That’s a wrap on 2025! We're wrapping up an incredible year of innovation and looking forward to what’s next. This final developer newsletter is packed with essential updates on ODC, new resources for the AI era, and your last chance to complete training and certification before the year ends. Also, save the date for our biggest event, ONE 2026, happening in June! Read on for all the details.

Save the Date for ONE 2026
Our conference is back! Mark your calendar for ONE 2026, happening June 2–3 at RAI Amsterdam. Join us for two days of inspiring keynotes, real customer stories, deep technical sessions, and the latest innovations in OutSystems - all designed to help you build, scale, and modernize faster. More details coming soon, but for now, save the date!

Nominations for the OutSystems MVP Award 2025 are now open!
The OutSystems MVP Award is a highly prestigious, annual recognition program that celebrates outstanding contributors and showcases them across our global ecosystem of partners and customers. Nominate your selection today!

And because the year isn’t over until code freezes, you can make your final 2025 efforts count before you receive your 2025 Community Wrapped! This is your final chance to get certified, build with the forge, collaborate in the forums, join an event, give back in Mentorship, finish your training and Become an AI Developer!

Before we sign off for the year, thank you to the entire OutSystems community for your contributions, making this a truly memorable year. We wish you and your family happy holidays and look forward to seeing you next year!

The Future Isn’t Apps - It’s Agentic AI

In this special year-end episode of the Drag & Drop podcast, Feroz Khan sits down in Miami with Woodson Martin, CEO of OutSystems, for a candid, no-hype conversation about what actually works in enterprise AI.

Entra ID Proxy for OutSystems Developer Cloud

Stefan Weber, OutSystems MVP, AWS Community Builder and Delivery Manager at valantic, shows his new component the Entra ID Proxy that acts as an Identity Provider proxy in ODC and allows to use access tokens retrieved from Microsoft Entra in further interactions with the Graph API.

From Squares to Icons: Custom Icons and Rendering in OutSystems

Check this article from Mariana Junges, OutSystems Developer Frontend at Bosch, to troubleshoot the issue of temporary rendering of squares in place of the expected icons during the initial load or when navigating between screens.

How to Make Your OutSystems App Cookies Secure

Raquel Gouveia, an OutSystems Consultant at Peaceful Evolution, walks us through how to secure cookies in OutSystems applications using Lifetime or the Factory Configuration component from Forge.

App performance hacks: Troubleshooting like a pro

Azhar Altaf guides us through the troubleshooting process, providing excellent examples of how to diagnose an OutSystems application and identify areas for performance enhancement.

In-memory databases: Speed and security for mobile apps

Learn how to boost the performance of your OutSystems mobile applications even further by utilizing in-memory databases, as explained in this article by André Gonçalves.

Email implementation documentation: Legacy Outlook support

António Pêgas demonstrates how to build emails that preserve modern styling and design fidelity across all major email platforms (web, desktop, and mobile). The focus is on ensuring broad compatibility, including older Outlook versions, while prioritizing readability and maintainability.

Agents vs Zombies, Xmas Edition

Agents vs Zombies just got a Christmas update! We have a brand-new winter look and a super-challenging new map! Use your Agentic building skills to train your agents to survive the icy maze, find the gift, and save the world!

More technical content here and here

The New OutSystems Reality:

• O11 is Here to Stay: We’ve extended O11 support indefinitely, so no need to migrate your legacy apps to access new features.
• Seamless Hybrid Development: Keep your core systems stable on O11 while building new, powerful AI agents in ODC.
• Instant ODC Access: If you’re an O11 customer, you can activate your commercial ODC environment now through the customer portal ("Activate ODC").
• Personal Environments: Get hands-on with ODC immediately via the new Personal Edition to become an AI developer and start building with AI.

Coming in January

Look out for the ODC Data Fabric Connector for O11. This new connector will allow your existing O11 apps to directly communicate with ODC, providing access to next-gen AI and scaling capabilities without an extensive backend rewrite.

Agent Workbench & Free Capacity Offer

The Agent Workbench has been Generally Available since September, and you've already created over 13,000 agents. Bonus: Deploy an agent to Production by January 31, 2026, and we'll add free Agent Workbench capacity (worth €20k/year) to your contract.

We build the tools, but you build the future. We can't wait to see what you ship next.

1. OutSystems Architect at Xebia; US; Remote
2. OutSystems Senior Developer at OSQuay; Lisbon; PT
3. Senior OutSystems Developer at Global Quality Partners; Manila; PH
4. OutSystems Developer Consent at Zurich Insurance; Barcelone; ES
5. Senior OutSystems Developer at Gloroots AI; IN; Remote

OutSystems Developer Schools | Remote Event |GLOBAL | Q1

When it comes to learning, there’s no time to waste! Registrations are open for the next batch of OutSystems Developer Schools! Invite a friend or colleague and help shape the next generation of OutSystems and AI developers. The program is fully free, focuses on ODC development and leads to free certification too. Share the link!