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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

Solution blueprint


Solution blueprint is the ultimate visual a project. It's a midway checkpoint, the acceptance of which means that the project now changes its phase from assessment to building. A solution blueprint is always best when represented in an end-to-end flow diagram showing all the solution elements that are envisioned and agreed to be leveraged from here on.

A typical business blueprint must cover everything that the business is going to leverage in their future state operations. The solution blueprint is now the central-most important element when making any key decision and adjusting scope, and going forward, it will be leveraged in almost all the deliverables in the project.

All project stakeholders should have access to it, must have a voice to suggest optimizations, and must be involved in accepting the solution blueprint.

A much detailed document called the Solution Design Document (SDD) is recommended for in-depth documentation of the solution details, using the solution...