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Dynamics 365 Business Central in 2023 release wave 1

It’s always nice having to prep a webinar about “what’s new in Business Central”. It makes you being very busy with what’s next, and forces you to dive into it :-). Not always easy though, because – even today – there isn’t too much documentation online yet (it’s not fully released either, so .. quite …

How Do I: Get Business Central (Pdf) Documents in Power Automate?

A few months ago someone asked if if it was possible, using Power Automate, to get documents from Business Central, for example in pdf format and them email them or save them somewhere. At that time I did a few tests and discovered it was simply not...

“Days of Knowledge” coming up!

A short heads-up! Time is running out, and if you want to be part of it, you’ll have to act fast! Days of Knowledge 2023 is a series of conferences organized by DirectionsEMEA (aka “Directions4Partners“). The conferences are focused on education, sharing knowledge and “upgrading” Business Central professionals across the industry. Each event consists of …

Business Central 22 (2023 Wave1) Preview and BC Launch Event

Business Central 22 Preview is available! Try it now on Docker or in your Cloud tenant… and share feedback\impressions please.

How do I: Create a BC 2023 Wave 1 Preview Sandbox?

Business Central 2023 Wave 1 (version 22) is coming, and as from yesterday you can create a preview sandbox , so you can test out all the new amazing features . Simply go to your Business Central Admin Center , and create a new environment: Select...

Business Central 2023 Wave1, some interesting features

Since the public preview of the product is near (March 1st), let’s see some interesting features that will be released

How Do I: Create a Power BI Dataflow with Business Central data?

What are Power BI Dataflows? Power BI Dataflows are a cloud-based ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) service provided by Microsoft Power BI. They allow users to easily create and manage data pipelines , which can be used to extract data from various sources...

How Do I: Extract data from Business Central?

Kennie Pontoppidan started writing some content and guidance on the topic of data extracts. It is currently on BCTech: https://github.com/microsoft/BCTech/tree/master/samples/ExtractData The focus is on how to extract data as there is tons of...

DDC 24 januari 2023 – Een duik in Business Central Excel-layouts

Recently I gave a session at the DDC, Dutch Dynamics Community about Business Central Excel Layouts. Guido Robben made a very nice summary of my session and Vincent van Rens and Dick Mauritz took some amazing photos. You can find it here: Dutch...

Dynamics 365 Business Central and DataTransfer: be careful!

Not too long ago, Stephano shared a concern regarding “TryFunctions”. It’s a must read, and you can find it here: Dynamics 365 Business Central and TryFunctions: be careful! – Stefano Demiliani. I think it’s important to warn people about things that act different than people might think – so let me take this opportunity to …