Tag: D365


  • Asset Leasing and ASC 842 / IFRS 16 in D365 F&O

    The right-of-use asset and lease liability model, how D365’s Asset Leasing module handles lease classification, amortization schedule generation, and automated monthly journal creation, discount rate sourcing, lease modifications, and the ongoing governance that keeps the lease portfolio reconciled without a parallel spreadsheet perpetually running alongside the system. The Accounting Model — What ASC 842 and…

  • Upgrades, Release Waves, and Managing Change in a Cloud ERP

    How Microsoft’s continuous delivery model works for D365 F&O, what Finance must review before each release wave deploys, how to test changes affecting financial processes without becoming the bottleneck, and the governance model that keeps automatic updates from becoming unannounced surprises at period close. How Microsoft Delivers Updates — The Two-Wave Model D365 F&O operates…

  • Vendor Collaboration and Advanced Procurement in D365 F&O

    The vendor portal and self-service invoicing, purchase agreements vs. trade agreements and how each prices a PO, procurement policies and category hierarchies, consignment inventory and its unique GL treatment, and the three-way match controls that prevent paying for what wasn’t received at a price that wasn’t agreed. Invoice Matching in D365 — The Three Variants…

  • Global Trade Management and Customs Compliance in D365 F&O

    Intrastat reporting for EU entities, import/export controls, country of origin and HS code tracking, dual-use item classification, landed cost calculation and duty accruals, free trade agreement eligibility, and the Finance setup that ensures trade compliance costs land in inventory cost rather than in a period-end surprise journal. The Four Trade Compliance Areas D365 GTM Covers…

  • Service Management in D365 F&O

    Service agreements, service orders, service subscriptions, technician and resource dispatch, service object tracking, the complete GL flow from work order through invoice, and the Finance configuration decisions that determine whether your service business measures margin by agreement, by technician, and by customer — or by none of the above. The Four Components of D365 F&O…

  • Tax Setup in Business Central

    The VAT posting groups model, how BC decides which tax rate applies to every transaction, US sales tax and GST setup, tax-exempt customers and items, the VAT return and settlement process, and the configuration mistakes that create financial statement misstatements Finance won’t find until a tax authority does. How BC Calculates Tax — The Two-Group…

  • Copilot and AI Features in Business Central

    Let’s talk Copilot – What is actually live in D365 Business Central, what is genuinely useful for Finance teams, where current capabilities require careful governance, and the practitioner’s honest read of BC’s AI feature set today versus where the marketing suggests it is.

  • Power BI and Reporting Beyond Financial Reports

    Connecting Business Central to Power BI, the BC connector and its trade-offs, which questions belong in native BC reporting vs. a dedicated BI layer, building dashboards Finance and Operations can actually use, and the data freshness conversation every team needs to have before the first dashboard goes live. The BC Reporting Landscape — Four Tools,…

  • Global Finance and Multi-Currency Operations in D365 F&O

    The three-currency architecture, exchange rate types and where each applies, foreign currency revaluation and what it actually posts, realized versus unrealized gain and loss, the period-close currency controls Finance must own, and what breaks when the rate setup doesn’t match the accounting intent. The Three-Currency Architecture — What D365 Tracks on Every Transaction Every financial…

  • Manufacturing and Production Orders in Business Central

    Bill of materials, production orders, routings and capacity, costing methods for manufactured items, variance analysis, and the GL entries that happen when you build something instead of just buying it. What BC’s Manufacturing Module Covers BC’s Manufacturing module (available in BC Premium) handles discrete manufacturing — the process of building finished goods from component materials…