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Becoming a Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Solution Architect

By : Brent Dawson
Book Image

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

Plan out subscription requirements

As was previously mentioned, licensing is a complicated topic. If you don’t get it right, it will cost the client a lot of money they weren’t planning on spending, and it can impact an SA’s reputation in the market. There are several tools that are available to SAs that can help you determine how many of each type of license will be needed for a deployment.

Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

The Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide is the first place an SA can look to determine what types of licenses are needed for a deployment. From this guide, you can find out which security roles require what level of license. The following example shows some of the Finance roles, what the role does in the system, and the types of licenses that can be used to execute the role:

Role

Description

Finance (Base)

Ops-Activity...