Stefano Demiliani
@demiliani.bsky.social
Microsoft MVP. Microsoft MCT Regional Lead. CTO @ EID Lodestar spa. #Azure #MSDyn365BC Solution Architect. #AI engineer. International speaker & Author. Runner & Cyclist.
http://www.demiliani.com
http://www.demiliani.com
𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗶 𝗞𝟮.𝟱, the latest native multimodal agentic model by Moonshot AI (released some days ago) built through continual pretraining on approximately 15 trillion mixed visual and text tokens on top of Kimi-K2-Base, rocks on #AL development too... 👍 (and saves you money 💰 )
#msdyn365bc #AI
#msdyn365bc #AI
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗶 𝗞𝟮.𝟱, the latest native multimodal agentic model by Moonshot AI (released some days ago) built through continual pretraining on approximately 15 trillion mixed visual and text tokens on top of Kimi-K2-Base, rocks on #AL development too... 👍 (and saves you money 💰 )
#msdyn365bc #AI
#msdyn365bc #AI
🚨Dynamics 365 Business Central: understanding the Database Wait Statistics page.🚨
If your database could talk, wait statistics would be what it's been screaming into a pillow for the last three weeks. 😉👀
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#msdyn365bc #telemetry #performance #sql #azuresql #azure
If your database could talk, wait statistics would be what it's been screaming into a pillow for the last three weeks. 😉👀
demiliani.com/2026/01/28/d...
#msdyn365bc #telemetry #performance #sql #azuresql #azure
Dynamics 365 Business Central: understanding the Database Wait Statistics page.
Wait statistics are one of the most powerful diagnostic tools available to database administrators. They tell the story of what’s preventing your SQL database from running queries as fast as …
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January 28, 2026 at 9:29 AM
🚨Dynamics 365 Business Central: understanding the Database Wait Statistics page.🚨
If your database could talk, wait statistics would be what it's been screaming into a pillow for the last three weeks. 😉👀
demiliani.com/2026/01/28/d...
#msdyn365bc #telemetry #performance #sql #azuresql #azure
If your database could talk, wait statistics would be what it's been screaming into a pillow for the last three weeks. 😉👀
demiliani.com/2026/01/28/d...
#msdyn365bc #telemetry #performance #sql #azuresql #azure
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳-𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵-𝟴𝗯𝗶𝘁, the new 30B parameter MoE model by Z.AI.
Here it's running local, trying to write #AL code. As you can see, not good for #AL dev🤭
For C# or Python coding, it's instead a very good offline model.
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳 full (online) is instead great on #AL, see my previous test.
#msdyn365bc #AI
Here it's running local, trying to write #AL code. As you can see, not good for #AL dev🤭
For C# or Python coding, it's instead a very good offline model.
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳 full (online) is instead great on #AL, see my previous test.
#msdyn365bc #AI
January 21, 2026 at 7:04 AM
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳-𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵-𝟴𝗯𝗶𝘁, the new 30B parameter MoE model by Z.AI.
Here it's running local, trying to write #AL code. As you can see, not good for #AL dev🤭
For C# or Python coding, it's instead a very good offline model.
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳 full (online) is instead great on #AL, see my previous test.
#msdyn365bc #AI
Here it's running local, trying to write #AL code. As you can see, not good for #AL dev🤭
For C# or Python coding, it's instead a very good offline model.
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳 full (online) is instead great on #AL, see my previous test.
#msdyn365bc #AI
🚨SaaS ERP misconceptions: the "on-premises thinking trap"🚨 (and sorry for the outburst).
#msdyn365bc #cloud
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#msdyn365bc #cloud
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SaaS ERP misconceptions: the “on-premises thinking trap”
I think that probably for many of you January is the crazy month of the ERP go-lives (and probably not only restricted to the ERP). During every go-live of Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS, I oft…
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January 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
🚨SaaS ERP misconceptions: the "on-premises thinking trap"🚨 (and sorry for the outburst).
#msdyn365bc #cloud
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#msdyn365bc #cloud
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My team of developers is ready for the evening 🤝
January 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
My team of developers is ready for the evening 🤝
💥Storage Account Configuration in Azure Functions: impact, best practices, and scalability. 💥
Your storage account configuration deserves the same attention as your function app design itself. 😉
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#azure #azurefunctions #msdyn365bc #serverless #performance
Your storage account configuration deserves the same attention as your function app design itself. 😉
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#azure #azurefunctions #msdyn365bc #serverless #performance
Storage Account Configuration in Azure Functions: impact, best practices, and scalability
One of the most consequential yet often overlooked architectural decisions in Azure Functions deployments is how you configure storage accounts. While it might seem like a simple infrastructure det…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:23 AM
💥Storage Account Configuration in Azure Functions: impact, best practices, and scalability. 💥
Your storage account configuration deserves the same attention as your function app design itself. 😉
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#azure #azurefunctions #msdyn365bc #serverless #performance
Your storage account configuration deserves the same attention as your function app design itself. 😉
demiliani.com/2026/01/05/s...
#azure #azurefunctions #msdyn365bc #serverless #performance
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳 the Z.ai 's latest flagship open source #AI model passes the #AL coding test at full speed 🚀(and costs 10x less that Sonnet 4.5).
Next step: need to work to run it locally...
#msdyn365bc
Next step: need to work to run it locally...
#msdyn365bc
January 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
𝗚𝗟𝗠-𝟰.𝟳 the Z.ai 's latest flagship open source #AI model passes the #AL coding test at full speed 🚀(and costs 10x less that Sonnet 4.5).
Next step: need to work to run it locally...
#msdyn365bc
Next step: need to work to run it locally...
#msdyn365bc
Dynamics 365 Business Central UI performance: what about the browser and the local machine? Can they have an impact on how the user perceives the responsiveness of the UI? 🐌🚀
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#msdyn365bc
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#msdyn365bc
Dynamics 365 Business Central UI performance: what about the browser and the local machine?
The last weeks of the year are quite always extremely busy days due to go -lives. The go-live of an ERP solution is always a critical moment for a company’s future software infrastructure, an…
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December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dynamics 365 Business Central UI performance: what about the browser and the local machine? Can they have an impact on how the user perceives the responsiveness of the UI? 🐌🚀
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#msdyn365bc
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#msdyn365bc
💥Securing your Azure Storage Account: a guide to enabling Business Central-only access using Network Security Perimeter (NSP).💥
P.S. NSP is a core building-block of the #msdyn365bc online infrastructure, so you should start exploring it too.
#security #azure #nsp
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P.S. NSP is a core building-block of the #msdyn365bc online infrastructure, so you should start exploring it too.
#security #azure #nsp
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Securing your Azure Storage Account: a guide to enabling Business Central-only access using Network Security Perimeter.
I think that everyone of you know that you can access an Azure Storage Account for managing blobs and files directly from Dynamics 365 Business Central (via AL code). This provides a nice (and ofte…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
💥Securing your Azure Storage Account: a guide to enabling Business Central-only access using Network Security Perimeter (NSP).💥
P.S. NSP is a core building-block of the #msdyn365bc online infrastructure, so you should start exploring it too.
#security #azure #nsp
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P.S. NSP is a core building-block of the #msdyn365bc online infrastructure, so you should start exploring it too.
#security #azure #nsp
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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Welcome to the #CCMS project.
#CCMS + YAMPI (the #MCP server for Business Central Administration+ more) are tools that can save hours on doing administrative tasks (+ not only) for your #msdyn365bc customers.
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Made with ❤️ for the community.
#CCMS + YAMPI (the #MCP server for Business Central Administration+ more) are tools that can save hours on doing administrative tasks (+ not only) for your #msdyn365bc customers.
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Made with ❤️ for the community.
Welcome to the CCMS project.
Less than two months ago we was here: During this session in Poznan, me and Duilio presented two tools that we use for managing Business Central online customers at scale: a Dynamics 365 Business C…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Dynamics 365 Business Central: Welcome to the #CCMS project.
#CCMS + YAMPI (the #MCP server for Business Central Administration+ more) are tools that can save hours on doing administrative tasks (+ not only) for your #msdyn365bc customers.
demiliani.com/2025/12/12/w...
Made with ❤️ for the community.
#CCMS + YAMPI (the #MCP server for Business Central Administration+ more) are tools that can save hours on doing administrative tasks (+ not only) for your #msdyn365bc customers.
demiliani.com/2025/12/12/w...
Made with ❤️ for the community.
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One of the top requests I've received from those using my #𝗠𝗖𝗣 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 was: "𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 PTEs (𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭)."
And here it is🥳
Details here:
lnkd.in/dwth9nBC
Finally now you can also do things like this:
#msdyn365bc #AI
And here it is🥳
Details here:
lnkd.in/dwth9nBC
Finally now you can also do things like this:
#msdyn365bc #AI
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
One of the top requests I've received from those using my #𝗠𝗖𝗣 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 was: "𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 PTEs (𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭)."
And here it is🥳
Details here:
lnkd.in/dwth9nBC
Finally now you can also do things like this:
#msdyn365bc #AI
And here it is🥳
Details here:
lnkd.in/dwth9nBC
Finally now you can also do things like this:
#msdyn365bc #AI
Why waste time monitoring the status of your Business Central customer's tenants when you can have a team of #AI #agents doing that for you continuously? 😗
#msdyn365bc #telemetry
#msdyn365bc #telemetry
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why waste time monitoring the status of your Business Central customer's tenants when you can have a team of #AI #agents doing that for you continuously? 😗
#msdyn365bc #telemetry
#msdyn365bc #telemetry
Dynamics 365 Business Central: prepare your #AL extensions to support the Copilot Chat. 🤖🚀
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#msdyn365bc #AI #Copilot
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#msdyn365bc #AI #Copilot
Dynamics 365 Business Central: prepare your extensions to support the Copilot Chat.
Every Microsoft product now has an integrated “Copilot” on it and Dynamics 365 Business Central follows this road too. The integrated Copilot Chat is the next evolution in how users int…
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December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Dynamics 365 Business Central: prepare your #AL extensions to support the Copilot Chat. 🤖🚀
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#msdyn365bc #AI #Copilot
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#msdyn365bc #AI #Copilot
💣"Hacking" #Google #Antigravity to develop #AL extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central.💣
#msdyn365bc #AI
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#msdyn365bc #AI
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“Hacking” Google Antigravity to develop AL extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Some weeks ago Google introduced Antigravity, its new agentic development platform powered by Gemini 3 (but also supports Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-OSS 120B) that combines a familiar, AI-powered co…
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
💣"Hacking" #Google #Antigravity to develop #AL extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central.💣
#msdyn365bc #AI
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#msdyn365bc #AI
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🚨Dynamics 365 Business Central: use sequential GUIDs when possible🚨. A small performance tip that probably few people know or overlook. 🚀
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#msdyn365bc #sql #azuresql #performance
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#msdyn365bc #sql #azuresql #performance
Dynamics 365 Business Central: use sequential GUIDs when possible.
I think that everyone of you know what a GUID is. A GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) is a 128-bit number used to uniquely identify information in computer systems. A GUID is represented as a 32-ch…
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November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🚨Dynamics 365 Business Central: use sequential GUIDs when possible🚨. A small performance tip that probably few people know or overlook. 🚀
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#msdyn365bc #sql #azuresql #performance
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#msdyn365bc #sql #azuresql #performance
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises and SQL Server 2025: why you should consider an upgrade to the latest SQL engine.
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#msdyn365bc #sqlserver
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#msdyn365bc #sqlserver
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises and SQL Server 2025.
Yesterday Microsoft announced the general availability for SQL Server 2025. This new edition brings important changes for partners and customers running Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises. H…
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November 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises and SQL Server 2025: why you should consider an upgrade to the latest SQL engine.
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#msdyn365bc #sqlserver
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#msdyn365bc #sqlserver
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What’s the best open developer #AI IDE? Visual Studio Code! Why? Because all others are forking it 😂 the last is Google, that today launched Antigravity, its own AI-enabled coding IDE powered by Gemini Pro.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What’s the best open developer #AI IDE? Visual Studio Code! Why? Because all others are forking it 😂 the last is Google, that today launched Antigravity, its own AI-enabled coding IDE powered by Gemini Pro.
𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝟯 𝗣𝗿𝗼 passes the #AL coding test with flying colors. Well done Google! We have a new giant!
#msdyn365bc
#msdyn365bc
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝟯 𝗣𝗿𝗼 passes the #AL coding test with flying colors. Well done Google! We have a new giant!
#msdyn365bc
#msdyn365bc
At Directions EMEA I discussed with some of you about an app I developed time ago to have benchmarks across #AI models (performance, cost, token usage etc) for a specific task.
And here it is: presenting my LLMEvaluator app.
#msdyn365bc #llm #azure #openai #EMEA2025
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And here it is: presenting my LLMEvaluator app.
#msdyn365bc #llm #azure #openai #EMEA2025
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Evaluating LLMs performances for your AI task: presenting my LLMEvaluator.
After my session about creating AI solutions in Dynamics 365 Business Central using Managed vs Custom AI at Directions EMEA in Poznan, outside of the session room I received an interesting question…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
At Directions EMEA I discussed with some of you about an app I developed time ago to have benchmarks across #AI models (performance, cost, token usage etc) for a specific task.
And here it is: presenting my LLMEvaluator app.
#msdyn365bc #llm #azure #openai #EMEA2025
demiliani.com/2025/11/17/e...
And here it is: presenting my LLMEvaluator app.
#msdyn365bc #llm #azure #openai #EMEA2025
demiliani.com/2025/11/17/e...
But the real winner today is 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶🎉, a new preview model from #Microsoft (fine-tuned from GPT-5-mini). Perfect on writing #AL code (and documenting it) and one of the few that don't abuse on using .Reset() on record variables 😉
#msdyn365bc
#msdyn365bc
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
But the real winner today is 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶🎉, a new preview model from #Microsoft (fine-tuned from GPT-5-mini). Perfect on writing #AL code (and documenting it) and one of the few that don't abuse on using .Reset() on record variables 😉
#msdyn365bc
#msdyn365bc
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM