Microsoft pauses the Business Central major release rollout almost every time. This is not a bug in the process. It is the process working as designed, and it has been that way since at least 2020. The question is not whether a pause will happen, but whether your environments are in a good position when … Read More →
Update 28.1 for Business Central 2026 Release Wave 1 is available. Expense Agent and Expense Management The headline addition in 28.1 is the Expense Agent, entering public preview alongside a new Expense Management module. These two pieces go together: the module provides the data structure (expense reports, categories, subcategories, posting groups, approval workflow), and the … Read More →
BC28 is rolling out. That is fine, mostly. What is less fine is what happens to an environment that gets upgraded to a version Microsoft then discovers has a critical issue. The rollout stops. The fix takes days, sometimes longer. Environments still on the previous version are protected. Environments that were already upgraded are stuck. … Read More →
A previous post on this blog treated “model multipliers” and “usage-based billing” as if they describe the same cost problem. A sharp comment on LinkedIn pointed out they do not. This post sets that straight, including one insight that changes the sub-agent picture entirely. What changes on June 1 Starting June 1, 2026, most Copilot … Read More →
GitHub Copilot’s move to usage-based billing with model multipliers taking effect June 1 is a good moment to step back and ask a question most AL developers have not had to think about seriously: Is Copilot the right tool for every AI-assisted task or just the most convenient one? The answer depends heavily on what … Read More →
FlowFields in Business Central are not stored in the database. Every time you need their value in AL code, you have to ask for it explicitly. There are two ways to do that: CalcFields SetAutoCalcFields They are not interchangeable, and using the wrong one in the wrong context is one of the more common performance … Read More →
At the start of April I published a hands-on post about the Word add-in and mentioned that a new version was in preview with improvements coming in a minor BC28 update. BC28 is now generally available, and the BCLE session “What’s new: Enhanced Document Reporting” presented by Kennie Nybo Pontoppidan and Mirko from the engineering … Read More →
The Business Central Launch Edition for 2026 release wave 1 went live on April 1, 2026: Thirty-seven sessions, just under ten hours, all free at aka.ms/BCLE. I covered the release notes a few weeks ago: Business Central 2026 Release Wave 1: A Mix of Platform Evolution and Practical Improvements. Partner deck: aka.ms/BCLEDECK Copilot and AI … Read More →
Word layouts for Business Central document reports have always been a practical choice for invoices, quotes, orders, and other documents you send to customers or suppliers. Designing those layouts, however, has not always been straightforward. Controlling what appears and what stays hidden depending on the data in the document required either manual workarounds or developer … Read More →
One of the most common questions I get when setting up Power BI with Business Central is: do I need a paid Power BI license? The short answer is yes. But let me explain exactly why, and what happens if you do not have one. There Are Two Ways Power BI Works with Business Central … Read More →
Microsoft has published the release notes for Business Central version 28, which reaches general availability in April 2026. The preview has been available since early March, and the feature table is substantial. What stands out in this release is not a single headline feature. Version 28 is a layered release: platform evolution in the background, … Read More →
When you need to expose data from Business Central, the first question is not how, but what kind of interaction you need: Are you writing data into the system, or reading data out of it? That single distinction determines whether you should use an API page or an API query. Both expose data over HTTP … Read More →
A practical look at where GitHub Copilot saves real time in AL development for Business Central, with examples from Agent, Chat, Ask, and Edit mode. … Read More →
Microsoft recently released update 27.5 for Dynamics 365 Business Central, the latest monthly update for the 2025 release wave 2 cycle. At the same time, something else interesting happened: preview sandboxes for version 28 are now available. That means two things for partners and developers: First, production environments continue to receive incremental improvements through update … Read More →
This week I had the opportunity to present a session at the Global Dynamics 365 Bootcamp. The session was called: Beyond the Ledger: Explore Business Central’s Data Analytics with Power BI The title already says quite a lot about where we are as a community today. Clients are no longer satisfied with a working ERP … Read More →
Visualize Business Central table relations in VS Code. AL Table Visualizer turns AL TableRelation properties into an interactive ER diagram with base app support. … Read More →
Last week, I was awarded Microsoft MVP again. I shared the news briefly on LinkedIn, but I wanted to take a moment here to reflect on what that recognition means to me. I was part of the MVP program for almost ten consecutive years and then I was not reawarded. That came as a surprise, … Read More →
Introduction In many Business Central environments, reports are still the default answer to almost every data question. Need a Top 10 list? Create a report. Need balances by period? Run a report. Need to look at inventory movements? Export a report to Excel. With Analysis Mode, this approach no longer has to be the norm. … Read More →
Introduction List pages in Dynamics 365 Business Central are central to daily operational work: customers, vendors, items, ledger entries, and documents.What is often overlooked is that these same list pages can also be used for ad-hoc data analysis, without exporting data, running reports, or switching tools. With Data Analysis (Analysis Mode), Business Central allows users … Read More →
Microsoft has released Update 27.3 for Dynamics 365 Business Central as part of the 2025 release wave 2. While this update is still incremental in nature, it does introduce several notable improvements around Copilot, compliance, and regional functionality. Here’s a quick overview of what stands out in this release. Update 27.3 at a Glance Official … Read More →