Navision & Dynamics 365 Business Central

I would like to discuss working with the SharePoint API and explain why I decided to contribute a Graph API implementation to Business Central alongside the existing classic SharePoint REST API implementation. We will then look at practical examples of using the new SharePoint Graph API interfaces and legacy REST API interfaces.

Today I would like to talk about the kind of support open-source projects receive from the community and how important this is for their development. Using my own experience as an example, I will show which tools an open-source project can use to gain additional support from the community.

In this article, we will explore how AI assistance for coding has evolved. We will look at chat interfaces, autocomplete, IDE agents, and of course CLI agents. We will also discuss why MCP is useful and what it actually is. Using the CLI agent Claude Code as an example, we will explore how to use AI effectively for coding.

I would like to invite you to Directions Webinar: Benefitting from Open Source.

I would like to share some news: the Data Editor Tool is now available on Microsoft AppSource, completely free and still open source. I am also announcing the launch of Volodver LLC, a company dedicated to building and publishing a range of extensions and applications for Business Central.

In this post, I propose to examine how good LLMs are for AL coding on real tasks. As an example, I will use a real task for the Data Editor that I have been putting off for quite a long time. For comparison, I selected the most powerful and popular models: Claude 4 Sonnet, GPT-5 High, Grok 4, and Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Creating high-performance reports is an essential skill for any Business Central developer. I’m sure many of you have run into slow reports, but what if I told you they’re slow mainly because of poor design? Today, I outline a set of techniques and tips that will help developers build truly high-performance reports.

As you have probably noticed, Business Central is actively integrating AI and providing developer tools for working with large language models. One of these tools is the new page type PromptDialog. I suggest exploring this page type along with the new AI interfaces using simple example: create Copilot for generating Payment Terms records.

Today I have a lot of news: a major update to Table Data Editor, a new logo, a website redesign, and a new domain. These changes took a lot of time and effort, and I hope you'll like them. But let's go over everything in order.