Window on Technology

Send us a textJeremy Vyska, Solver at BrightCom, and Tine Staric, Software Architect at Companial, join this episode live from BC TechDays 2025. We discuss our highlights of the conference and what is special about BC TechDays

Send us a textJohan Persson, Senior Specialist at Engage Group, and Laze Janev, D365 F&O Solution Architect at Rexel, join the show at DynamicsMinds 2025 to discuss the current state of Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations. We look at the history of the product and how it evolved over the years, they share insights on typical customers and implementation challenges and we discuss how continuous upgrades influence the whole approach. Then we dive a bit into the Power Platform integration and even briefly touch upon the impact of AI in F&O. Johan's blog and podcast can be found at https://blog.johanpersson.nu/

Send us a textJonas Melgaard, Solution Architect for D365 and Power Platform at the Nordic Investment Bank, joins the show from DynamicsMinds 2025 to discuss Infrastrcture as Code at a financial institution. We look at the basic ideas and why they matter and the impact of AI, but mainly discuss the differences in the financial industry. You can find Jonas at https://melgaard.nu/

Send us a textTaylor Brown, Group Program Manager at Microsoft, joins the show to discuss Windows containers. We discuss the origins and development of Windows containers, as well ass their impact on Microsoft's services and the broader tech community. He emphasizes the importance of open source collaboration and the integration of Windows containers with Docker, which paved the way for Microsoft's improved relationship with open source projects. He shares recent advancements in Windows containers include enhanced stability, performance, and interoperability with Linux containers, benefiting large-scale services like Microsoft 365. Taylor gives some insights into ongoing projects like the integration of eBPF and the potential of WebAssembly as well as why and how people should learn about Windows containers.The links for learning and getting started for Windows containers that he mentioned are https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/deploy-manage-monitor-wincontainers-aks/ and https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/windows-server/blog/containers and you can find him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorbro

Send us a textFreddy Kristiansen, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, joins the show from MVP Summit in Redmond to discuss DevOps in general and specifically AL-Go for GitHub as well as some container topics. We talk about the history and recent developments in AL-Go including security topics, why it has become so important for Microsoft and a lot of BC partners as well as the outlook on containers for BC. We also touch upon NuGet for BC and how the BC DevOps story compares in the context of the rest of the industry. 

Send us a textKennie Pontoppidan, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, joins the show while at the MVP Summit at the Microsoft headquarter in Redmond to discuss reporting and analytics in Business Central. We start from the history and the evolution in the last couple of years before we dive into the most recent changes including how AI influences the whole story. Kennie then shares how Analytics Views came to live, how he thinks about and prioritizes new features, what the approach on breaking changes is and why he cares so much about samples and documentation. In the end he shares what the BC team is currently doing and why you can find him at almost all BC conferences.

Send us a textJesper Schulz-Wedde, Principal Software Architect at Microsoft, joins this episode to discuss the origin, the current state and the future of the Dynamics 365 Business Central co-creation initiative. This Open Source program has changed the way the application code of the product evolves, but that hasn't happened over night. Jesper shares the motivation, the obstacles and why it is beneficial both from a Microsoft and a partner perspective.

Send us a textCarme Cortada and Søren Friis Alexandersen join in another episode recorded directly at Directions EMEA to discuss Diversity in Dynamics, formerly known as Women in Dynamics. We discuss the recent change towards a broader focus on Diversity in general, why and how that happened and what it means for the organization in the future. We also talk about ways to get involved and why now is a great moment to do so. Last but not least Søren talks about his own story and why he shared it via a blog post on diversityindynamics.org

Send us a textShannon Mullins, Björn Zahnow and Mats Necker join this episode directly at Directions EMEA in Vienna to discuss community events. They discuss the challenges this brings, the dos and don'ts for speakers, how Microsoft influences things in our ecosystem and the events they like most. And of course they touch upen Directions EMEA itself

Send us a textMarco Heimeshoff, trainer, speaker and software developer, joins the show to discuss Domain-Driven Design. Where does it come from, why does it matter, how can you implement it and how can you get started with it. He also shares his community activities like the KanDDDinsky conference and the Virtual Domain-Driven Design Community at VirtualDDD.com