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Aleksandar Totovic (MSFT) @atotovic.bsky.social · 2d

New #sustainability features in #MSDyn365BC are here with 2025 Release Wave 2. Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/sustai...

Sustainability in Business Central: What’s New in 2025 Release Wave 2

When I look at our release plan for Sustainability in the 2025 release wave 2, I feel really proud. This list of new features is amazing, and I want to share what we focused on for this release and wh...

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BC TechDays @bctechdays.com · 6d

#ThrowBackThursday — #BCTechDays 2025 might be behind us, but the inspiration lives on!

The entire session playlist is now online, capturing two days of deep technical #msdyn365bc knowledge, real-world experience, and a whole lot of community spirit 💙

📺 mibuso.tv
📸 mibuso.pictures

Movie theatre room showing the closing session of BC TechDays 2025

People sitting in a movie theatre room watching a session at BC TechDays 2025

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · 8d

🎤 Just dropped a blog post with some extra insights from my #BCTechDays2025 session!

thinkaboutit.be/2025/10/quic...

If you're into report objects & layouts, this one's for you. RDLC, Word, Excel — it's all in there.

🎥 Recording now online — thanks to Luc Van Dyck 🙌
#msdyn365bc #BCTechdays

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · 12d

🔥 Poznań’s about to pop!
Companial’s bringing the 🔥, the 💡, and the good vibes to #DirectionsEMEA 2025!
AI, BC, feedback, storytelling… it’s all happening 🎉
👉 companial.com/directions-emea
💬 What session are you most excited about?
#TechParty #Dynamics365 #msdyn365bc #PoznanVibes

Directions EMEA 2025 - Companial

Meet Companial at Directions EMEA 2025 Companial is proud to join Directions EMEA 2025 in Poznań as a Platinum Sponsor! This year, we invite you on an explorer’s journey through the Dynamics 365 lands...

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Natalie Karolak - 𝑩𝑪 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 @nataliekarolak.bsky.social · 13d

Docs, AL Language changelog, BCLE videos, and what not ... so much to learn about what's new in BC 27 for developers!

But don't worry - I've combined it all-in-one in my new blog:

𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗖 𝟮𝟳 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀
nataliekarolak.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/d...

Docs: What’s new in BC 27 for developers

Summary of all technical changes in Business Central 2025 release wave 2 (BC 27 / runtime 16.0) mentioned in the docs and beyond.

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 BC v27 just dropped!
Microsoft went full Netflix: 47 videos, 8+ hours of 🔥 content.
Think:
🤖 AI magic
🌱 Sustainability wins
📊 Power BI goes open source

👉 Binge it here: thinkaboutit.be/2025/10/quic...
#msdyn365bc

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚀Are We Losing Sight of What Matters?

Business Central 2025 Wave 2 brings more AI and Copilot—but where are the real improvements in development and reporting and ...?

🔗 Read here:
thinkaboutit.be/2025/09/busi...

#msdyn365bc #BCIdeas #FeatureVoting

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Aug 29

Excited to team up with Renato Fajdiga in Poznań, next November for a deep dive into report objects & layouts in Business Central!

🧩 How report objects work
📄 RDLC, Word & Excel layouts — when to use what
🎨 Tips to make your reports look great and run smoothly

#DirectionsEMEA #msdyn365bc

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Jun 13

Huge thanks for the opportunity to speak at BCTechDays!
What an incredible event! 🙌
And thank you to everyone who joined my session today!
Your energy and questions made it all the more special.
#BCTechDays #Grateful #Community

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Mar 18

🚀 Super excited and honored to be selected as a speaker at BCTechDays 2025 in June! 🎤🎉

Join me for a Deep Dive into Report Objects and Layouts in Business Central 🎯📊

Because great reports don’t just happen—they’re built!

📅 See you at BCTechDays! 👉 www.bctechdays.com

#BCTechDays #msdyn365bc

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Mar 16

Interesting discussion here www.linkedin.com/posts/alfred...

Alfredo Iorio on LinkedIn: #businesscentral | 22 comments

Cheeky Copilot thinks it's smarter than us! In the preview of #businesscentral v26 users can trigger suggestions from Copilot to populate certain fields. In… | 22 comments on LinkedIn

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BC TechDays @bctechdays.com · Mar 14

What are you waiting for? Registrations for #BCTechDays are open.

Reserve your seat today!

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BC TechDays @bctechdays.com · Mar 12

🥁 More sessions unlocked for #BCTechDays 2025!

🔹 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴... 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘄!
🔹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹
🔹 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹
🔹 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Mar 11

Cool! 😎

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Mar 11

That is probably your browser or a browser setting or browser extension.

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Mar 7

🚀 BC 2025 Wave 1 Preview Sandboxes Are Here! 🚀

Time to explore the latest features and get a head start before the official launch!

🔗 Read more: thinkaboutit.be/2025/03/quic...

#MSDyn365BC #BusinessCentral #BC2025 #Preview

Quick Tip: BC 2025 Wave 1 (v26) Preview Sandboxes have arrived!

You can now create a Business Central preview sandbox for v26: Hint: You might want to test this release… More info here: New and planned features for Dynamics 365 Business Central, 20…

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Feb 26

Prism for AL

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Download Prism for AL

Download latest version of Prism for AL - free trial available.

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Feb 26

It's used a bit in the base app:

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Feb 26

Me neither, because it's mostly used during posting and there you might want to avoid a validate ;-)
But I thought it was interesting to know it exists :-)

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Feb 26

🚀 Quick Tip for Business Central Developers! 🚀

Check out this TransferFieldsWithValidate function in Business Central! It combines TransferFields with Validate for a smoother data transfer.

🔗 Read more: thinkaboutit.be/2025/02/quic...

#MSDyn365BC

Quick Tip: TransferFieldsWithValidate

I recently got a question about TransferFields and if if skip fields with editable false, which it should not, imho. When I looked at the documentation about Transferfields: Record.TransferFields(v…

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 19

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Feb 11

How Do I: Create a multi-language Power BI report?
thinkaboutit.be/2025/02/how-...
#msdyn365bc #powerbi

How Do I: Create a multi-language Power BI report?

Some time ago I was asked to blog about the possibility to create multi-language Power BI reports. It’s been a while and I did not find much time to research and blog because I was delivering…

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Jan 14

I’ve officially renewed my certifications as a Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer and Power BI Data Analyst Associate! 🚀

Here's to continued learning and growth! 💡💻
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#MicrosoftCertified
#msdyn365bc
#PowerBI
#Plataan
#Companial
#KeepLearning
#LearningJourneys

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BC TechDays @bctechdays.com · Jan 6

Although the holiday season is over, you can still submit your
#BCTechDays #msdyn365bc workshop and/or session topics.

CfS website: mibu.so/cfs25

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Steven Renders @stevenrenders.bsky.social · Dec 20

🚀At ColorCloud 🌈 I will do a live demo on creating and using Dataflows with the Business Central Dataflow Connector.

🌟 Thrilled to be a first-time speaker at this vibrant event!

Interested?
Register here: colorcloud.rocks

#PowerBI #BusinessCentral #ColorCloud #Dataflows #Hamburg

ColorCloud Hamburg 2025 | The colorful Microsoft Biz Apps conference

We are coming back to Hamburg on April 24th and 25th for the second edition of ColorCloud

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