Dynamics 365 Business Central is Microsoft’s premier midmarket ERP, complete with the features, functionalities, and price tag ideal for organizations of all sizes. Small- to mid-size businesses (SMBs) are at a distinct advantage when considering Business Central for their ERP solution. They get a major upgrade in functionalities often afforded only to large corporations—with the reasonable price tag of smaller accounting systems such as QuickBooks. There are so many benefits of using this robust business app for SMBs, but we’ve highlighted just five game changers.

Integrating Business Central with Dynamics 365 Sales unlocks a powerful range of abilities that lets you access Sales data in Business Central and the other way around as well. If you use Dynamics 365 Sales for customer engagement, you can enjoy seamless integration in the lead-to-cash process by using Business Central for backend activities such as processing orders, managing inventory, and doing your finances.

Looking for new business software can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to something that will hopefully be an all-encompassing solution, like an ERP or CRM system. No matter what kind of system you’re in the market for, there are quite a few options out there, and for such a crucial backbone to everyday business processes, understandably no quick decisions can be made.

If you’re looking to add productivity powerhouses like Dynamics 365 Business Central or CRM applications like Dynamics 365 Sales and Marketing into your toolbelt, read on for some of the benefits you can expect when you join the Microsoft business application ecosystem.

Though the cloud-based ERP market may feel saturated, when the granular details of each solution come to light, it’s easier to narrow the field. Business Central offers high customizability, modernization, flexibility, scalability, security, automation, and seamless integrations with other applications—both Microsoft applications and 3rd party—all built upon a proven, successful ERP solution. As a part of the expansive Microsoft ecosystem, Business Central can be leveraged as a powerful cloud ERP independently, but you will reap unique and calculable benefits from employing other components within the ecosystem Business Central is part of.

Microsoft’s Bridge to the Cloud promotion will be available to qualifying customers, and it offers large strategic and financial benefits. Current Dynamics GP (or Dynamics NAV or Dynamics SL) customers can transition away from their current ERP and into Business Central in the most cost-effective manner available.

One way to crack down on potential digital payment and check fraud is by implementing Positive Pay, a fraud protection service offered and used by many banks, which can be considered an automated second set of eyes that monitors checks and payments and flags things that may cause concern. So, how exactly does Positive Pay work, and why should you implement it?

This year, Community Summit is October 12-15 in Houston, Texas. We’re revving up for our trip! Are you? We’ve already written a blog about how to get the most out Summit, and we hope you add our booth and sessions to your calendar when you sit down to strategize your time. We’ve compiled a complete list of where you can connect with us at Summit—including our booth and sessions—and we’ve also got a little surprise for you. (Yes, it’s a giveaway!)

Throughout the entire manufacturing marketing and sales process—from initial contact, to lead, opportunity, and quoting—all the way to order processing, a manufacturer constantly strives to optimize their processes. This makes sense; the faster and better they do their job, the more competitive they are through lower prices and more customers with increased satisfaction. There are countless moments along the sales and production pipelines with the potential to increase efficiency, and utilizing premier business solutions is perhaps the largest area of opportunity. ERP and CRM solutions such as Dynamics 365 offer features and functionalities to optimize business processes and are highly customizable to meet the needs of any manufacturer.

Integrating an email account to Business Central using an Outlook add-in can help users better keep track of which documents are sent to which contacts. Here’s how you can integrate Business Central with Outlook, plus a few of the scenarios where you’d want to use this helpful feature.

As we continue to push forward, cloud hosting is very much becoming a dominant player for business data. Many legacy systems are starting to age-out and need to be replaced. For many of these businesses, it can be difficult to finally make the call to upgrade, let alone migrate to the cloud. If the company is accustomed to managing everything in-house, that pass-off can be a bit daunting. Once you get past your initial “what-ifs” of making the switch, a cloud-based ERP system has many benefits over traditional on-premises server.

The goal behind digital transformation is to help organizations adapt and remain resilient against competitive pressure, changing customer needs, and even global crises. Companies who are flexible, with growth-mindsets and the urge to stay relevant with ever-new technologies, are the companies who successfully shift via digital transformation.

Digital is the future, and it is also the present, so there is no better time to consider how your business can move toward full digital transformation. This blog discusses seven key ways businesses can leverage the power of Dynamics 365 business applications to drive their digital transformation.

It’s time. Time to come together again, in-person, and bask in the connections and momentum that comes from being together and learning together. Community Summit North America 2021 will be held in Houston, Texas from October 12-15, and you’re invited. Summit organizers encourage you to come with questions, and you will leave with answers.

If Summit is new to you, or if it’s been a while since your organization has attended, here are the reasons why you should consider attending and how to make the most of Summit NA when you’re there.

We’ve already published a blog featuring the 2021 Release Wave 2 key updates for all Dynamics 365 applications, and now it’s time to shift attention to Dynamics 365 Business Central, which has a full list of enhancements to dive into. Microsoft boasts better built-in tours, integrations with Teams, and a host of other new capabilities and features that will roll out to Business Central in the second wave of 2021. Here is a list of the highlights Release Wave 2 has to offer within Business Central.

Plans were recently published for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 2021 Release Wave 2, slated for release this fall. This update will feature hundreds of enhancements and improved functionalities, including robust integrations with Microsoft 365 products. These significant new capabilities will strengthen the features made available by Release Wave 1, which was rolled out earlier this year.

Each small to midsize business faces unique challenges, but perhaps most widespread is a SMB’s struggle to find software that works well for their needs. Often technology SMBs use are made for enterprise-sized businesses, and are therefore inefficient, too expensive, or missing important functionalities the SMB needs. Businesses shift as time passes, and its technology needs to be able to do the same. Let’s take a look at six ways Microsoft Dynamics 365 benefits SMBs.

The process of upgrading Dynamics NAV to Dynamics 365 Business Central is one that many businesses have reservations about. At Syvantis, we have upgraded many clients from NAV to Business Central and are familiar with the common concerns and how to alleviate them. ERP systems are absolutely vital for the day-to-day operations of many employees within these companies.

There are a lot of ERP solutions out there, however, many organizations require an ERP system that can handle their multitude of unique processes and needs. No ERP is going to come out-of-the-box and fit the exacting needs of every organization. Dynamics 365 Business Central, like the rest of the Dynamics 365 platform, is highly customizable to be molded for individual needs.

Dynamics 365 Business Central utilizes a browser-based modern interface for all users to conduct their ERP processes in. With this modern interface comes personalization features for each user to update the interface to match their preferences and help them get their job done faster.

One such personalization feature that can make any job in Business Central easier is custom notifications. For example, an inventory manager can apply a notification to run when a specific item or item category is running low on availability.

At the Directions North America conference this past week, Microsoft announced a new Publisher program that is designed to overhaul the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) strategy for Dynamics 365 Business Central. The Directions conference is an event for Dynamics Partners to come together and collaborate to better service the small- and mid-sized business market.

Dynamics 365 Business Central is Microsoft’s premier mid-market ERP solution that supports a wide range of functionality to cover all business process that may be required by small- to mid-sized companies. The Business Central mobile app brings some of the great functionality to tablets and phones for on-the-go usage . The app is available on the Windows store, Apple store, and Google Play.