Resources
Guides & insight
Practical perspective on the hard parts of Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, from the team that builds the add-ons for them.
◆Deal money is the liability your ERP does not govern
Trade deals promise money back to customers months after the invoice. Most Finance & Operations shops track that liability in a spreadsheet, and the ERP never knows what was promised.
Aug 2026 →Financial Close◆Why financial close leaves the ERP, and what it costs you
Most F&O finance teams reconcile the balance sheet somewhere else. The data round trip is the expensive part, and it is avoidable.
Aug 2026 →Customer Warranty◆The warranty loop Dynamics 365 F&O leaves open for manufacturers
F&O can record the vendor warranty on what you buy. It has no engine for the warranty you sell, so claims adjudication and supplier recovery end up outside the ERP.
Aug 2026 →Supply Chain◆Transfer orders are second-class citizens in Dynamics 365. They should not be.
Sales and purchase orders get cancellation, freight capitalization, and dimensions. Move the same stock between your own sites and most of that disappears, which is why inter-site logistics runs on spreadsheets.
Jul 2026 →Controls & Audit◆Who viewed that record? The read-access gap in Dynamics 365 F&O
Finance & Operations tells you who changed a record. It does not reliably tell you who looked at one, and for payroll, pricing, and customer data that is the question auditors actually ask.
Jul 2026 →Governance◆How to change F&O configuration without breaking production
Editing production parameters live (no draft, no history, no undo) is one of the quiet risks in Finance & Operations. It doesn't have to be.
Jun 2026 →Data & BI◆Closing the data gaps in Dynamics 365 F&O reporting
The standard entity catalog leaves reporting and integration teams hand-building the data they need, and rebuilding it every upgrade. Here's how to stop re-solving the same gaps.
May 2026 →Eventing◆Real-time vs. polling in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations
Polling is how most teams notice change in F&O, and it's slow, costly, and quietly loading your database. Here's the case for real-time business events.
Apr 2026 →Integration◆Why Dynamics 365 F&O integrations take so long, and how to shorten them
Most Finance & Operations integration timelines are eaten by custom plumbing, not business logic. Here's where the time goes, and how a standard REST surface gives it back.
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