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Developers digest - 2026 release wave 2

If you write AL, build extensions, or own a partner's dev tooling, here are the 108 minutes that matter, out of 7h09 of launch event video. 67 features in the playlist, 112 more worth a look, every item deep-linked to the second where they explain it.

Developers get 67 relevant features in about 108 minutes of video, and most of them circle one idea: your next teammate might be an agent. There is a standalone AL language server, MCP servers for compiling, profiling and snapshot debugging, and BC-Bench to check whether any of it helps. The point is that agents stop grepping text and start reading what the code and the runtime actually do.

The second theme is less shiny but you will touch it sooner: testing and the platform underneath. Data-driven tests and test handlers change how you structure a test suite. Keys can now span base and extension fields, a long-requested item, and table extension fields are stored on the base table.

Watch first: in-environment PTE management is deprecated as of version 30.0. Plan your move to the admin center within about half a year, and do not mix both experiences in one environment. If you use test toolkit events, moving to test handlers is on you. The Fabric items are preview, and most of the rest is generally available.

The three paragraphs above were written by Claude from the feature list below (claude-sonnet-5-5). Everything else on this page is generated from the data.

The playlist

Developer tools (1h39)

Copilot and agents (5 min)

  • 0:36 What's new: MCP Server - MCP data tools (GA, 5 min) - Four system tools (find tables, table relations, table schema, data query) let an LLM write AL queries that Business Central compiles and runs, with no APIs needed.

Integration (Fabric, Shopify, MDM) (8 min)

Admin and platform (8 min)

Reporting and analytics (12 min)

Supply chain (2 min)

Also worth a look

Status at a glance

Status Playlist features Minutes Said on stage
GA 62 129 1
preview 3 6 3
announced 2 2 2

How this list was made

The extraction model rated every feature's developer relevance (high, medium, low). High is the playlist, medium is also worth a look.

Generated by pipeline step 06 from config/audiences.json. Status rule: a feature is shown as GA unless the presenters said otherwise, which is how Microsoft runs the launch event; "said on stage" counts the ones with an evidence quote. Not official.

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