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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise - Fourth Edition

By : Roberto Stefanetti, Alex Chow
Book Image

Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise - Fourth Edition

By: Roberto Stefanetti, Alex Chow

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is a full business solution suite and a complete ERP solution, which contains a robust set of development tools; these tools can help you to gain control over your business and can simplify supply chains, manufacturing, and operations. Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise covers the latest features of Dynamics Business Central and NAV from the end users' and developers' perspectives. It also provides an insight into different tools available for implementation, whether it's a new installation or migrating from the previous version of Dynamics NAV. This book will take you from an introduction to Dynamics NAV 2018 through to exploring all the techniques related to implementation and migration. You will also learn to expand functionalities within your existing Microsoft Dynamics NAV installation, perform data analysis, and implement free third-party add-ons to your existing installation. As you progress through the book, you will learn to work with third-party add-on tools. In the concluding chapters, you will explore Dynamics 365 Business Central, the new Cloud solution based on the Microsoft NAV platform, and techniques for using Docker and Sandbox to develop applications. By the end of the book, you will have gained a deep understanding of the key components for successful Dynamics NAV implementation for an organization.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Microsoft Power BI


Microsoft Power BI is a tool that is part of the Microsoft Office 365 offering. It provides a web-based analytical tool for your data that can be set up to gather real-time data. The aim of Microsoft Power BI is to provide business intelligence to companies at a fraction of the cost of buying a regular business intelligence solution.

The following diagram shows the Microsoft Power BI layouts:

The Microsoft Power BI layouts in different devices

There are also content packs, which are specifically designed for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Apps, in this case) within Microsoft Power BI in Office 365. Within the content packs and Apps, they provide some of the graphs and charts Microsoft believes most companies will want to see.

Note

You will need a Microsoft Office 365 account in order to use Microsoft Power BI. To access the content pack, proceed to https://app.powerbi.com/getdata/services/microsoft-dynamics-nav.

Once you sign in using your...