Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Valuable Features

David Hatfield - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Director/Partner at UniverseIT

Having dynamic dimensions definitely makes managing much easier. For example, when I was a financial systems manager for a publicly traded company using GP, creating a new expense account required about four hours of work because we had to create the account string for every department, line of business, and region. This resulted in over 800 unique account strings. In Business Central, creating a new expense account is much simpler and independent of other dimensions. When coding transactions, we select the main account number, line of business, call center, and region separately. This is a huge benefit and Business Central is also device agnostic, allowing it to be operated on any device. GP is a Windows-based program that requires a laptop or PC to operate and a VPN to connect to the database from home, making it slower outside of the office. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is better suited for the new workplace environment where many people work from home.

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CirveshDaga - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at Tech Mahindra

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is good for smaller-sized companies.

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VB
Business Development Manager - Microsoft Dynamics 365 at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Its most valuable feature is the user interface. It's quite easy to use. Anyone with any past ERP experience can use and understand it. They can also customize it on their own. They can change the place of the field and can do it on their side since it is on the cloud. This is the best thing. 

It also has a mobile application. If you are not on your laptop or computer, you can use it even from your mobile.

In addition, there is a community portal where people from all around the world suggest what they want in the system, and the Microsoft team replies to them. There are votes on comments, and then they make the changes in their next release. There is a new major release every six months.

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Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
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MohamedElgendy - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director & Co-founder at ABC COUNSEL

As a customer, one should focus on specific pillars such as CRM, opportunity management, and interaction handling. Depending on the business, emphasis might shift to post-production or accounting modules, especially when utilizing functions related to manufacturing or production. Each feature holds value tailored to meet different customer needs.

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AR
Director de servicios at Kc erp group

The Power Apps are very good for developers. 

The solution's integrations and interface are very good. Many options are included such as different IPs, APIS, and Azure SQL Database. You can interface with handheld machines and other products. This makes things easy on developers and saves time.

The dashboard very user friendly and the best we have seen in ERPs. You can see KPS, sales, and customers in a virtual front desk. With one click you see what you need because Power AI sends everything to the dashboard. 

Information changed in Excel or another integrated tool automatically pushes to the solution. 

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DV
Lead Analyst at Michelin

The solution helps to create new tickets, and the delegation to the concerned person is smooth. The solution has good dashboard functionalities and export functionalities.

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AA
ERP Specialist at AMC Entertainment

Reporting and cooperation between departments are valuable features of the solution. Cooperation means that all employees can see and make a transaction between themselves. It makes delivering information and organizing the work easier to make it a more flowable workflow. So, it provides a structure to approve and structure to pass the transactions in a good and correct way or path.

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LS
Senior Technical Specialist at Edward Jones

Microsoft Dynamic 365 has everything we need, like Teams, Outlook, Excel, etc. I do a lot of data visualization, so I work a lot with Power BI. I bring in tables from Oracle and use Power Bi to manipulate and visualize the data. I handle all the stats and track everything that goes in and out of the company. We use all the modules, but I work primarily with Power BI, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams. They are all equally important and work together.

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PO
Chief Financial Officer at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is cloud accessibility.

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Yavuz  Günay - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Günay Erdogan

This is readily available and affordable, as well as user-friendly and simple to use in my opinion.

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NeshPattali - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Cloud Practice at Cloud Pro Technologies LLC FZ

One of the most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is its seamless integration capabilities. It is a fully integrated solution that communicates with various Microsoft products such as emails, Teams, and Excel. For instance, when dealing with complex tasks like invoicing with hundreds of lines, users can easily export the data to Excel, manipulate it as needed, and then seamlessly push it back into Business Central.

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GauravRaghav - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at APIS

From an end-user's perspective, it's really nice to have all the technologies consistent. The solution's integration between Teams, SharePoint, and Exchange Online is really helpful.

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Gabriel Oyeyemi - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Stanbic

The security feature, particularly the encryption, which still builds sensitivity, is one of the most valuable features. 

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SanilPrakashan - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager ICT at B.L.Naidu & Sons Pte Ltd

The product is customizable so we can tune it according to our requirements.  

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VL
Financial Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features of Business Central for me are its seamless integration with Power BI and the ability to create customized reports. These features save us time and effort in analyzing our results.

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Hüseyin Rıdvanlar - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at LTS

I am impressed with the tool's user authentication, compatibility , and policies. 

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WL
Systems Engeriner/Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the Teams application. I use Teams to share documents amongst my team members, have meetings, and talk to them.

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Danie Joubert - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at ProQuanta

The tool covers most of the business requirements that most companies have, especially financial institutions.

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LamViet Tan - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Supervisor at TPC VINA Plastic and Chemical Corp., Ltd.

The selling feature is the most valuable.

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MU
Manager Pre Sales and BD- Microsoft Products at TMR Consulting Private Limited

We really like the applications, including SharePoint, Teams, and the M365 Suite. 

It is very user-friendly.

The initial setup is easy.

The pricing isn't overly expensive.

It is stable.

Technical support from local partners has been good. 

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PT
Senior Customer Success Manager at Precio Fishbone Vietnam

The most important feature of Microsoft Dynamics NAV is that it lets us centralize all our information so that we don't need to rely on any other software outside of Microsoft.

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Anil Peralath - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Manager - AUH at Gerab System Solutions LLC

This is a robust solution. I like the integration with Power BI wherein we are able to deploy multiple reports along with Power BI. We have access to all the reports we need in one dashboard. It's very useful for us and for the sales department, in particular. 

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Shaik Fareed - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Eyegear

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is using the Excel sheets on Chrome and other applications.

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CM
System Administrator at Finlays

Microsoft Dynamics NAV's most valuable feature is the integration with other Microsoft solutions.

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JM
Vicepresident for Administration at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's quite reliable, and there's a good local provider who can adapt the solution for tax issues.

This solution can be used in combination with Microsoft Office 365 with the cloud version.

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SS
Senior Manager - Accounts at JFE Engineering India

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics NAV is its simplicity of accounting and receiving reports. The solution is similar to Microsoft Excel, and that similarity is good. All the functions of Microsoft Dynamics are user-friendly.

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WL
Information Security Engineer (Core Network Security) at NEX4 ICT Solutions

The performance is good. I'm happy overall with the product's capabilities. 

It's helpful for work purposes. 

It's stable.

The solution can scale. 

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Suranjith Swaris - PeerSpot reviewer
Country Director at Inextricable Group Tech

The most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are the dashboards, ease of use, and flexibility.

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SV
Project Consultant ( Scale Up) at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

For my clients, the most important feature of Microsoft Dynamics NAV has been the workflows, including how organized the information flows across. That has been the key reason for the entire migration, and why my clients have been using Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

My clients have multiple business areas, and each business area is independent and uses Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It's not like one license is being used across business units. Now my clients are trying to remove all of that, in particular, remove all those multiple systems and bring them into one omnichannel.

For me, the main strengths of Microsoft Dynamics NAV are that it's user-friendly and light. These are its major wins. I have used other ERPs and their architecture were a little more complex when compared to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV architecture. The solution is customizable and user-friendly, and these are the key elements that I like best about Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

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KG
Vice President - Information Systems at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have found the flexibility to be very valuable. It's highly flexible, and at least for us, it has been effective. It is also highly functional.

A regular consultant will be able to do a lot more than that with some of the other platforms. With SAP, you may need a specialized consultant for each module. You won't get one person who is an expert in multiple modules that can do a lot of work easily. This is not the case with Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

So, it's cost effective in terms of price and maintenance as well. You get resources that are very helpful, and the application by itself is very flexible.

It's stable and scalable at small to medium load requirements.

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DS
Digital Transformation Manager at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is easy to use, and it works very well for small-scale companies.

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ER
Microsoft Dynamics Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

All of the features are valuable, depending on where you implement them. I've done implementations in 60 countries, across 86 different companies and groups, and each company has a different reason for why they want to use it. Every single feature that I've implemented has been successful, and for some companies, where they didn't use the functionality, they have moved to external products or they've integrated into other applications. 

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Lucifiel Wong - PeerSpot reviewer
Client Success Manager at Galax Solutions Limited

The solution's most valuable feature is the ability to correct the dimensions.

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SH
Software Consultant at Fortitude Systems

NAV provides a framework that you can build on and customize to fit your business needs

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CC
Business application analyst at CFI

We like the manufacturing and case management modules.

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CD
Software Engineer at Apmosys Technology Pvt. Ltd.

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is its ease of use, data customization, and smooth integration.

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Dinesh Parashar - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head- Epicor at coporateserve Solutions pvt. ltd.

I like Microsoft Dynamics' simplicity. The interface is excellent, and it's a highly mature product. You can hardly find any bugs in the product. 

The Microsoft brand is also crucial. When you pitch this solution, customers know Microsoft and understand the advantage of native integration between Microsoft products and MS Dynamics Business Central. Another thing is customization. We can easily build a custom solution if somebody wants one.

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JC
Design Engineer at SS Automation Solutions Pvt Ltd

It's quite useful for our production line, and it's easy to configure to our requirements.

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Hemant-Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager- Sales at Acxiom Consulting

The most valuable feature is that it's completely stacked with Microsoft solutions like PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. That is the best DNA, which Microsoft offers you while using the solution.

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MY
IT at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

One of the reasons why NAV was best suited for us was the fact that it was customizable. All the functions aren't off-the-shelf. 

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

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Dinesh Parashar - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head- Epicor at coporateserve Solutions pvt. ltd.

Microsoft products are very good in general. This product is flexible, easy to use, intuitive, and has good capabilities. The solution does well in India because of the solid brand Microsoft has created.

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YE
Group CIO at a import and exporter with 51-200 employees

The solution is very well integrated and doesn't require a lot of work in that respect. We're happy with it. One of the advantages is that, for example, the vertical covers all aspects of the functionality for the various areas of operations and integrates easily with the existing office products, BI, and CRM. On top of that, there are a lot of resources available for this platform to do whatever integration is required. Essentially, we use the SharePoint product, Offices 365, the mail, all are well integrated. On top of that, there are a few other functionalities that could be coming out on Office 365 which would help us to improve our processes. 

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it_user617397 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV Projects at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Usability and UX/UI functionality. These features make implementation of projects much simpler. It allows smoother adoption of the new system and processes.

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HD
IT Manager at a construction company with 201-500 employees

Everything seems to be useful for each production department. We have everything recorded in the database, so our data is much more manageable than before. That's one of the greatest advantages.

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NK
Senior Manager- Presales at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is brilliant and it's a different segment when comparing it with Dynamics AX. Dynamics AX is a larger product with much more features and it's aimed at a different segment of the market.

I have found it to be role-oriented. You have different workspace homepages and it's has something for everyone from finance to project management to inventory. Additionally, it has a basic manufacturer sector functionality.

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it_user617415 - PeerSpot reviewer
MCT-NAV Freelancer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Accounting Reporting: Account Schedule and Analysis By Dimension
  • Flexibility for end users to create their own reports from the chart of an account
  • Integrated export to Excel
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it_user347049 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Executive at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
  • Provides management with insight about data on a real time basis
  • Helps real time data users who need to make entries into the system
  • It looks and feels like other Microsoft products
  • The user interface can be easily integrated with applications like Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
  • Drill down functionalities
  • Easy search functionality
  • The filtering facilities and drill down features are similar to how Microsoft Excel works
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it_user607836 - PeerSpot reviewer
MS Dynamics Nav developer with 51-200 employees

Financial analytics provide end users with a real good picture of financial information, such as income and P&L. It can be divided by organization unit, for example, and it can be reported in one additional currency.

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TS
Project Manager at Kanoksin

The solution is easy to use, flexible, and customizable.

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it_user610443 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dynamics NAV Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

It is highly customizable. A customer’s business processes are unique to their business and at times, standard business processes do not fit any ERP system.

Dynamics NAV can be customized to suit the client’s requirements, whether it be functionality, integrations, or interfaces. Newer versions of this solution also allow the end-user to make modifications to the user interface without going to the reseller.

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it_user359073 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior programmer/ team leader at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
  • Stable
  • Well known
  • Easy to develop and maintain.
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it_user622965 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The product is very easy for the users. Generally, an ERP solution is a little challenging for end users.

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TW
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Ease of use, extremely flexible, and cost effective. It is well targeted for small and medium size businesses.

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it_user413973 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of MIS/ERP - Senior Application Manager at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
  • Role Tailored User Experience
  • Supported Web Service enabling pages and codeunit
  • Enhance Reporting become more user friendly
  • Added NAV Security Feature
  • Job Queue Capability
  • Offer API integration
  • Sales Credit Memo to Reverse a Sales Entry by using Copy Feature
  • Create PDF feature
  • Tracebility of Change Log Records
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it_user323985 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microsoft Dynamics Consultant/Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
  • User role based access control
  • Easy to customize
  • Seamless integration with Office 365 and other MS products in the stack
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it_user621036 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The customization possibilities in all modules are a valuable feature.

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it_user617403 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Solution Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This is a flexible ERP solution and it includes these major functional areas:

  • Trade
  • Supply chain
  • Manufacturing
  • Finance
  • Logistics
  • Warehouse
  • Service
  • Quality management
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Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,415 professionals have used our research since 2012.