Hello everyone! This is the inaugural post on our new blog, so it makes sense to use it to explain what it’s going to be about!
In short, we plan to share tips, updates, and experiments with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O) platform. We don’t claim to “know it all”, so we welcome friendly thoughts and feedback on our content.
Also, we’re based in the UK, so expect to see us using British English (en-GB) references to modules and functionality, with occasional lapses into US English (en-US).
What is D365 F&O?
D365 F&O is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERPEnterprise Resource Planning software is used by businesses to manage day-to-day activities.) system from Microsoft. It’s designed to help businesses adapt quickly to changing market demands and drive rapid business growth.
D365 F&O includes the following applications, within a single environment:
- Finance: This is the financial hub of D365 F&O. It’s where you’ll find tools for managing everything from sales, purchase and general ledger, to budgeting, cash management, and fixed asset accounting. It also includes features for project management and compliance.
- Supply Chain Management: This module provides oversight of your end-to-end supply chain. It includes tools for managing stock, planning, procurement, product information, and production control, as well as asset, transportation and warehouse management.
- Commerce: This module is all about retail. It offers features for managing call centres and setting up sales channels, as well as tools for point-of-sale transactions.
- Human Resources: This module helps streamline HR processes. It includes features for managing benefits, employee development and training, and absence, as well as standard APIsAn Application Programming Interface is a set of rules enabling two or more applications to communicate and exchange data. for recruitment and payroll.
Why the name, “AX7”?
AX7 was the original name of the first completely browser-based version of Microsoft Dynamics AX, which we now know as D365 F&O.
The product has changed names before, and may well change names again, but despite only being used briefly, the name AX7 marked a significant evolution in Microsoft’s flagship ERPEnterprise Resource Planning software is used by businesses to manage day-to-day activities..
On that note, we’ll mostly talk about D365 F&O on this blog, but may occasionally cover elements of the legacy on-premise product, AX 2012 and its predecessors, as well as D365 F&O’s sister product, the mid-market ERPEnterprise Resource Planning software is used by businesses to manage day-to-day activities., Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC).