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
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Freddy Kristiansen - Business Central DevOps (and containers)
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.
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Kennie Pontoppidan - Reporting and analytics in Business Central
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.
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Jesper Schulz-Wedde - The D365 BC Open Source co-creation initiative
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.
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Carme Cortada and Søren Friis Alexandersen - Diversity in Dynamics
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
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