Do you use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio? Well, 2026 will be even more surprising for your work.
Thanks to Copilot, integrated autonomous agents and the arrival of increasingly advanced tools, artificial intelligence is no longer a marginal support, but a real strategic partner.
Business Central: Copilots and agents at the service of SMEs
Microsoft confirmed, in the Release Plan 2025 Wave 2 (October 2025 – March 2026), that in a few months we will be able to enjoy full integration between Copilot and autonomous agents, which means that companies will be able to count on:
●Integrated agents that can automate complex tasks: from order processing to reporting.
●Customizable AI, to tailor models and assistants according to the needs of the sector.
●Intelligent automation of repetitive processes, from data loading to document generation.
●Frictionless growth, thanks to tools that reduce management complexity.
Not a little, right? You will no longer be able to say that Business Central is just an ERP, but a platform capable of learning from the context and lightening the daily lives of SMEs.
Why do AI agents give Copilot the right push?
Until now Copilot responded to requests, but with the AI agents introduced you will be able to work comfortably and “without worries” because:
●They act autonomously on complex tasks.
●Workflows continue without continuous human intervention.
●They interact with multiple data sources and business tools.
Customizing AI: Bring Your Model to Business Central
Another significant announcement made at VSLive! San Diego, this September 2025, concerns the ability to integrate custom AI into Visual Studio and Business Central: not only Microsoft Copilot, but also models from other providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI).
This paves the way for companies looking to build vertical agents, tailored specifically for their industry.
Copilot Profiler Agent: Visual Studio Enters the AI Era
Developers will have a new feature of their own: the Copilot Profiler Agent, available in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders.
It’s not just a technical dashboard: the AI agent acts like a virtual performance engineer, ready to find and resolve bottlenecks.
What can the Profiler Agent do?
● Analyze CPU, memory, and runtime behavior.
● Highlight the most costly bottlenecks.
● Generate BenchmarkDotNet benchmarks or optimize existing ones.
● Suggest concrete improvements.
● Validate fixes with before/after metrics.
All through a simple conversation in Copilot Chat, with natural commands like @profiler Why is my app slow?.
And it’s been tested on over 100 popular open source projects, with tangible results: from reduced memory consumption to accepted pull requests in libraries like CSVHelper, NLog, and Serilog.
New Business Central Features with Copilot
Wave 2 isn’t just about agents: it brings with it a set of tools aimed at simplifying the lives of SMEs:
● Intelligent financial analytics: Copilot will provide insights into balance sheets and cash flows, helping to predict risks and opportunities.
● Supply chain automation: AI agents will support order optimization and inventory management, reducing response times.
● Guided report creation: Dynamic reporting with automatically generated text, ready to be shared.
● Simplified document management: Automatically upload and recognize invoices and contracts thanks to pre-trained templates.
CEOs and AI: Satya Nadella’s 5 Tips
And to conclude this new chapter of Microsoft Copilot, we decided to revisit the speech by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who has repeatedly emphasized how artificial intelligence is now an essential component of corporate leadership.
Nadella uses GPT-5 via Microsoft Copilot to improve his productivity on multiple fronts. Here are his five prompts:
| Scope | Prompts / Usage | What he gets |
| Meeting preparation | “Based on my prior interactions with [/person], give me 5 things likely top of mind for our next meeting.” | Understand the interlocutor’s expectations/interests in advance, be more effective and prepared. |
| Project updates | “Draft a project update based on emails, chats, and all meetings in [/series]: KPIs vs. targets, wins/losses, risks, competitive moves, plus likely tough questions and answers.” | You get a structured report that collects dispersed information (emails, chats, meetings), so you have a complete overview: strengths, weaknesses, risks. |
| Product launch management / forecasting | “Are we on track for the [Product] launch in November? Check eng progress, pilot program results, risks. Give me a probability.” | Predictive assessment of project status: not just “yes/no,” but probabilities, risks, where there are delays. |
| Time audits | “Review my calendar and email from the last month and create 5 to 7 buckets for projects I spend most time on, with % of time spent and short descriptions.” | Understand how your time is being spent: identify the areas that require the most energy, see if there is any waste or incorrect priorities. |
| Strategic/historical preparation | “Review [/select email] + prep me for the next meeting in [/ series], based on past manager and team discussions.” | It combines historical context (previous discussions) with recent information to arrive “in the room” with a clear thread of logic. |
As we’ve seen, with Business Central and Visual Studio, Microsoft wants to transform AI into a daily ally, capable of eliminating friction, reducing complexity, and accelerating growth and innovation.
Sources: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/copilot-profiler-agent-visual-studio/https://aimagazine.com/news/what-are-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadellas-top-ai-secrets
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