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Data query tools in the Business Central MCP server: a hands-on test guide
Data Query Tools (Preview) is a server feature on the Business Central MCP server. Switch it on and an agent gets four system tools: it can search your tables, read their fields and relations, write an...
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Composite Layouts in Business Central 29.0: Brand One Report End to End
Business Central 29.0 lets you stop baking branding into every Word layout. Instead of one file carrying structure, letterhead and typography all at once, you build three separate pieces and Business...
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Record.IsDirty in Business Central 29: a worked example
Business Central 29 adds IsDirty to the Record API. It lets your AL code ask a record whether anything has changed since it was loaded, so you can skip writes that aren't needed and stop tracking...
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Business Central 2026 Release Wave 2 (v29.0) Is Generally Available
Version 29.0 of Business Central is now generally available. If you create a new online environment today, 29.0 is what you get by default.Spinning up a 29.0 sandboxThe quickest way to see this for...
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NAV to Business Central: What Actually Moves, and What Needs to Change?
In Part 1 I argued that NAV, GP and SL customers should start planning now instead of waiting for a lifecycle date to force the decision.The next question is always more practical:"What actually...
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How I Recreated the Extension Upload Experience in Business Central
Microsoft has deprecated the in-product upload on the Extension Management page and the Automation API extensionUpload endpoint. Both are scheduled for removal in 2027 release wave 1 (version 30)....
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Pinned Comment Lines for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
An extension that makes important notes on customers, vendors, and items visible at the moment they matter, instead of hidden two clicks away.The problemBusiness Central already lets you record...
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You can't see your stale documents, and that's why they're stale
Open the sales order list in Business Central and filter by date. Now do the same for quotes. Now for unposted invoices. Three lists, three filters, no way to see them together, and no way to answer...
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Managing Apps in the Business Central Admin Center
A BC environment is really a stack of apps: Base Application, Microsoft first-party apps, ISV apps, and your own per-tenant extensions (PTEs). The Manage Apps page in the admin center is where you keep...
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Direct transfers from warehouse-enabled locations in Business Central 2026...
Direct transfers have always been the shortcut option for moving stock between locations. No in-transit location, no separate ship and receive steps, one posting and you are done. The catch was that...
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Business Central 2026 Wave 2: Preview Images Directly in the Web Client
One of the most practical user experience enhancements in Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 Release Wave 2 (BC29) is the ability to preview image attachments directly in the web client without...
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BC 29 lets a single index span base table and table extension fields
Business Central 2026 release wave 2 removes a constraint that has shaped how we index extended tables since table extensions existed. In version 29, a key defined in a table extension can contain...
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Recently Used Lookup Values Improve Everyday Productivity (BC29)
One of the practical usability enhancements coming in Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 Release Wave 2 (BC29) is the new Recently Used in Lookups feature.While it may seem like a small change, it...
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Public Preview for Business Central 29.0 (2026 Release Wave 2) Is Here
The preview environments for Business Central 2026 release wave 2 are now rolling out globally. If you have access to the Business Central admin center, you can spin up a sandbox on version 29.0 today...
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Dynamics NAV, GP and SL: Why I Think Customers Should Start Planning Now
If you are still running Dynamics NAV, Dynamics GP, or Dynamics SL, you have probably heard the conversation about moving to Dynamics 365 Business Central.The question I hear most often is:"Do we...
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Analysis Mode killed half the Excel exports on your client's shared drive
Open any client's finance folder and you will find it. Six versions of the same spreadsheet. Customer Aging - Oct.xlsx, Customer Aging - Oct (2).xlsx, Customer Aging FINAL.xlsx, Customer Aging FINAL...
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How to See When Your SQL Server Backup or Restore Will Finish
If you've ever started a database backup or restore and then sat there wondering how much longer it'll take, you already know the problem. A large database can leave you staring at a spinning cursor...
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Approval Workflows for Item Journals and Requisition Worksheets
The Gap That Existed Until NowIf you've worked with Business Central approval workflows, you know the story. General journal batches had approval support baked in. But item journals? Requisition...
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Allow Posting From/To DateFormula: No More Monthly Date Updates from Business...
Business Central 28 introduces DateFormula-based posting period fields that automatically calculate your allowed posting range. Here's what changed, how it works alongside the existing fields, and...
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Who Keeps Moving My Business Central Work Date?
Let me paint you a picture.It's Monday morning. You fire up Business Central. You've set your Work Date to March 31st because you're doing month-end closing. Life is good. Then your session times out,...
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