Steffen Balslev
Empowering Business Central Developers through Innovation
Copenhagen, Denmark
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I’m an Engineering Manager at Microsoft, leading the Developer Experience team for Dynamics 365 Business Central. My team builds the AL programming language, development tools, and extension lifecycle that allow our partners and customers to extend, customize, and personalize Business Central. I’m passionate about making life easier for Business Central developers – whether that’s evolving the AL compiler, improving our tooling, or streamlining how apps are built and delivered. I also love sharing what we’re working on at community events like Directions and BC TechDays, and I’m especially excited about how AI is reshaping the way we develop for Business Central.
Microsoft presents: Vibe Coding
There’s a lot of buzz around Vibe Coding — and for good reason. It’s changing the way developers think, create, and collaborate with AI. In this session, we will take you behind the hype to show how Vibe Coding can transform the way you build for Business Central, today and in the future.
You’ll see how this new paradigm extends naturally to AL development, making everyday coding tasks faster, more intuitive, and more creative.
But we’ll also go beyond the basics to explore the broader landscape of AI-assisted development: from code suggestions and refactoring to intelligent agents that understand your app, your repository, and your intent.
Join us for a mix of inspiration and live demos and get a glimpse of what’s next for AI-powered Business Central development.
Microsoft presents: Troubleshooting and Debugging Business Central online
In this session, we will take you through various tools and processes to investigate, troubleshoot and debug Dynamics 365 Business Central online (cloud version). We will cover in-client tools, including new in-client profiler, normal debugger, snapshots, resource exposure policy, AL performance profiler and more.
Microsoft presents: Self-service troubleshooting in Business Central online
Walkthrough of all tools and experiences we have in and outside of the product for efficient troubleshooting
Microsoft presents: Engineering and AI transformation
Peek behind the scenes at how Microsoft’s Business Central engineering team is embracing an "AI-first" approach to building software.
We will in this session share how tools like GitHub Copilot and new "agentic" development techniques are transforming the team’s day-to-day work. Moreover, share how AI automation and an AI-driven mindset are speeding up coding and testing, improving quality, and even changing the role of developers themselves.
From internal initiatives that foster an AI-first culture to real examples of AI writing and reviewing code, you’ll get an inside look at how the Business Central product team is reinvented.
This session will end with a Q&A where you can ask all your questions to the AI first approach as developer.
Microsoft presents: Design and code agents in Business Central
This technical session introduces the next evolution of Business Central customization: building your own AI-powered agents. We will walk you through the process of designing, coding, and deploying intelligent agents that can perform tasks and even make decisions within Business Central. You’ll learn about the new agent runtime and development tools (including a dedicated Agent SDK) that make it possible to create these AI-driven extensions. See a real-world demo of how to build an agent from scratch and integrate it into Business Central to automate a common business process. If you’re curious about "agentic" development, this session will give you the foundation and practical insights to get started.
Microsoft presents: Agentic Development in Business Central
Get the big-picture vision of how Dynamics 365 Business Central is evolving into an “agentic” platform. In this forward-looking session, we’ll explore how AI-powered agents are becoming first-class citizens in the Business Central ecosystem and what that means for you. Learn about the new platform capabilities that allow intelligent agents to securely take action and collaborate with users, as well as the built-in governance and “human-in-the-loop” safeguards that ensure trust and transparency. We’ll discuss how the developer’s experience is set to change—shifting from writing every line of code to configuring, training, and supervising AI-driven components. If you want to understand Microsoft’s strategy for embedding AI deeply into Business Central (and how it will empower partners), this session will provide the roadmap and inspire you for the next era of ERP innovation.
Keynote Day 2
Day 2’s keynote dives into partner programs and Business Central service, platform and partner tools—and showcasing how partners build agents.
Keynote Day 2
AI isn’t theoretical for us. It’s changing how we work. Discover how Microsoft transformed our way of working with AI - and be inspired by partners who are building agents and shaping what’s next.
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Steffen Balslev
Empowering Business Central Developers through Innovation
Copenhagen, Denmark
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