Imagine creating charts in Business Central simply by describing your requirements. Perhaps not everyone is familiar with the standard BusinessChart tool, a Control Add-In that allows for the creation of custom charts directly in AL. Using this tool, I set out to develop a Copilot that enables users to request charts in natural language—whether it’s… READ MORE
Azure AI Speech Services has been evolving since its launch, offering users the ability to create voice-enabled, multilingual generative AI applications with rapid transcription and natural-sounding voices. It enables text-to-speech conversion and vice versa, translates videos into multiple languages, supports real-time interactions using APIs, and much more, as detailed on the here. In May of… READ MORE
I’m going to share a simple tip that I’ve been finding very useful. Formula columns using PowerFX allow you to traverse the dataverse and pull information from several degrees of separation away. Often there are tools available in power platform that require the data to be directly available on a table or at most, one… READ MORE
In the first post in this series – a post titled Fabric Data Factory Design Pattern – Basic Parent-Child – I demonstrated one way to build a basic parent-child design pattern in Fabric Data Factory by calling one pipeline (child) from another pipeline (parent). In the second post, titled Fabric Data Factory Design Pattern – Parent-Child with Parameters,… READ MORE
In any programming environment, handling unreliable processes—whether due to API rate limiting, network instability, or transient failures—can be a significant challenge. This is not exclusive to Spark but applies to distributed systems and programming languages across the board. In this post, we’ll focus on Python (since I’m a PySpark developer) and explore how to make… READ MORE
Power BI licensing has certainly evolved over the years, and with so many changes, it’s no wonder questions keep coming up. Below are a few that I have heard and seen: I know, it’s a lot – but don’t worry. My goal with this blog is to tackle as much as I can. I have… READ MORE
For those of you who either attended Fabric Conference Europe and/or have some sort of social media account, it won’t come as a huge surprise that Microsoft is launching a new certification. If you’re working with Microsoft Fabric and focusing on the data engineering part of things, this certification is for you! What is… READ MORE
Disaster recovery (DR) is a set of policies, procedures, and tools aimed at restoring and maintaining business continuity in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. DR involves planning, preparing, and implementing measures to minimize the impact of such events on the organization’s essential functions and services. It plays a crucial role in… READ MORE
For organizations using SharePoint for document management, automating workflows directly within the platform can vastly improve efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and streamline collaboration. Nutrient Workflow Automation provides a robust solution for initiating workflows from SharePoint document libraries and lists, empowering teams to automate tasks related to document approval, data collection, and collaboration. With Nutrient’s seamless integration… READ MORE
If your organization has a lot of users, Microsoft strongly recommends you design a multi-tenant architecture to manage your business’s Office 365 usage. This isn’t just a cursory recommendation. Apart from keeping your business data manageable, a multi-tenant setup also helps you bypass resource limitations imposed on single tenants and ensure better regulatory compliance… READ MORE
