FileMaker Future — AI, Servers & Integration

FMServerPulse is a live monitoring tool for FileMaker Server — the missing piece between "the server is up" and "the server is healthy." This session is a hands-on walkthrough: install it on a real server, watch the metrics flow, configure alerts, and see how it answers the questions FileMaker Server's built-in admin console doesn't.

WHAT WE'LL DEMO

• Live install on a fresh FileMaker Server (Mac, Linux, or Windows)
• The dashboard — what it shows, what it watches, what it alerts on
• Schedule monitoring — catching slow scripts before your users do
• Email alerts — configuring SMTP, what fires, what doesn't
• Trial signup, license activation, and going live in production
• Open Q&A on monitoring practices, FMS performance, and anything else you bring

WHO IT'S FOR
FileMaker Server admins, IT teams supporting FileMaker, and developers who want their solutions to be operationally sane. Beginners and pros both welcome — beginners get the "why" tour, pros get to grill the implementation.

FORMAT
60 minutes on Zoom. Live demo plus open Q&A. No prep needed.

BEFORE THE SESSION
If you want to follow along live on your own server, grab the trial at fmserverpulse.com/download and have FileMaker Server admin credentials handy. Optional — the demo is self-contained.
— Matthew Hardy, Database Success · creator of FMServerPulse

The AI tools you've been hearing about — Claude, Model Context Protocol, retrieval-augmented generation — aren't a hypothetical for FileMaker. They're shipping in production solutions right now. This first FileMaker Future session is a working tour: what's actually possible in 2026, what's still theater, and where the platform is genuinely headed.

WE'LL COVER

• Claude / OpenAI integration in FileMaker — three patterns that actually work in production, from the simplest to the most ambitious
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) — the new standard letting AI agents talk directly to your FileMaker data, with a live walk-through
• Server-side AI calls — when to run from the client, when to run from the server, what each costs you
• AI-assisted FileMaker development — where Claude Code and similar tools save real time, where they trip
• Live demos — actual code, actual data, no slideware

WHO IT'S FOR
FileMaker developers, consultants, and admins who want to see what modern FileMaker development actually looks like. Beginner-friendly framing throughout — you don't need AI experience to follow along, just curiosity.

FORMAT
60 minutes on Zoom. 25 minutes focused topic, 25 minutes open Q&A and show-and-tell, 10 minutes preview of next session. Recording posted for members.

PREP
None. Bring questions, bring war stories, bring whatever you've been wondering about AI + FileMaker.
— Matthew Hardy, Database Success