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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

By : Rahul Mohta, Yogesh Kasat, JJ Yadav
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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

Buying Microsoft Dynamics 365


Dynamics 365 is available in two editions which can leveraged for purchasing. You can always get a trial version by signing up at Microsoft Dynamics 365 website and see all the platform and apps working together for yourself.

There are two Microsoft Dynamics 365 plan subscriptions available namely Enterprise edition and Business edition. The enterprise plan further provides various options to choose from as well as the option to select individual applications to start what you need and then upgrade as your business grows.

The following image shows the enterprise and business edition plans and various product offerings, as of July 2017:

Additional license options for Team members, activity users, and devices are available in both Enterprise and Business edition.

We would like to summarize our understanding of the buying options. Please do validate the current validity of the following options with your solution advisor/partner:

Business edition

  • Comprises of Business edition ERP and CRM
  • Cloud only
  • Suitable for 10~250 employees
  • Upper cap of 300 seats at maximum

Enterprise edition

  • Comprises of Enterprise version of CRM and ERP Applications
  • Cloud or on-premise choices; dual rights
  • No upper limit on maximum seats
  • Minimum 20 users to Finance and Operations/AX SKU's

Note

 Listing of buying option in this section as described as available at the time of writing this book (July 2017). These plans and offer may change in future. To know the current offer, pricing details please refer to Dynamics 365 pricing page at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/pricing.