DynamicsMinds 2026 – My Community Conference Experience

From May 25-27, the fourth edition of DynamicsMinds took place in Portorož, Slovenia. The conference center is located in next to the Adriatic Sea. Like earlier years, I was privileged to visit the event and share my knowledge in presentations, learn from others, and meet amazing people.

Early start

DynamicsMinds started early for me and some others. Being part of the programming committee, we reflected on the 2025 edition. A simple summary is that we help out with the session selection and promotion of the event. There is one disadvantage that we can’t select all the sessions that have been submitted. With over 200 sessions submitted for Dynamics 365 F&O only, we had to make hard choices to ensure a variety in topics. Despite the different subjects, quite a few sessions promised to talk about AI, Copilot, Agents, and MCP.

Where the preparations started way before the actual event, I also extended my stay by travelling one day earlier to do some walking in the area and try to find some treasures part of Geocaching. Last year, I wanted to find the first Geocache in Slovenia. This year, I was able to get there and log it. On Saturday and Sunday, I was able to enjoy not only nice weather but also beautiful landscapes. Moon Bay Beach (Mesečev Zaliv) is, according to information on the internet, one of the most beautiful beaches of Slovenia. It is only accessible by foot. To get there, you need to perform a hike from an 80-meter-high cliff with stunning views.

On Sunday afternoon, we had a speaker treat where we went by boat from Portorož with a route along the north side of the peninsula to Piran. I was able to see the coastline where I walked earlier that day from the boat.

In Piran, we got a guided tour through this cozy place and learned about the history and culture while enjoying some bites and drinks.

The Sunday ended with a welcome party next to the Church of St. Bernardine with food and drink, where I was able to meet and greet a lot of people already.

My DynamicsMinds experience

This year, I had a busy schedule at DynamicsMinds. One solo presentation and 4 co-presentations. Besides these sessions, I wanted to learn about several different topics. I joined Dynamics 365 F&O-related sessions, but also sessions about other products in the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform family. I was particularly interested in options to use AI for development and configuration of the platform.

Meet and mingle

Besides joining sessions, a lot of value from DynamicsMinds came from interacting with people. Talking with friends and making new friends. I want to thank all for the nice and meaningful conversations. It will be too long to mention all people, but there are a few I would like to mention as they are currently active on the Dynamics 365 community forum, sharing their knowledge and not (yet) awarded a Microsoft MVP award.

Diego Mancassola: A Technical Solution Architect from Italy. He is trying to help a lot of people with technical questions.

Adis Hodzic: An in-house functional Dynamics 365 consultant from Austria. He is mostly responding to finance-related questions, workflows and automation.

Layan Jweihan: A Technical Lead on Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O from Jordan. She helps people with development questions. I need to spend some more words on Layan.

Layan reached out to me about three years ago when she started answering questions on the Dynamics 365 community. She has a dream to become a Microsoft MVP, and I offered some guidance. We had a remote meeting, and I shared my experience becoming a Microsoft MVP. During these years, we kept in contact. A few months ago, she reached out with questions about DynamicsMinds. She asked for my opinion on the event and whether I would recommend it. I got one free giveaway conference pass, which I wanted to hand over to someone who deserves to come to the event, but needs a bit of help. I decided to offer her the ticket if she decided to come to the conference. She just deserved the pass. This was the moment that the community could do something back for her. I was very happy to meet her in person and had some nice talks.

Dynamics 365 F&O and Microsoft Entra ID integration: From authentication to automation.

On Monday, I had my first presentation, and it was tough to present with a headache. I didn’t feel comfortable, but the show must go on. In this session, I talked about all the places where Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O and Microsoft Entra ID meet each other. How are users authenticated, how to use Entra ID groups, guest users, and more. As mitigation for the headache, I took a dive in the sea and a run on Tuesday morning. You can find a copy of the presentation here: Presentation.

D365FO becomes a real AI ERP with Immersive home and Autonomous Agents

This session, I delivered together with Laze Janev. We briefly talked about the history of AI and Dynamics 365 F&O, how these evolved, and when the ERP application got integrally infused with AI and Copilot features. What technological options are possible with AI today? Next to the talks, we demoed some use cases. We also demonstrated, at least, made an attempt, Microsoft Cowork with the Dynamics 365 ERP plugin. While this is bleeding edge and in preview, the tool was not always available or stable. Before the presentation, the demos worked, but unfortunately, during the presentation, it was slow and seemed to be stuck. Oddly, the demos finished when I opened my laptop for the next presentation. Other demos on already released features were working as intended. I will share some of the demos in new blog posts soon. You can download the slides here: Presentation.

Log It Like It’s Hot: Smarter Change Tracking in D365FO

This was a session about a core feature in Dynamics 365: the database logging. I presented this session together with Johan Persson. During a nerdy chat, we came up with the idea to talk about this topic and why you should or when you should not use database logging. Database logging can slow down the performance and fill up your database. Entitled storage capacity might be a bottleneck when logging too much, and when you don’t have a process for reviewing the logs and performing cleanups. We showed an example of a client scenario to make people aware that you need to log the correct tables and think of cleaning up. We also talked and demoed alternative solutions to avoid database logging. You can find the presentation here: Presentation

Reinventing Supplier Collaboration with Dynamics 365 Supplier Engagement

This session was a special one. Last year, I started participating in a private preview of new Supplier Engagement features and a vendor collaboration portal. I was surprised to meet Ted Ohlsson in the preview meetings. I met him once at the Nordic Summit before, and given the expected timelines for a public preview on this feature, we submitted this session for DynamicsMinds. Unfortunately, due to some delays, the Supplier Engagement was still in private preview. After reaching out to Microsoft, we got approval to talk and demo the upcoming features, provided it was not recorded, no pictures were taken, a disclaimer, and an NDA slide were added.

In the room, we had two screens to be able to do a role play of a vendor and a purchaser to show the process from different personas. We talked about the new architecture, onboarding options for vendors, the RFQ process, purchase order reviews, invoices, and consignment stock visibility. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to share the slides at this moment in time. Feel free to reach out once the Supplier Engagement is in public preview.

From Confusion to Clarity: Mastering Dynamics 365 F&O Licensing

The last session on the event was about Dynamics 365 F&O licensing in relation to the license enforcement. It was my pleasure to deliver this session together with Fatih Demirci. We explained the enforcement timeline, available Dynamics 365 licenses, the relation between security roles and required license SKUs, available licensing reports, the difference between standard and premium licenses for Finance and SCM, and what steps to follow to ensure an organization will be license compliant with the lowest possible license requirements. Anyway, 45 minutes to discuss this topic is too short, and we had to focus on the most important information to share. You can find the presentation here for download: Presentation

If you want to learn more, you can find more information about the license enforcement on my blog page: Dynamics 365 Licensing Enforcement Advent Calendar

Next365 presence

Next365 is active in 9 countries. I don’t meet my colleagues every day, but I have regular calls. Besides these calls, it was great to meet Mihaela Remme and Bjørn-Ove Halvorsen in person at the conference. It was an option to get to know each other better, which will be beneficial for future cross-border collaboration. We separated the sessions we wanted to attend to be able to share experiences and learnings.

Keynotes

The keynotes were amazing. Where a lot of conferences start with keynotes, at DynamicsMinds this is planned at the end of the first day. This gives people the opportunity to arrive on Monday, and I think it is the ultimate way to close a day with good vibes. The theme this year was a galactic journey. It was a wonderful show where performances and Microsoft talks alternated with each other. Amazing dances, some humor, and even opera in keynotes. Wow! I’m not an opera fan, but who is expecting opera in keynotes? I really enjoyed the keynotes from start to finish. Two announcements stood out for me:

• Project MIA: An intelligent agent with the goal to discover, implement, monitor, and optimize business processes.
• ClawPilot: This has just been announced on Microsoft Build as Microsoft Scout. You can read more about it here: Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent

Dinner and party evenings

On both Monday and Tuesday, dinner was served in the hotel Bernardin garden next to the Adriatic Sea. The food was amazing, and on stage, DJ Fredrik Saetre and bands brought good music. While enjoying the food, drinks, and music, it was a great opportunity to meet a lot of people and continue sharing thoughts. I want to thank all the people I spoke with for the conversations.

Grateful and looking forward to the 5th edition

I want to thank the whole Docentric team, particularly Ana Gligorijevic, Jure Leskovec, Mira Razman, and Ivan Kaselj, for the organization of DynamicsMinds. Again, you were able to bring the most memorable Dynamics event of the year to Slovenia.

Of course, also a huge shoutout to all speakers and the programming committee for all the preparations and sessions delivered. Lastly, but not least, a big thank you to all attendees. You made it worth sharing our experiences and thoughts. Thanks to those who provided not only a rating, but also feedback on all of the sessions. At least, I learned from some of the comments.

Next year, DynamicsMinds will be back with their 5th edition, an anniversary. The location? There is no need to ask this question. The best place for all the magic and good vibes for this conference is in Portorož, Slovenia.

You can check out all the photos to get an impression and see what you might have missed, even if you joined this year. DynamicsMinds Conference’s albums | Flickr

Hopefully, see you next year!

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