Dmitry Katson's Speaker Profile @ Sessionize

Workshop: Developing generative AI experiences for your extensions

Come to this workshop and try to implement your own copilot experiences in Business Central with Azure OpenAI Service. Learn what's new in the system application and how to implement signature UI elements in your extensions.

Please bring your laptop.

Unlocking new integration potential for Dynamics 365 BC with Azure Event Grid and Azure Integration

Have you ever tried to write a solution for data synchronization between different systems?
It's always a challenge to keep a balance between push data or pull data approaches.

What if there will be some ready-to-go solution, which you can adapt and implement in minutes?

By using a BC extension and the AL language in conjunction with Azure Event Grid, you can benefit from this powerful publisher/subscriber engine to notify systems of changes in your data – as they happen - so you can enable faster business processes across your enterprise.

In this session, Tharanga Chandrasekara and Dmitry Katson (Business Solutions MVPs) will show you how to implement a generic extension that allows you to publish events into Azure Event Grid, and how you can use Azure Integration Services to subscribe to those events and take action.

Streamlining AL Development with GitHub Copilot

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the world of AL development and the transformative capabilities of GitHub Copilot. Discover how this cutting-edge tool can streamline your development process and enhance your productivity.

🔧 Streamlined Coding: Learn how to leverage Copilot's chat and auto-complete code features to simplify and accelerate your coding tasks.

📝 Expressive Commits: Witness the magic of auto-describing commits with Copilot. Elevate your commit messages and make your development history more engaging and comprehensible.

⚙️ Under the Hood: Gain a deeper understanding of how VS Code Copilot works behind the scenes. Explore the AI-driven mechanisms that power this tool and use this knowledge to your advantage.

🎯 Enhancing Accuracy: Dive into strategies for improving your coding accuracy using insights from Copilot's functionality. Discover techniques to fine-tune your work and reduce errors.

Whether you're a seasoned developer or just getting started with Business Central, this session is designed to provide you with actionable insights and practical techniques for optimizing your development workflow. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unlock the true potential of GitHub Copilot. See you at Directions EMEA 2023!

Training: Copilot Development - AI-Powered Extensions for Business Central

Come to this workshop and try to implement your own copilot experiences in Business Central with Azure OpenAI Service.

What you will learn:

- AI Integration in System Application: Learn how to utilize the System.AI namespace to connect your AL code with Azure OpenAI Service and introduce AI functionalities like GPT in Business Central extensions.

- The PromptDialog Page Type: Discover the PromptDialog page's role in crafting generative AI experiences within Business Central, complete with unique visuals and comprehensive safety features.

- Management and Monitoring: Master the use of your partner Azure AI key for effective Azure resource management, consumption tracking, and billing, with insights from Power BI.

- Advanced AI Techniques: Engage with various AI prompt techniques like summarization, explanation, JSON handling, and task fulfillment. Discover RAG techniques involving embeddings in AL, data retrieval, and vector databases.

Hands-on Experience:

- Building Practical Applications: Participants will actively create their own Copilot AI experiences, applying the concepts learned in a practical setting.

- Extensive Resources: Access in-depth guides and code samples for effective learning and application.

Who Should Attend:
Developers, IT professionals, and business analysts interested in AI integration within Business Central will find this workshop immensely beneficial. It offers a comprehensive introduction and deeper insights into AI applications.

Uncharted Territory: Beyond Copilot

A visionary session that looks ahead to the future of business AI, where multi-agent systems are the norm. We will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and ethical considerations of this technology.

Smarter Apps in Less Time: Copilot and ChatGPT Integration for BC Developers

In this session, you'll learn how Copilot and ChatGPT can help create smarter apps, to transform the way users interact with data in Business Central, in much less time.

Discover how these powerful tools can transform your days as a BC developer, making them more fun, productive, and memorable.

Explore how ChatGPT can be leveraged to extend Business Central functionality beyond what's possible with AL alone.

Pre-conference trainings (The trainings are not included in the price of the ticket)

The trainings are not included in the price of the ticket.
They need to be paid extra.

Training: Extending BC with Power Apps.
Training: Manage your Business Central Developments with Azure DevOps pipelines and ALOps
Training: Copilot Development - AI-Powered Extensions for Business Central

Microsoft presents: Developing generative AI experiences for your extensions

Ideal for AL developers, solution architects, this session covers all the technical aspects of implementing your own copilot experience in Business Central with Azure OpenAI Service.

Learn what's new in the system application and how to add the signature UI Copilot experience to your extensions. Hear the feedback from our early adopters from the community.

This is a demo packed session you don't want to miss.

Multi-Agent Systems in Business

AI agents aren’t sci-fi anymore — they’re already solving real business problems today. In this session, we’ll go beyond theory and show how multi-agent systems can collaborate to extract insights from live business data using the AutoGen framework and ERP (Business Central) API's.

We’ll build a real working agentic system step by step, connect it to business data, and show how agents talk, think, and act — with tools, memory, and knowledge. Then comes the fun part: a live “Agent vs. Human” challenge, where our agent team goes head-to-head with a brave audience member to answer questions using nothing but documentation (and brains).

If you’re building agent-powered enterprise apps or just curious how far we can push the agent stack — join us for an entertaining, technical, and practical tour of what agents can already do today.

Microsoft presents: Co-developing a Copilot Feature on GitHub

The 2024 wave 2 release again set a new record for the number of partner-developed pull requests merged into the product codebase. And for the first time, a Copilot feature was amongst those code contributions! But why did Dmitry Katson (MVP) choose to add this feature to the application platform, rather than releasing it through App Source? And what did it take to make this feature part of the 2024 wave 2 release? Join this session to learn all about how you can join the co-development movement, or join this session if you want to learn, what it actually takes to develop a Microsoft signed-off Copilot feature! We’ll walk you through all the steps from ideation to release!

How to make AI work for your Business... Central

Don’t believe the hype — not every business is using AI … yet.

According to the latest research, only 10% of the AI companies... really understand what is AI. That's crazy.
Do you want to follow the hype or do you really want to understand the outlines?
- How AI differs from classical programming?
- What is behind the scenes?
- Where apply AI, and where not?
- And what's most important - can you build your own "J.A.R.V.I.S." (AI from the Iron Man Movie)?

In this session, I will try to answer these questions. Also, I will explore standard AI features inside of Business Central, such as "Late Payment Predictions". I will show how to configure it, what influence on predictions and how to use Business Central ML Framework, to extend it.

- "That's all very interesting, but I'm still On-Prem and AI is only for the cloud story" - you think. No, it's not!

Come to the session, and learn how you can take it all from AI, even if you are still On-Prem.

Developing generative AI experiences for your extensions

Curious about the Copilot demos from the Keynote? Ready to bring similar magic to your own products?

Join me as I guide you through creating your own Copilot experiences in Business Central. This session is perfect for anyone eager to dive into the technical side of adding AI to your extensions. We’ll explore the latest advancements and show you how to integrate unique Copilot UI elements into your apps.

What you’ll get: You'll walk away with practical insights and the know-how to kickstart your own AI-powered projects in Business Central, feeling inspired and ready to take action.

Expert Panel Discussion; Navigating AI Governance in Business Central

Join us for an expert panel session featuring industry experts Microsoft's Dona Sarkar, MVPs Rick McCutcheon, Dmitry Katson and AJ Ansari, along with MSDW Editor Jason Gumpert, as we will delve deep into the intricacies of AI governance within Business Applications, focusing on integrating Copilot while ensuring compliance. Discover how to strike the perfect balance between innovation and regulatory adherence as our panelists share insights, strategies, and best practices gleaned from their extensive experience. We will discuss:
• Defining what AI governance means in the context of Business Central
• Discuss establishing guidelines, policies, and processes to manage AI adoption.
• Address risks associated with AI, including data privacy, security, and unintended consequences.
• Discuss relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and their impact on AI deployment
• Look at the need for accountability and transparency throughout AI best practices

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence 4 Business Central

For a decade’s programmers used traditional algorithms to solve specific problems.
But did you know that ‘if-else’ is not the only way to write code? Did you know that data can be an algorithm itself! Yes – true. All we need is to use data in a smart way. And that’s where Machine Learning can help.
In this 1-day workshop, you will learn
• what general problems could be solved through machine learning?
• what is machine learning itself?
• how can YOU solve your customer problems with machine learning?

At the end you will learn how using Dynamics 365 Business Central and machine learning in pairs, you can quickly and easily solve problems that were previously difficult or impossible.

Detailed agenda:
• Why Machine Learning
• Where Machine Learning can be used
• Machine Learning workflow
• A real world business case
• Introduction to Python
• Data exploration & Features engineering with Python
• Azure Machine Learning Studio
• Data pre-processing
• Train and Score model
• Custom ML Web Service
• Dynamics 365 Business Central ML Framework
• How Dynamics 365 Business Central AI Apps really work
• How to turn YOUR Business Central app into a smart app

Prerequisites:
- Azure Machine Learning account
- Dynamics 365 Business Central docker sandbox
- Passion to learn something new

Copilot Development for Business Central

Join Dmitry Katson for an exclusive one-day workshop focused on developing Copilot features in Business Central. This workshop is designed for developers who want to build their own copilots in Business Central, utilizing the latest improvements in the Copilot Toolkit with Business Central v26.

You’ll learn how to build copilots in pure AL using the Copilot Toolkit, master prompt engineering, and apply embeddings and semantic search to create smarter, context-aware AI solutions. By the end of the day, you'll have developed six ready-to-use copilots for your own projects.

What You’ll Learn:

- How to develop, test, and integrate Copilot features into Business Central.
- Master prompt engineering to enhance user interactions and improve response accuracy.
- Leverage semantic search and embeddings to optimize business workflows.
- Build AI copilots that streamline processes and boost efficiency.

Important Note:
If you attended this workshop in 2024, please note that 80% of the material will be the same. We recommend exploring other workshops to make the most of your time.

This workshop is your chance to dive into Business Central's powerful Copilot Toolkit and learn how to create innovative AI solutions that will shape the future of your customers, while also establishing yourself as a leader among AL professionals and partners!

Business Central SaaSification 2.0

In this session, we will delve into the next generation of SaaSification for Business Central. Building on the principles of the previous version of this session, which covered wizards and assisted setups, we will now showcase brand new onboarding functionalities. Attendees will learn about the latest guided experiences, checklists, and interactive tours with videos, teaching tips and more, that are designed to streamline and simplify the onboarding process for Business Central users.

AL Development in the AI Era

Even in a self-driving car, you need a license!

In the age of AI, many developers turn to tools like Copilot to speed up their work. But can AI truly replace the skills of an experienced AL developer? Can we trust AI blindly? And do we even need to learn AL anymore?

Dmitry, an AI enthusiast, and AJ, a 25+ year AL master, take the stage to explore these questions. During the session, AJ will demonstrate the beauty of good old manual coding, while Dmitry uses AI tools across different IDEs and LLM models to supercharge the process.

Who will win? Join us to find out!

Add some magic to Business Central with Machine Learning !

For a decades programmers used algorithms to solve specific problems. But did you know that 'if-else' is not the only way to write code? Did you know that your data can be an algorithm itself!
Yes - true.

All we need is to use data in a smart way. And that's where Machine Learning can help.

In this session we will see
- what general problems could be solved through machine learning?
- what is machine learning itself?
- how can YOU solve your customer problems with machine learning?

At the end we will see how using Dynamics 365 Business Central and machine learning in pairs, you can quickly solve problems that were previously very difficult to solve or not solved at all.

Detailed agenda:
- Understanding customer request
- Data search and preprocessing
- Azure Machine Learning Studio
- Choosing right algorithm
- Publishing and AML web services
- Presenting predictions on Power BI reports
- Prediction from Dynamics 365 Business Central

You will leave the session with the realization of a completely new approach to solving problems and understanding the tools and techniques for applying this approach in real life.

"Hey Copilot, How's My Business Central Doing?" Part2

During this session, we're going to put "Anything Copilot" to the test: from vectorized data to chat-ability. The goal is simple: if there's anything wrong with my Business Central, I can just ask about it.

We'll vectorize KQL queries, query BC Telemetry, interpret the results with Copilot, and add some extra cherries on top. Plus, we'll walk you through how to build such a solution yourself - from start to finish!

Join us to see how Copilot can revolutionize your Business Central experience by making data querying and interpretation as easy as having a conversation.

"Hey Copilot, How's My Business Central Doing?" Part1

During this session, we're going to put "Anything Copilot" to the test: from vectorized data to chat-ability. The goal is simple: if there's anything wrong with my Business Central, I can just ask about it.

We'll vectorize KQL queries, query BC Telemetry, interpret the results with Copilot, and add some extra cherries on top. Plus, we'll walk you through how to build such a solution yourself - from start to finish!

Join us to see how Copilot can revolutionize your Business Central experience by making data querying and interpretation as easy as having a conversation.

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