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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Apps - Second Edition

By : JJ Yadav, Sandeep Shukla, Rahul Mohta, Yogesh Kasat
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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Apps - Second Edition

By: JJ Yadav, Sandeep Shukla, Rahul Mohta, Yogesh Kasat

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations is a modern cloud ERP platform that adopts a mobile-first approach suitable for medium-to-large enterprises. This book covers the entire implementation process of Dynamics 365 Finance and Operation Apps, including post-implementation and business transformation. The updated second edition starts with an introduction to Microsoft Dynamics 365, describing different apps and tools under it. You will learn about different implementation methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile, for your projects. We will cover various application components and architectures of Dynamics such as requirements processing, development, reports and analytics, and integration. With the help of tips, techniques, and best practices, you’ll explore strategies for managing configurations and data migrations. As you read further, you’ll discover development tools and processes in Dynamics for building customized solutions in Dynamics. The book will also demonstrate analytics and financial reporting options such as Power BI and Cortana Intelligence. Finally, you’ll learn the importance of testing and explore various automated testing strategies. By the end of this book, you will have gained the necessary knowledge to implement Microsoft business solutions with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Apps.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Summary

In this very first chapter of this book, we started with learning about Microsoft Dynamics 365 and all of the different products that are part of it. We also briefly learned about all of the product offerings, different plans, buying, and trial options. Then, we shifted the focus to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, which is the primary focus of this book, and we explored its history and key highlights.

In a nutshell, Dynamics 365 is a solution approach with a unified platform and data model. It's an end-to-end full -suite business application in the cloud. It's a win-win for customers, advisors, partners, and Microsoft, as they have enabled different channels of development, for example, drag-and-drop/wizard-like building capabilities for business users and analysts as well as pure development on Visual Studio, .NET, and BizTalk.

We look forward to Microsoft Dynamics 365 creating infinite possibilities and allowing organizations to leverage their finite resources and fixed timelines to be able to achieve more.

In the next chapter, we will start our journey of implementing Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and learn about the implementation methodology and tools.