4-6 November 2025 in Poznan, Poland
Directions EMEA 2025
Join us for Directions EMEA 2025 - experience the latest updates from Microsoft and the ecosystem while connecting with the entire Business Central community, including resellers, add-on providers, Microsoft, CSPs, MVPs, developers, consultants, sales and marketing professionals, and business leaders. Fuel your motivation, inspiration, and success through sharing and collaboration.
06-11-2025
Microsoft roundtable: Dive into Real-Time MCP Server Experiments
Join us for a highly interactive deep dive into the Business Central MCP Server. This isn't just a talk—it's a hands-on experience! We'll connect an MCP Server to a live demo company and explore real-world scenarios together. Bring your toughest questions and watch as we debug live, tracing the communication flow back and forth in real time. Whether you're curious about integration, troubleshooting, or just want to see the MCP Server in action, this session will give you practical insights you can apply immediately.
Speakers:
Damien Girard
Principal Software Engineer - AI ERP Platform and Server
With over a decade of experience shaping Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, I've worked on core platform components such as MCP, Copilot AI and Summarization, APIs/OData, AL Runtime, Analysis View, the record API, task scheduling, and page background task processing.
My passion is building a platform that delivers the smoothest and fastest ERP experience for partners and customers.
I'm always excited to discuss AI, MCP, performance, and future innovations that make Business Central even better.
Damien Girard
Principal Software Engineer - AI ERP Platform and Server
With over a decade of experience shaping Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, I've worked on core platform components such as MCP, Copilot AI and Summarization, APIs/OData, AL Runtime, Analysis View, the record API, task scheduling, and page background task processing.
My passion is building a platform that delivers the smoothest and fastest ERP experience for partners and customers.
I'm always excited to discuss AI, MCP, performance, and future innovations that make Business Central even better.
Jens Møller-Pedersen
Engineering Manager, BC Server Runtime. Making it run faster
Jens has been with Microsoft for more than 20 years and has worked on the Business Central product (and previously Dynamics NAV) for most of this time.
He is currently leading the Server Runtime team, so his everyday responsibility is to ensure that the BC server is always stable and performant.
Jens Møller-Pedersen
Engineering Manager, BC Server Runtime. Making it run faster
Jens has been with Microsoft for more than 20 years and has worked on the Business Central product (and previously Dynamics NAV) for most of this time.
He is currently leading the Server Runtime team, so his everyday responsibility is to ensure that the BC server is always stable and performant.
Purusharth Dwivedi
Software Engineer - Platform and Server Runtime
I'm part of the Runtime team at Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, where I work on the core server infrastructure. My expertise lies in Natural Language Processing, and I'm currently focused on building BC Copilot and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to make Business Central an Intelligent ERP.
Purusharth Dwivedi
Software Engineer - Platform and Server Runtime
I'm part of the Runtime team at Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, where I work on the core server infrastructure. My expertise lies in Natural Language Processing, and I'm currently focused on building BC Copilot and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to make Business Central an Intelligent ERP.