Microsoft unleashes perfect storm with powerful cloud ERP A new age in accounting software is finally here Microsoft's cloud-based accounting software is about to get an upgrade. The company recently released news about upcoming changes to Dynamics 365, the latest in its line of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solutions. On March 13, Microsoft officially announced [...]
Why Dynamics 365 is Right for Nonprofits 8 great reasons to take a closer look at Microsoft's cloud-based accounting solution If you’ve done any office work for a nonprofit organization, chances are good that you’ve come across a Microsoft product. The company has a longstanding tradition of offering nonprofits free or heavily discounted software licenses [...]
Dynamics 365: Filling the gap between QuickBooks and ERP Microsoft’s latest accounting product is unique from anything else on the market. Although it’s branded as a type of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) product, it’s not quite the same as its predecessors, Dynamics SL, Dynamics GP and Dynamics NAV. Two in One Dynamics 365 is actually [...]
Boyer & Associates goes LIVE with its first Dynamics 365 for Financials client It’s official: Boyer & Associates’ first implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials is now live! We sat down with consultant Jason Baldwin to hear what it was like in the midst of our first implementation of Microsoft’s newest Software as a Service [...]
Standard Configurations of New Company Setup in Dynamics 365 for Financials: Part 2 Standard Assisted Setup Review — Additional Configurations Yesterday I showed you several standard configurations that are set up automatically when using the standard assisted setup tools to create a New Company in Dynamics 365 for Financials. Today's blog covers even more configurations that are set up automatically. [...]
Standard Configurations of New Company Setup in Dynamics 365 for Financials Standard Assisted Setup Review of Configurations In my last blog, Assisted Company Setup in Dynamics 365, I reviewed the prompts involved in creating a new Dynamics 365 for Financials Company using the standard assisted setup tools. This blog will outline some of the many configurations that are set [...]
Walkthrough: Standard Assisted Setup of New Company in Dynamics 365 for Financials As discussed in my previous blog, when you create a new company and use the assisted company setup tool’s Standard Setup option, you get a lot of preconfigured data. This blog walks through using the assisted setup tools and reviews the configurations that [...]
How to Set Up a New Company in Dynamics 365 for Financials Follow these five steps to set up a new company in Dynamics 365 for Financials: After logging into your Dynamics 365 for Financials instance, search for and open the Companies page. Click the New button on the Ribbon. Assign a Name to the new Company. Note: After you [...]
How to Record Vendor Expenses in Dynamics 365 for Financials There are a couple of options for recording vendor expenses in Dynamics 365 for Financials: (1) use Journals or (2) use Purchase Invoices along with Service Items. That said, I think only the Purchase Journal method makes sense. I'll clarify why below. Option 1 — [...]
