28-05-2025

Extending the backend of Business Central AI Agents with Azure AI Foundry

12:00 - 12:45 NEON Back to event schedule

Business Central provides built-in AI-driven capabilities for automating business processes. However, real-world business scenarios often require deeper backend extensions - integrating with external APIs, adding advanced AI capabilities, and customizing data flows beyond what is natively available.

In this session, we'll explore how to extend Business Central AI Agents backend using Azure AI Foundry. With Azure AI Foundry, you get a robust tool not only for generating intelligent responses but also for monitoring, evaluating, and optimizing your AI solution. It enables you to ensure the AI model performs optimally, aligns with business needs, and manages costs efficiently.

Key takeaways include:
✅ When and why to extend beyond built-in Business Central AI capabilities.
✅ How to build your own Prompt Flow in Azure AI Foundry and deploy it to an endpoint for API integration in Business Central.
✅ The importance of AI monitoring, evaluation, and cost management.
✅ Practical architectural patterns for backend extensions.

Speakers:

Technical Paradigm Shifters Team lead at Awara IT with more than 20 years of experience in IT. Including a PTS Group Manager position for Microsoft, owning IT startups, and managing over 50 large IT projects for international companies.

Katerina Chernevskaya

Empowering Innovation, Shifting Paradigms

Katerina, an MVP, MCT, and renowned public speaker, focuses on Power Platform & AI. With twenty years of experience and key certifications in PROSCI, PMI, Power Platform Solution Architect, she leads in app development, AI, and adaptive work models. Active in the Microsoft community, Katerina mentors new tech talent and supports innovation. Katerina takes part in the #SharingIsCaring initiative, guiding community contributions to the Microsoft Sample Solution Gallery.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katerinachernevskaya/