Hosting Microsoft Dynamics NAV on Azure is one of the fastest ways to implement an ERP solution. Speed and cost are critical considerations for small businesses when deploying ERP, and hosting on Azure caters to both of these factors. Still, small businesses have unique requirements and rarely use ERP out of the box. For Dynamics NAV user companies, this raises the question: can I host my Dynamics NAV solution on an Azure infrastructure, all while retaining the ability to adjust NAV... Read the full text.

Every organization needs modern, impactful financial reporting to analyze and manage company data in smarter ways in order to remain competitive in their industry. Microsoft Excel is arguably the most trusted spreadsheet application that is around today. More specifically, most of us have been using Excel since at least college. Given how familiar with Excel most are, it might be surprising to you that a lot of people design spreadsheets without planning.  This translates to poor infrastructure... Read the full text.

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As the CEO or owner of a Dynamics reseller or IT consultancy, you want to take full advantage of the business opportunities that Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers. Upgrades represent an important and growing part of the market. And, with a high proportion of NAV's 120,000 (global customers using a pre-2009 R2 NAV version (Microsoft stats), there are great revenue and profit opportunities for your business. The challenge is to take on large upgrade projects while making the most efficient... Read the full text.

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics Partner News Roundup: BroadPoint Launches Dynamics 365 Field Service Practice DSI ScanWorkX on Microsoft AppSource Drives Supply Chain Visibility Dave Lacey Named President & CEO of WatServ Visibility Software Hires Key Strategic Sales Staff to Continue Growth Momentum BroadPoint Launches Field Service Practice, Will Deliver Innovative Microsoft Dynamics 365 Solution BroadPoint Technologies , a business technology consulting... Read the full text.

The NAV People has released D365 Cannabis for the marijuana market-a market that, of course, operated informally before legalization. The NAV people describe D365 Cannabis as an "enterprise grade software [that] manages every aspect of the business from ‘seed to sale.'" As well as managing the greenhouse, growing and manufacturing processes, D365 Cannabis also covers finance, sales, distribution and wholesale, as well as the management of dispensaries. As a modular solution, D365... Read the full text.

Now that the Dutch snacks have been enjoyed and the bikes locked up, we've scoured our reporter's notebook to bring you the rest of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV, CRM, AX, and 365 news items from last week's  Summit EMEA 2017  event. Among the noteworthy details are product renaming plans, user interface updates, migration possibilities, and roadmap guidance.  Dynamics 365 CRM apps about to get a big new forms redesign Form loading speed in Dynamics 365/CRM has improved in recent... Read the full text.

Microsoft's introduction of the Dynamics 365 brand signaled an effort to realign its business solutions strategy with the company's overall direction on cloud and mobile technology. The change has already helped, in a sense, by capturing the attention of the industry in a way that the legacy products never could. But Dynamics 365, in particular the Business Edition, is a work in progress right now. And the tension between that brand awareness and Microsoft's efforts to deliver the Business... Read the full text.

From this week's Microsoft Dynamics NAV blogs: Quick Fix: There Is no System Code Page on Your Computer that Matches the Code Page of the Collation for the Database The New Item Categories Feature Replaced the Product Group Feature in Dynamics NAV 2017 Embedding Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Its Web Parts in SharePoint Online How to Restart a Job in ‘Error' or ‘Frozen Completed' Status Quick Fix: There Is no System Code Page on Your Computer that Matches the Code... Read the full text.

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics Partner News Roundup: ConnectBooster Announces New Accounting Integration into Microsoft Dynamics GP The Agiles Group Announces NAV-X as Master ISV for North American Market Visionet Systems Deploys Advanced Digital Consumer Engagement Platform for Pet Supplies Plus Provance IT Service Management for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Is now Available on Microsoft AppSource ConnectBooster Announces New Accounting Integration into Microsoft... Read the full text.