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Introducing AL Table Visualizer: An Interactive ER Diagram for Your Business Central Tables

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 → [https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/03/introducing-al-table-visualizer-an-in...

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Quick Tip: What’s in Business Central Update 28.2

Update 28.2 for Business Central 2026 Release Wave 1 shipped on 5 June 2026. Build numbers: Application 28.2.51034, Platform 28.0.50938. The hotfix details and on-premises download are in KB5100266. Unlike 28.1, this update carries a meaningful se...

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Where GitHub Copilot Actually Saves Time in AL Projects

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 → [https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/03/where-github-copilot-actually-saves-time-in-al-proj...

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Quick Tip: Troubleshooting Business Central Power BI Reports: My 5-Minute Checklist

Most Business Central Power BI Problems Aren’t Power BI Problems I spent some time browsing the Dynamics 365 Business Central Community forums recently. One thing immediately stood out: almost every Power BI question looked different, but most had...

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Earning the MVP Title, One Year at a Time

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 ...

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How Do I: Choose the Right AI Assistant for AL Development?

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...

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Business Central Analytics: The Technology Is Not the Hard Part

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...

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Quick Tip: Almost Every BC Major Release Gets Paused. Are Your Environments Ready?

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, ...

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API Pages vs API Queries in Business Central: When to Use Each

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...

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