Upgrade Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central

Dynamics GP was one of the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions from Microsoft. Despite its reliability, the growing demand for smarter and more robust ERP solutions has prompted the company to develop a new suite of cloud business solutions to lead companies into the future.

Migration is a scary task for any business, especially when it comes to moving from a purely local solution like Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central a cloud-based solution. Fortunately, Microsoft is making this process easier.

What is Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Dynamics 365 Business Central is a powerful business solution that enables users to streamline processes, make smarter decisions, and accelerate growth. This robust ERP extends all the functions of Dynamics GP and offers companies better financial transparency, optimized supply chains, increased sales, and projects executed efficiently.

Business Central connects data between accounting, sales, purchases, inventory, and customer transactions, providing users with complete visibility and intensive start-up reports. With this software, you can identify patterns and trends, gain new knowledge, and perform detailed analyzes in unlimited business dimensions. You can also ensure your company's compliance and integrate seamlessly with other Microsoft applications such as Excel and Outlook.

Why Upgrade?

Better update planning - Business Central gives you larger updates every six months and smaller updates every few days. These fixes primarily address security requirements, but you can expect improvements to the user interface and processing with major semi-annual updates.

Seamless integration - Business Central is a client of the Microsoft family of software and offers tight integration with the Office 365 platform. In short, the more your company uses the Office 365 application suite, the deeper your integration with Business Central. They even benefit from automatic e-mail logging, access via Outlook add-ins, and robust import and export utilities via Excel add-ins.

Powerful extension - The Business Central suite is designed to easily use extension applications such as Power BI and Flow. Power BI is a powerful data processing application that your business can use to run business-level analytics. Flow is a process management tool that uses digital and robot-controlled process automation to increase productivity. These extensions are used by the largest companies in the world but are available to companies of all sizes via an affordable subscription model.

Improved user experience - Business Central offers a more modern look, using smart design to provide your employees with better overall user experience.

Improved infrastructure and mobility - Business Central is a cloud-based solution that does not incur server costs for your business. It is a web browser-based system with minimal installation and configuration requirements. And because it is hosted in the cloud, your users are no longer tied to fixed devices and can stay connected with customers, suppliers, and team members anywhere.