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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

By : Rahul Mohta, Yogesh Kasat, JJ Yadav
Book Image

Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

By: Rahul Mohta, Yogesh Kasat, JJ Yadav

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition, is a modern, cloud-first, mobile-first, ERP solution suitable for medium and large enterprise customers. This book will guide you through the entire life cycle of a implementation, helping you avoid common pitfalls while increasing your efficiency and effectiveness at every stage of the project. Starting with the foundations, the book introduces the Microsoft Dynamics 365 offerings, plans, and products. You will be taken through the various methodologies, architectures, and deployments so you can select, implement, and maintain Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition. You will delve in-depth into the various phases of implementation: project management, analysis, configuration, data migration, design, development, using Power BI, machine learning, Cortana analytics for intelligence, testing, training, and finally deployment, support cycles, and upgrading. This book focuses on providing you with information about the product and the various concepts and tools, along with real-life examples from the field and guidance that will empower you to execute and implement Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Foreword
Title Page
Credits
Disclaimer
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Chapter 9. Building Customizations

Customization is one of the most debated topics in ERP implementation. A majority of the customers have intentions to implement the ERP system without any customization. However, when a project team starts gathering the requirements and doing fit-gap analysis, one or more customizations are inevitable. Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition provides a broad variety of technologies and tool sets for developers to build additional solutions and functionalities. These tools not only enable the customer and the partners to customize the end product in order to meet the business requirements in a specific project but also help Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to build industry specific vertical solutions for a larger ecosystem. In this chapter, we learn about the development process and tools in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition. We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Architecture and concepts
  • Development...