The Public Preview of Microsoft Business Central Release 2025 Wave 1 is now available, and it is time to test out the available new features. One of the new features that excites me the most is the “Preview PDF attachments directly in web client” user experience feature. Previously, when needing to view a PDF attachment …
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Feb 14 2025
Real Things I’m asked: Enable Claude Sonnet in GitHub Copilot
Q. How do I enable Claude Sonnet in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code? A. GitHub Copilot Chat uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 large language model by default. This advanced model excels in various text-generation tasks, such as summarization and knowledge-based conversations. However, you are not restricted to using this model; you can select from other models, …
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Oct 21 2024
Putting down the Tiles in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
When viewing a List Page in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, users can view the page in List or Tile view. The tile view shows records as tiles instead of rows. By default, the fields displayed in the Tile are the first five fields as defined on the list page. Users can switch between the …
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Jul 24 2024
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Decoding Dictionaries: Unlocking the Power of Key-Value Pairs
In the AL language for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the Dictionary data type represents an unordered collection of keys and values optimized for fast lookup of values. In a Dictionary, each key is unique and is used to access its corresponding value. The dictionary data type allows you to store key-value pairs where there …
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Jul 08 2024
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Navigating Lists
In the AL language for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, a List data type is a strongly typed list of ordered objects accessed by index, starting at 1. Lists are a great alternative to arrays. Unlike arrays, lists are unbounded, which means their size doesn’t need to be declared upon creation and can grow dynamically …
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May 31 2024
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Update your AL code to the new No. Series Module
In the recent 2024 Release Wave 1 update for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft introduced the Business Foundation layer. This new foundation layer continues their ongoing effort to modularize and enhance the software architecture. They are breaking down the monolithic structure into smaller, more coherent, and related modules, which improves the system’s maintainability and …
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Feb 07 2024
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: My Adventures with the BaseApp Contribution Pilot
In October 2022, Microsoft announced a new open-source program for the Business Central Base Application, the solution’s core functionality. The program allows partners and community members to contribute code and suggestions to the Base Application. The open-source program for Business Central is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about the solution, …
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Nov 14 2023
Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 – Get inlay hints in source editor for AL method parameters and return types
With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 has several exciting Application features for runtime 12.0. One of the exciting features is to Get inlay hints in source editor for AL method …
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Nov 13 2023
Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 – Set new output folder setting for storing app files at AL project build
With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 has several exciting Application features for runtime 12.0. One of the exciting features is to Set new output folder setting for storing app files …
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Nov 10 2023
Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 – Provide queries for users to do ad hoc data analysis
With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 has several exciting Application features for runtime 12.0. One of the exciting features is to Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2 – Provide …
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