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Becoming a Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Solution Architect

By : Brent Dawson
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Becoming a Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Solution Architect

By: Brent Dawson

Overview of this book

Implementing an ERP project is a daunting task, and it can often get derailed due to several reasons, including but not limited to inefficient planning, inadequate resource scoping, insufficient working knowledge of ERP systems, and more. Becoming a Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Solution Architect helps you understand the intricacies of ERP project implementation for seamless deployment. This comprehensive guide helps you gain a deep understanding of how to implement and optimize robust business applications that meet the evolving needs of organizations. You’ll discover various integration methodologies to integrate different software applications and plan successful data migration seamlessly. By leveraging the author’s expertise, you’ll explore different challenges that can lead to project failure or cost/time overruns, along with customized solutions to maneuver past those issues for a successful outcome. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to identify potential issues that can negatively impact the delivery of the project and make design decisions that will prevent any potential negative impact on the design and functionality of the system at go-live stage.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Part 1: Architectural Considerations and Best Practices for D365 Finance and SCM
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Part 2: From Solution Design to Deployment – Practical Advice

Go-live preparation

Now that we have completed all the other phases of the project, testing has been completed, and we all agree that the project is ready for deployment, we now start the go-live phase. Here, we develop a detailed go-live plan that outlines the sequence of activities and tasks required to transition from the current system to Microsoft Dynamics. Consider factors such as data freezing, the cutover strategy, downtime minimization, and contingency plans. Also, we need to submit our go-live plans to Microsoft for its approval. This approval is the kick-off of getting the production environments created. Microsoft will use the gold image that you have created after all your project work to create the production environments.

They will also use previous performance testing results to determine the number of production environments that will be created. This date for go-live will be negotiated with Microsoft. Once that date has been reached, the customer will be able to...