Meet Business Central
Connect finance, sales, service, and operations using one trusted solution.
Dynamics 365 Business Central
Streamline operations and maximize resources for your business
OVERVIEW
Explore tools and training to transform your business
Business Central documentation
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Business Central training
Explore the courses and guided online training paths available to help you become a Business Central expert.
DEMO
Take a guided tour of Business Central
- Welcome
Get started with a quick look at your Business Central home experience.
- Understand the health of your business
Real-time dashboards surface KPIs so you can act on what matters most.
- Simplified processes with Microsoft 365 interoperability
Work seamlessly across the Microsoft 365 apps you already use every day.
- Improved communication with Outlook integration
Turn emails into quotes, orders, and invoices without leaving Outlook.
- Intuitive features to drive efficiency
Navigate rich business data with a familiar, easy-to-learn interface.
- Summary
One connected solution to run your finance, sales, service, and operations.
SANDBOX
Try Business Central in a guided sandbox
Follow the checklist — steps complete automatically as you watch.
Provision your sandbox environment
Spin up an isolated Business Central tenant preloaded with sample data in minutes.
Import your company data
Bring in customers, vendors, and chart of accounts to explore workflows.
Configure roles and permissions
Assign user roles, test approval flows, and validate segregation of duties.
Test integrations and extensions
Connect Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and third-party apps end-to-end.
Run end-to-end business scenarios
Simulate quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and month-end close.
Review results and promote to production
Capture learnings, refine configuration, and confidently roll out.
FAQ
Common questions about Business Central
Yes. Business Central is a cloud-native, AI-powered ERP that brings finance, project accounting, grant management, and operations into one unified platform. For research organisations, this means true multi-dimensional analysis across funding sources, cost centres, and projects; automated grant and compliance reporting; and real-time visibility into research spend versus budget. Unlike Pronto v780 and Sage Intacct, which are often built around legacy architectures or narrower financial ledgers, Business Central integrates natively with Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365 CRM, giving researchers and administrators a modern, connected experience without brittle point-to-point integrations. Its built-in workflow engine, advanced allocations, and flexible dimensions are designed to handle the complexity of research funding, cost recovery, and audit trails right out of the box.
Yes. Business Central exposes rich, well-documented REST APIs, OData web services, and custom APIs that can read and write virtually any entity in the system. This makes it straightforward to integrate with specialist platforms such as Forsta for research insights and Wrike for project and work management. We also leverage Microsoft Power Automate, Azure Logic Apps, and custom connectors to orchestrate data flow, trigger actions, and keep systems synchronised in near real time. Whether you need to push project timelines from Wrike into Business Central, pull survey outcomes from Forsta into financial reports, or build a custom research data hub, the API layer is enterprise-ready and designed for seamless, low-friction integration.
Absolutely. We are designed to complement, not replace, your in-house IT team. Our role is to bring deep Business Central, research-sector, and integration expertise so your implementation is delivered faster, with lower risk, and with best-practice configuration from day one. We handle the complex areas—solution architecture, data migration, integration design, security and compliance setup, and knowledge transfer—while your IT team retains control of internal governance, change management, and ongoing administration. This shared approach is typically far more cost-effective than a full outsourced deployment, and it leaves your team self-sufficient once the project is live. We also offer flexible support tiers so you can dial our involvement up or down as your needs change.
