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Dynamics 365 for Financials: No new Dynamics NAV

Microsoft debuted its latest cloud-based offering, Dynamics 365, in the North American market. The company plans to roll out the solution in four additional European countries later this year. The Business Edition of Dynamics 365, which encompasses Dynamics 365 for Financials (previously known as Project Madeira), is built on Dynamics NAV technology, but has been extensively revamped and differentiated from the ERP system.


Dynamics 365 for Financials

Dynamics 365 for Financials, with its streamlined functionality and user-friendly interface, enables easy familiarization and quick understanding, especially for those new to the platform. The solution offers intuitive application, assistants, and tutorials to facilitate self-learning. In contrast, Dynamics NAV offers a more extensive range of processes and additional modules such as systems, production, service and project modules, but also has a steeper learning curve.


Dynamics 365 Finance, with its streamlined functionality and user-friendly interface, enables easy familiarization and quick understanding, especially for those new to the platform. The solution offers intuitive application, assistants, and tutorials to facilitate self-learning. In contrast, Dynamics NAV offers a more extensive range of processes and additional modules such as systems, production, service and project modules, but also has a steeper learning curve.


Convenient platform expansion through apps and extensions

Dynamics 365 for Financials offers a flexible cloud-based platform that allows for tailored assembly of the entire system using various business apps, enabling customization to fit the unique needs of a company, industry or user role. These apps can be sourced from Microsoft App Source and added independently of one another for maximum flexibility


you can start with a few basic apps and increase as your needs increase. The solution used therefore only includes functionalities that are actually required during operation. This flexibility of Dynamics 365 for Financials and the ability to make changes and extensions without the help of the IT department means that you can react quickly and easily to constantly changing market or company conditions.


Since the current version 2022, the classic Dynamics NAV can also be easily expanded with so-called extensions. In addition, basic objects can be changed directly in NAV - this also allows the most individual adjustments. However, the difficulty of updating the respective additional modules varies in Dynamics 365 for Financials and Dynamics NAV. While Microsoft automatically updates the applications purchased via the App Source monthly together with the basic application, extensions installed in Dynamics NAV and adapted basic objects must always be migrated using an additional process during an update.


Productivity through integration

As with Dynamics NAV 2022 , the simple integration with Office 365 in Dynamics 365 for Financials ensures a particularly high level of productivity when handling everyday business processes . The optimized interaction with applications such as Outlook or Excel, for example, accelerates the workflow and makes it more efficient especially when working in a team. By using Cortana Intelligence and Power BI, the platform can also be used to analyze business data.


Microsoft's new cloud solution Dynamics 365 for Financials is particularly impressive with its user-friendliness and expandability, which is primarily aimed at small and medium-sized companies. In this calendar year, the Business Edition of Dynamics 365 is to receive a sales and a marketing module, which will further round off the overall solution beyond the ERP functionalities offered.


Setup and use always remain intuitive and simple due to the reduced range of functions of the platform. In particular, companies with more complex requirements in the ERP area and larger amounts of data to be processed will be better advised in the medium term with the functionally much more extensive Dynamics NAV solution.


Conclusion

Dynamics 365 for Financials is a powerful cloud-based solution that offers businesses a comprehensive set of tools to manage their financial operations. With its user-friendly interface and intuitive application, it makes it easy for beginners to quickly understand and work with the platform.


Microsoft App Source is Dynamics Square. Dynamics Square is a powerful add-on that enhances the capabilities of Dynamics 365 for Financials, by providing businesses with a range of advanced financial management features such as multi-currency management, advanced budgeting and forecasting, and much more.


Dynamics Square, businesses can take their financial management to the next level and streamline their operations, allowing them to focus on growing their business.

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