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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

Integration tools, midleware, and scenarios


In the earlier topics, we learned various integration concepts and technologies applicable to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition. Using RESTful APIs and OData service, any third-party application can directly integrate with Finance and Operations. However, system-to-system integration is not a preferred option as it leads to direct dependency between systems. Also, if your operation is deployed on the cloud and integrating application is on-premise, you have to use some middleware or integration broker applications. Many organizations have already invested in many such middleware applications, such as BizTalk server or Enterprise service bus. There are several other middleware integration tools that can be used to integrate Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition with third-party applications. In this section, we will discuss some of these tools, along with different integration scenarios where these...