blog post I would like to provide an overview of intercompany flows and what is the expected process to be performed in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.

The following diagram illustrates the idea behind the two-legged intercompany chain and steps that typically performed in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management to achieve the needed result.

The following diagram illustrates the idea behind the three-legged intercompany chain and steps that typically performed in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management to achieve the needed result.

That's it!

How to enable Maintenance mode through Command prompt

In order, to enable the Maintenance mode - run Command prompt as administrator then execute the following command:

c:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory\Bin\Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Deployment.Setup.exe --metadatadir c:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory --bindir c:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory\Bin --sqlserver . --sqldatabase axdb --sqluser axdbadmin --sqlpwd AOSWebSite@123 --setupmode maintenancemode --isinmaintenancemode true  + Enter

Next – execute the command:   IISreset + Enter

Maintenance mode enabled!

c:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory\Bin\Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Deployment.Setup.exe --metadatadir c:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory --bindir c:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory\Bin --sqlserver . --sqldatabase axdb --sqluser axdbadmin --sqlpwd AOSWebSite@123 --setupmode maintenancemode --isinmaintenancemode false  +  Enter

 Next – execute the command:   IISreset  +  Enter

Maintenance mode disabled!