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2026

Oct 1, 2026

Why You Can't Delete That Dimension Value in Business Central (A Look Under the Hood)

Aug 28, 2026

Mastering Tolerances in Business Central: All Six of Them

Business Central

Mar 22, 2026

Microsoft MVP Year in Review 2026 – Business Central Blog

Mar 10, 2026

I Built an AI That Turns Business Central Telemetry Into GitHub Issues (Automatically)

Mar 5, 2026

Deploy Analysis Views with AL Code in Business Central 2026 Wave 1 (No Manual Setup)

Mar 2, 2026

New Release: MB-820 Exam Cram - Error Handling, RAD, Debugging, Permissions, and Application Areas

Feb 26, 2026

New Release: MB-820 Exam Cram - Reports, Report Extensions, and Queries in Business Central

Feb 24, 2026

Learn AL with Claude — Interactive Business Central Development Course

Feb 24, 2026

New Release: Pages and Page Extensions in Business Central - MB-820 Exam Cram Series

Feb 19, 2026

New Release: MB-820 Exam Cram - Tables and Table Extensions in Business Central

Feb 16, 2026

New Release: MB-820 Exam Cram - Integrating Business Central with Microsoft Teams

Feb 13, 2026

New Release: MB-820 Exam Cram - Integrating Business Central with Outlook

Feb 12, 2026

New Release: MB-820 Exam Cram - Create New Companies in Business Central

Feb 10, 2026

Fixed Asset Accounting from a Prompt: Claude MCP Meets Business Central

Feb 3, 2026

Weekend Project: Teaching AI to Talk to Business Central

Jan 27, 2026

The AL Developer Role Is Dead. Long Live the AL Engineer.

Jan 27, 2026

New Release: MB-820 Exam Cram - Cloud Migration Tool Guide 🚀

Jan 21, 2026

Announcing: MB-820 Exam Cram Book #3 – Business Central Performance Toolkit - Complete Guide

Jan 11, 2026

Announcing: MB-820 Exam Cram Book #2 - Business Central Administration and Automation API

Jan 9, 2026

New Book Announcement!! Install & Upgrade Codeunits in BC

2025

Dec 16, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 19 - Extend ApplicationArea with custom areas

Dec 2, 2025

Manufacturing version 27: use Gitlens & Github BC code history to detect the code differences

Oct 21, 2025

All the new goodies about "AL Namespace" in BC 2025 wave 2

Oct 14, 2025

RecordRef.FieldExist() and RecordRef.Field() have now a text overload

Business Central

Oct 7, 2025

2 out-of-the box methods for copying data between companies

Business Central

Sep 23, 2025

No documentation, no problem ... use Github Copilot to generate your app blueprint

Sep 16, 2025

Snapshot debugging versus AL Profiling

Sep 9, 2025

Business Central 2025 wave 2 - An overview

Business Central

Sep 2, 2025

Use Test Runner app to test your app and mock your outbound API calls

Azure & Integration

Aug 12, 2025

AL Development: A Guide to Microsoft’s Modern Business Central Language

Aug 5, 2025

Manage external files through the External File Storage app

Azure & Integration

Jul 29, 2025

Welcome "Continue" keyword in AL with 3 examples

Jul 22, 2025

BC 2025 wave 1 - User experience improvements

Reports & Layouts

Jul 15, 2025

Block Items for Production Output

Business Central

Jun 17, 2025

Leverage Autofill and Summarize Copilot capabilities

Jun 10, 2025

Add fields from related tables in analysis mode

Business Central

May 27, 2025

Skip the JsonToken, get the values straight from JsonObject with the right GetValue method

May 20, 2025

Yaml Viewer in Business Central web client

Azure & Integration

May 13, 2025

IncStr() now includes a new overloaded method—use it wisely!

May 6, 2025

Database Missing Indexes page overview

Business Central

Apr 29, 2025

Render image and URL in Business Central with UserControlHost page type

Apr 22, 2025

Quick launch.json generated from web client

Azure & Integration

Apr 15, 2025

Extend CardPageId on List and ListPart pages

Business Central

Apr 1, 2025

Exploring the new List of Interfaces in Business Central 2025 wave 1

Mar 24, 2025

Exploring the New ToText() Method in Business Central 2025 Wave 1

Mar 18, 2025

MovedFrom, MovedTo, Moved ... Moving tables between extensions!

Mar 11, 2025

Keep BC lean with Retention Policies

Business Central

Mar 9, 2025

Last 12 months activity on my blog site

Business Central

Mar 4, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 18 - Error handling: Try Functions and Collectible Errors

Feb 25, 2025

Let's pass MB-820 : Episode 17 - Report Extension

Feb 18, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 16 - AL Query Output, Making Reports Fun Again (Maybe)

Feb 11, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 15 - Reports in AL, a continuation ...

Feb 4, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 14 - Developing reports 101 with AL for Business Central

Jan 28, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 13 - Debug and deploy AL extensions

Jan 21, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 12 - Entitlements, PermissionSets and InherentPermissions

Jan 14, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 11 - A guided tour of what you can do with page extensions

Jan 7, 2025

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 10 - Pages, what you really need to know

2024

Dec 17, 2024

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 9 - Table extensions what you can and cannot do

Dec 10, 2024

Let's pass MB-820: Episode 8 - Tables, snippets, keys, fieldgroups

Dec 2, 2024

New Adhoc Analysis Query for Projects + from 0-to-60 overview of Projects in Business Central

Nov 25, 2024

Ad-hoc Analysis for Fixed Assets (new in Business Central 2024 wave 2)

Business Central

Nov 21, 2024

Extended Text for Project Planning Lines

Business Central

Nov 18, 2024

Ternary Operator in AL

Nov 14, 2024

Create Word Layouts based on schema from RDLC layout

Reports & Layouts

Nov 11, 2024

Decorate your AL code with "this"

Nov 7, 2024

Scheduled Performance Profiler

Performance & Telemetry

Nov 4, 2024

Business Central 2024 Wave 2: Pull extension source from Github via action on web client

Azure & Integration

Oct 31, 2024

Business Central 2024 Wave 2: Extend and customize profiles from other extensions

Oct 28, 2024

Business Central 2024 Wave 2: Extending Interfaces

Oct 21, 2024

Let's pass MB-820 - Episode 7: Integrate Business Central with Teams

Oct 13, 2024

Come see me and Steve at #mySummitNA in San Antonio

Business Central

Sep 23, 2024

Let’s pass MB-820 – Episode 6: Integrate Business Central with Outlook

Sep 17, 2024

Business Central - new book release!

Sep 8, 2024

Let's pass MB-820 - Episode 5: Create new companies in Business Central

Jul 18, 2024

Let's pass MB-820 - Episode 4: Cloud migration tool

Jun 30, 2024

Let's pass MB-820 - Episode 3: Getting Started with Performance Toolkit

Jun 21, 2024

Let’s pass MB-820 – Episode 2: Use APIs for automation and administration

Jun 12, 2024

Let's pass MB-820 - Episode 1: Install and Upgrade codeunits

Jun 6, 2024

Gather user data using the AL data type FilterPageBuilder

Jun 3, 2024

Collectible Errors in AL & Business Central

May 28, 2024

Actionable Errors in Business Central

May 18, 2024

DynamicsCon Live 2024 it's a wrap!

Business Central

May 6, 2024

$$$ How to process Vendor Prepayments in Business Central

Business Central

Apr 29, 2024

Is the new Page Scripting Tool a myth or a bust ... Unveiling the Truth!

Business Central

Apr 26, 2024

$$$ How to process Customer Prepayments in Business Central

Business Central

Apr 21, 2024

Microsoft AppSource Apps page

Apr 12, 2024

Copilot + Business Central version 24

Apr 5, 2024

Data Analysis Mode + Copilot in BC24w1 - things you should know

Mar 29, 2024

Business Central shines at Data Analysis! Check this Analysis of Vendor Discounts!

Business Central

Mar 27, 2024

Mastering Discounts in Business Central in Just 30 Minutes!

Business Central

Mar 19, 2024

Procure to Pay process in Business Central

Business Central

Mar 6, 2024

Customer Ledger Entries in Business Central

Business Central

Feb 22, 2024

Thoughts on the Community Summit Roadshow in Tampa

Business Central

Feb 5, 2024

Boost Cash Flow in Business Central: Track Payment Metrics

Business Central

Jan 29, 2024

Can Chat GPT masquerade your ERP data? Everything gets exposed ...

Jan 17, 2024

DynamicsCon 2024

Business Central

Jan 15, 2024

Chart of accounts with Chat GPT? Yes, you can!

Jan 3, 2024

Exploring the intricacies of SetBaseLoadFields and SetLoadFields in Business Central version 23

2023

Dec 26, 2023

Performing Data Analysis on Query object output

Dec 18, 2023

Everything you need to know about Payment Times Reporting and Payment Practices in Business Central

Reports & Layouts

Dec 12, 2023

So you want your report run automatically, output as pdf and you want it emailed too?

Nov 20, 2023

Uncover Sales Shipment trends & Analytics with the new #AnalysisMode in #businesscentral

Business Central

Oct 16, 2023

Business Central ALDoc + DocFx - Generate Github Page to host your AL Documentation

Reports & Layouts

Sep 25, 2023

FieldGroups in Business Central: what was, what is and where from here.

Sep 15, 2023

Disable Data Analysis View Mode on List pages - Business Central 2023 wave 2

Sep 14, 2023

AL extension release/pre-release switcheroo and AL Intellisense gets a refresh (or not) in Business Central 23 wave 2

Sep 11, 2023

3 tips for AL developers in Business Central 2023 wave 2 (Preview)

Sep 10, 2023

What are inlay hints in Visual Studio Code for AL language - Business Central version 23 (Preview)

Sep 9, 2023

How to create a new sandbox for Business Central 2023 wave 2 - aka version 23

Sep 6, 2023

API testing with Postman straight from Visual Studio Code

Azure & Integration

Aug 14, 2023

Security Groups - the new way of controlling access to Business Central

Aug 1, 2023

New-NAVEncryptionKey & Import-NAVEncryptionKey for BC On-Prem

Business Central

Jul 30, 2023

Boosting Business Central Performance: A Comprehensive Performance Profiler Guide!

Performance & Telemetry

Jul 10, 2023

Demystifying General Ledger Setup: Unlocking Financial Control in Dynamics 365 Business Central

Business Central

Jun 19, 2023

Unlocking the Potential of Composing Permission Sets

Jun 15, 2023

Update your SSL Certificate in minutes! You don't want to see... "http add sslcert failed"

Business Central

Jun 5, 2023

Unlocking the new Inherent Permissions in Business Central

May 23, 2023

Can You Truly Handle Bulk Communication With Word Templates In Business Central? Find out ...

Reports & Layouts

May 8, 2023

Everything you need to know about Business Central Admin Center

May 1, 2023

Business Central performance tips: keep your application lean and mean

Performance & Telemetry

Apr 24, 2023

Business Central performance tips for business users

Performance & Telemetry

Apr 3, 2023

Uncover AL Page Extension and Report Extension translation to SQL statements

Reports & Layouts

Mar 27, 2023

Test-driving Github Copilot for AL developers + thoughts

Mar 22, 2023

Add help to your Business Central extensions using ContextSensitiveHelpUrl & ContextSensitiveHelpPage properties

Mar 13, 2023

Do you know how BC AL compiler talks to SQL Server? Hint: clues in the debugger ...

Feb 27, 2023

The provided environment name is already reserved. Please try using a different environment name.

Feb 6, 2023

What is Rapid Application Development; a closer look at rad.json

Azure & Integration

Feb 1, 2023

Send Business Central environment notifications to Teams

Jan 24, 2023

Business Central environments communication channels

Performance & Telemetry

Jan 4, 2023

Making sense of Application Insights logs with Power BI Business Central Usage application

Performance & Telemetry

2022

Dec 19, 2022

Analysis of extension management using Telemetry

Performance & Telemetry

Dec 13, 2022

Business Central: Copy your Production environment on demand using PowerShell

Performance & Telemetry

Dec 5, 2022

PowerShell transcription: Extension Management auditing for Business Central on-prem

Nov 28, 2022

Business Central: Discover hidden extensions and their content

Nov 8, 2022

Invoke an Azure Function with 2 lines of AL code

Azure & Integration

Sep 21, 2022

Business Central and Twilio: let's get the message out!

Azure & Integration

Jun 15, 2022

An on-demand subscriber with AL

May 16, 2022

How to get disk usage per folder

Business Central

Apr 12, 2022

Say Hello to the new "Performance Profiler"

Performance & Telemetry

Apr 3, 2022

Knowing your Business Central data using the Page Inspection

Business Central

Mar 5, 2022

BC20 in SaaS (preview)

Jan 4, 2022

Getting started with Snapshot Debugging in Business Central

2021

Dec 8, 2021

Cloud migration changes with BC19 wave 2

Dec 3, 2021

Business Central 2021 wave 2: an overview of Data Management

Business Central

Nov 29, 2021

5 new features Business Central admins need to know

Nov 17, 2021

Business Central 2021 wave 2: documents have now a default line type. See how to set it up!

Reports & Layouts

Nov 9, 2021

Have you seen the new "Chart of Accounts Overview" in BC 2021 Wave 2?

Business Central

Oct 29, 2021

There is a new Posting Preview Type in Business Central. See how that works!

Business Central

Oct 18, 2021

How checking financial journal in background works

Business Central

Oct 5, 2021

Leveraging "Filter Tokens" codeunit to expand Business Central users' filtering experience

Sep 28, 2021

"Field Selection" codeunit - how I select and record the ID of a field in Business Central

Sep 22, 2021

Handy Date-Time Dialog in Business Central

Business Central

Sep 7, 2021

So I chose Business Central ... But am I losing my Dynamics GP data?

Sep 1, 2021

Export Business Central online entities to Azure storage blob container

Aug 28, 2021

Copy files from Azure Blob Storage to File System (using Azure CLI)

Azure & Integration

Aug 25, 2021

Copy files from Azure Blob Storage to File System (using Power Automate)

Aug 19, 2021

Azure Storage Table and its API

Aug 7, 2021

Give customers their own Advanced Settings page in Business Central

Aug 3, 2021

To use or not to use SelectLatestVersion()

Jul 18, 2021

Using Postman to test OAuth 2.0 authorization to Business Central restful API

Azure & Integration

Jul 1, 2021

Business Central : Word Layout date fields formatting

Reports & Layouts

Jun 17, 2021

Business Central On-Premise installation: hardware and software requirements and recommendations

Business Central

Jun 12, 2021

MB-800 Business Central Functional Consultant exam : study materials

Jun 1, 2021

Move your Blobs out of the database and into Media and Media Set data type fields

Azure & Integration

May 11, 2021

Views and Queries in Business Central

2020

Aug 25, 2020

Parsing RunRequestPage output using XML Buffer

Aug 10, 2020

3 ways to create Business Central Containers via Docker, NAVContainerHelper and BCContainerHelper

Jan 28, 2020

Report design: show row only on the first page

Reports & Layouts

2019

Oct 25, 2019

How to get all Windows services when you know the name of the executable

Jan 18, 2019

Git101 leaflet for AL developers

Jan 13, 2019

Fastest way to get entities in Dynamics NAV or Business Central and not only

Jan 9, 2019

How to PowerApps with Business Central

Azure & Integration

Jan 7, 2019

The windows account could not be mapped to a valid security identifier (sid).

Jan 3, 2019

Generate Azure Business Central containers using deployment template and parameter files

Azure & Integration

Jan 1, 2019

How to generate Azure Containers Instances loaded with Business Central in minutes

2018

Dec 27, 2018

Invoking Azure Functions to replace DOT NET calls in C/AL or AL

Dec 24, 2018

Dynamics 365 Business Central: AL Code Analyzers #TurnOnCops #Extensions #Permissions

Dec 23, 2018

Dynamics 365 Business Central : Extending Role Center headline with web service data, lists and dictionaries

Jan 9, 2018

Microsoft Flow, Twitter and Dynamics NAV

2017

Oct 22, 2017

3 Easy Methods to move company data between NAV databases

Sep 24, 2017

Dimensions in NAV 2016.. - design overview

Sep 10, 2017

Setup and How-Tos re: Dimensions in NAV2016..

Aug 10, 2017

NAV 2017 - How To Start With Application Testing In 5 Easy Steps

Aug 8, 2017

NAV 2017 - Delivering custom code as extension

Aug 5, 2017

How To : 5 Easy Steps to generate your First NAV Extension

Apr 5, 2017

NAV Upgrade Notes - First essential step for a successful NAV upgrade

Jan 31, 2017

Practical Guide: Inject Deferrals in your NAV 2016 processes

2016

Dec 22, 2016

How to use CAPTIONCLASSTRANSLATE in Dynamics NAV

Nov 30, 2016

Day-to-day NAV: Upgrade codeunits

Nov 9, 2016

NAV 2017: Wizard pages now supported in Web Client

Oct 30, 2016

NAV Upgrade Notes - Turning Comments into Notes using .NET

Oct 28, 2016

Building a NAV server performance baseline using Logman and Perfmon Windows utilities

Oct 16, 2016

An asynchronous processing solution for MS Dynamics NAV

Sep 28, 2016

NAV 2016 - Applying a new NAV Cumulative Update using Powershell cmdlets