Microsoft provides standard Power BI reports for Business Central, but the
download location is not as obvious as it used to be. If you are looking for the
PBIX files, don’t search for the old GitHub repository. That location is no
longer the righ...
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, ...
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 toge...
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...
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 tas...
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 ...
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...
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
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