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# OptimAL – performance still matters

[Read the post](https://waldo.be/2026/05/28/optimal-performance-still-matters/) · waldo's blog (waldo (Eric Wauters), MVP) · 2026-05-28 · 768 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> OptimAL is a structured Microsoft performance initiative for BC partners and ISVs that combines maturity assessment, skills training, telemetry analysis, and hands-on code optimization. The program addresses how most BC performance issues stem from partner code rather than the platform, with participants achieving dramatic improvements like reducing batch job runtime from 5+ hours to under 20 minutes or improving page load times by 93%.

## Key points

- OptimAL is a Microsoft-led program delivered by Dev Center partner Ciellos, not a third-party product
- Most BC performance problems come from partner code, outdated patterns, and anti-patterns rather than the platform itself
- The program includes assessment, skills development, telemetry analysis, and hands-on optimization with documented results
- Participants shifted from reactive to proactive performance thinking and increased focus on telemetry
- Escape Room format teaches performance optimization by having participants fix common mistakes found in real BC code

## Quotes

- "most BC performance issues don't come from the platform. They don't come from the baseapp. They come from our code." (This is the core insight that OptimAL addresses - performance problems are typically in partner implementations, not BC itself)

## Context

- Features: OptimAL performance initiative, maturity baseline assessment, skills training sessions, telemetry analysis, hands-on code optimization, Escape Room training, in-person workshops

Source: waldo's blog, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.