There is a feature in AL that many Business Central developers know exists—but rarely use properly. It is not events.It is not table extensions.It is not enums. It is interfaces. And if your code looks like this, you already know…
Business Central containers are still very relevant in 2026. They remain one of the fastest ways to spin up a clean environment, test an extension, and reproduce technical issues. But the story has changed. The real question is no longer…
If you’re building an agent for Business Central, you’ll hit this question almost immediately: Should I use the Business Central Connector, or should I use MCP? Most people treat that as a tooling question. It isn’t. It’s a design question.…
Introduction Performance issues in Dynamics 365 Business Central are often blamed on SQL, large datasets, or slow reports. But in many real-world cases, the root cause is simpler: too many unnecessary database operations. Every Insert, Modify, or Delete hits SQL—and…
Microsoft is continuing to expand Dynamics 365 Business Central with stronger AI capabilities, better reporting, smoother operational workflows, and more modern developer tooling. With Business Central 28 (2026 Release Wave 1) now available in preview, partners, consultants, and developers already…
In Business Central, it’s easy to confuse what a user sees with what a user can do. You hide an action. You remove a page from navigation. You customize a Role Center. The workspace looks “locked down”… and everyone relaxes.…
Introduction Many partners treat DataClassification as a property added just to stop AppSourceCop from complaining. In SaaS, that mindset is incomplete. In Business Central online, DataClassification is not just a development property — it is a compliance signal that connects:…
Introduction Security in Dynamics 365 Business Central is layered and license-aware. Access to functionality isn’t controlled by a single setting. Instead, it’s determined by the interaction between: Understanding how these elements work together is essential for designing compliant, scalable, and…
Introduction With Business Central 2025 Release Wave 1, Microsoft introduced a new Copilot capability called “Summarize with Copilot.” At first glance, it appears to be a small convenience feature—a button that generates a short summary of a record. In reality,…
Introduction InStream and OutStream are core AL data types that almost every Business Central developer encounters early on. They are often introduced as simple mechanisms to “read” and “write” data, but that explanation is incomplete—and in practice, it is the…