Highlighting posts and resources from the Business Central development community — January 25–31, 2026
Looking to stay current with Dynamics 365 Business Central AL development? Here’s a curated list of recent blog posts, tutorials, and community resources from the past week.
Recent Posts (January 25–31, 2026)
➡️ 1. Why No. Series Break After Upgrading to Business Central 27 (And How to Fix It)
📇 Author: Saurav Dhyani
🗓️ Date: January 29, 2026
🌎 Link: sauravdhyani.com
📝 Summary: Identifies a breaking change in BC27 where No. Series validation now runs earlier and more strictly than in BC26. The post explains which records are affected, provides the specific code change Microsoft made, and offers a step-by-step fix using setup configuration for impacted environments.
➡️ 2. Understanding the Database Wait Statistics Page
📇 Author: Stefano Demiliani
🗓️ Date: January 28, 2026
🌎 Link: demiliani.com
📝 Summary: A detailed look into the Database Wait Statistics page in Business Central, explaining how to read and interpret Azure SQL wait statistics for performance diagnostics. Includes detailed analysis of real-world data covering Buffer IO, CPU, Lock contention, and Service Broker waits, with actionable investigation priorities.
➡️ 3. When GUIDs Collide: The App ID Problem Nobody Expected
📇 Author: Vjeko
🗓️ Date: January 27, 2026
🌎 Link: vjeko.com
📝 Summary: Explores the surprising problem of duplicate App IDs in Business Central extensions, found across nearly 150 out of 50,000 apps tracked by AL Object ID Ninja. Covers three common scenarios that cause collisions (manual GUIDs, GitHub clones, copy-paste apps) and explains how Ninja v3 now provides collision detection and protection.
➡️ 4. Escape Room App Gone Public!
📇 Author: Waldo
🗓️ Date: January 27, 2026
🌎 Link: waldo.be
📝 Summary: Announces the open-source release of the BCTalent Escape Room framework on GitHub (microsoft/BCTech). The framework lets partners build interactive training experiences, gamified onboarding, and feature adoption modules within Business Central—documentation included so even AI can help you build rooms.
Recent Videos (January 25–31, 2026)
🎬 1. What’s Cooking in Business Central: Delivering Analysis Views in AL extensions
📺 Channel: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
🗓️ Date: January 28, 2026
🌎 Link: youtube.com
📝 Summary: A video discussing the new option in Business Central 2026 Wave 1. This new feature will allow for the exporting and including of Analysis Views in AL applications.
🎬 2. AL Development using Claude Code – The Business Central Coding Stream
📺 Channel: Stefan Maron
🗓️ Date: January 27, 2026
🌎 Link: youtube.com
📝 Summary: Stefan shares his Claude Code setup and workflow for development in AL for Business Central.
Community Resources
Official Resources
GitHub Repositories
- microsoft/BCApps – Repository for collaboration on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central applications.
- microsoft/BCTech – Business Central technology samples.
- microsoft/ALAppExtensions – Repository for collaboration on Microsoft AL application add-on and localization extensions for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
- microsoft/AL – Home of the Dynamics 365 Business Central AL Language extension for Visual Studio Code.
- StefanMaron/MSDyn365BC.Code.History – Contains the Microsoft Business Central Code. Updated each month.
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Note: This review is compiled from publicly available blog posts and community resources. Links to external blog posts are provided for your information only and do not constitute endorsement or validation of their content. Publication information and availability are subject to change. Always verify information against official documentation for production use.