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You configure the Dynamics NAV Client connected to Business Central by modifying the ClientUserSettings.config file. Task 7: Mount tenants (multitenant only) If you have a multitenant Business Central environment, mount the tenant databases on the Business Central Server. Dynamics NAV is now Dynamics 365 Business Central Get the same rich functionality as Dynamics NAV, with full flexibility to deploy in the cloud or on-premises with Business Central, a comprehensive business management solution designed for small to medium-sized businesses. Learn more about Business Central. Learn how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central can help you grow your accounting practice by providing easy access to your client data and dashboards.

MS Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Microsoft Dynamics NAV) is an all-in-one comprehensive ERP solution that helps you seamlessly bring together all the various elements of your business, like financials, sales, service, operations, manufacturing etc., to help you effortlessly transact as well as make well informed decisions for your business. Depending on your requirement, you may choose where to run Business Central – whether it is on the cloud or on-premise.

MS Dynamics 365 Business Central comes essentially in 2 flavors of functionality-based licensing:

Dynamics 365 Business Central Essential
  • Financial Management
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Human Resources Management (Employee Information)
  • Project Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Warehouse Management
Dynamics 365 Business Central Premium
  • All features of Dynamics 365 Business Central Essential
  • Service Management
  • Manufacturing

Detailed Functionality Of Dynamics 365 Business Central

Dynamics 365 Business Central EssentialsFinancial Management

Business Central brings across all elements of accounting together seamlessly, automating mundane tasks to ensure timely closure and reporting of financials.

Financial Management Modules
  • Basic General Ledger
  • Basic Fixed Assets
  • Allocations
  • Electronic Payment / Direct Debits*
  • Insurance
  • Bank Account Reconcilliiation
  • Budgets
  • Maintenance
  • Payment Handling
  • Account Schedules
  • Fixed Assets Allocations
  • Cash Flow Forecast
  • Consolidation
  • Reclassifications
  • Advanced Dimensions
  • Basic XBRL
  • Bank Account Management
  • Deferrals
  • Change Log
  • Check Writing
  • Multiple Currencies
Advanced Financial Management
  • Responsibility Centers
  • Inter-company Postings
  • Cost Accounting

Customer Relationship Management

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You can keep track of all interactions with your customers and define your sales cycle and at hence have complete control over the same. This ensures that all your customers are optimally served, respond to queries on time etc. You can also seamlessly integrate with Dynamics 365 for Sales.

Customer Relationship Management Modules
  • Contact Management
  • Task Management
  • Opportunity Management
  • Campaign Management
  • Outlook Client Integration
  • Interaction/Document Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Contact Classification
  • Mail Logging
  • Notifications
  • Dynamics 365 for Sales and Dynamics 365 for Customer Service

Project Management

Completely manage and track all your Customer Projects. Define detailed budgets for the Project, measure the performance of the project against these by tracking budgets against actuals. You can plan and schedule resources and define capacities and also record Time Sheets. Directly invoice your customers based on planned orders.

Project Management Modules
  • Basic Resources
  • Estimates
  • Time Sheet
  • Capacity Management
  • Tasks/Steps
  • User Tasks
  • Multiple Costs
  • Jobs

Supply Chain Management

Optimize and manage Inventory levels with assistance from Business Central. Keep optimum stock levels by purchasing only what you require and when you require it. Effectively manage lead times, re-order points and stock levels. Manage inventory movement across various inventory or transit locations to keep full track of the same.

Supply Chain Management Modules
  • Sales Tax/VAT*
  • Basic Payables
  • Alternative Vendors
  • E-services
  • Purchase Invoicing
  • Assembly Management
  • Item Categories
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Location Transfers
  • Item Attributes
  • Purchase Invoice Discounts
  • Item Substitutions
  • Stock keeping Units
  • Basic Receivables
  • Requisition Management
  • Item Cross References
  • Sales Invoicing
  • Alternative Order Addresses
  • Nonstock Items
  • Sales Order Management
  • Purchase Return Order Management
  • Item Tracking
  • Sales Invoices Discounts
  • Purchase Line Discounting
  • Item Charges
  • Alternative Ship-to Addresses
  • Purchase Line Pricing
  • Bin
  • Shipping Agents
  • Drop Shipments
  • Pick
  • Sales Return Order Management
  • Salespeople/ Purchasers
  • Analysis Reports
  • Sales Line Discounting
  • Basic Inventory
  • Item Budgets
  • Sales Line Pricing
  • Multiple Locations
  • Workflow
  • Document Management, Document Capture And OCR Document Management, Document Capture and OCR

Warehouse Management

Depending on how complex or simple your organizational processes are, Business Central allows you to define the same with ease. You may require processing your orders one-by-one or you may require combining the same. Your warehousecan be setup as a simple inventoriable location or a complex warehouse with Racks, Bins & Zones andalsodefine how stockreceipts, putaways, picklists, shipments etc. will be done.

Warehouse Management Modules
  • Order Promising
  • Put Away
  • Warehouse Management Systems
  • Calendars
  • Warehouse Receipt
  • Internal Picks and Put Aways
  • Campaign Pricing
  • Warehouse Shipment
  • Automated Data Capture System
  • Cycle Counting
  • Standard Cost Worksheet
  • Bin Set-Up

Human Resources

You can maintain your employee details and information such as their education details, skill sets, trainings etc. You can also track and maintain employee expenses.

Other

Besides the above mentioned detailed functional modules, Business Central brings in additional modules that enable and flex the capabilities of the product to help you facilitate ease of operations and reporting.

Other Modules
  • Unlimited Companies
  • Job Queue
  • Multiple Currencies
  • Reason Codes
  • User Management
  • Intrastat
  • Extended Text
  • Embedded Power BI
  • Word reporting/Document reporting
Dynamics 365 Business Central PremiumService Management

Business Central Premium brings out rich functionality in terms of managing Service to your customers. You can manage your Customer Service Contracts, setup your service prices, service items, create service orders and create service invoices from them. You can also plan and manage resources allocated to service requests and it also helps you plan their capacity.

Service Management Modules
  • Service Order Management
  • Service Item Management
  • Planning and Dispatching
  • Service Price Management
  • Services Contract Management
Manufacturing

Effectively plan, manage and execute Production Orders using the Business Central Manufacturing module. Using the Demand Forecasting and Supply Planning elements of the Manufacturing module you can ensure that production is planned in advance along with ensuring material availability on time as well as resource and machine availability by using capacity planning.

Manufacturing Modules
  • Production Orders
  • Basic Supply Planning
  • Finite Loading
  • Production Bill of Materials
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Sales and Inventory Forecasting
  • Version Management
  • Basic Capacity Planning
  • Agile Manufacturing
  • Machine Centers
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The Business Central deployment includes three core components for serving the application to users. It also includes various tools and components for managing, developing, extending, and testing the application.

Multi-Tier System Topology

To understand the components is useful to first look at the base topology of a Business Central deployment, as illustrated in the following diagram:

Components

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Main components

Every deployment must include the core components: Web server, Server, and SQL Database.

ComponentDescriptionMore Information
SQL DatabaseAn SQL Server or Azure SQL Database database that contains application object definitions and business data. In a multitenant deployment, the application and business data can be separated into different databases: the application database and the tenant, which is the database that contains the business data. In this case, there can be one or more tenants for a single application database.Creating Databases
Deploy a Business Central Database to Azure SQL Database
ServerBusiness Central Server is a .NET-based Microsoft service application that uses Windows Communication Framework to handle communication between clients and databases. It controls authentication, event logging, scheduled tasks, reporting, and more.Configuring Business Central Server
Web ServerAn Internet Information Server (IIS) web site, provisioned with the Business Central Web Server components, that enables access from the Business Central Web client and mobile apps.Business Central Web Server
Business Central AppA desktop, phone, and tablet app for Business Central.Windows Store
App Store
Google Play
Web servicesSOAP and OData Web Services for exposing application functionality to external systems and users. Developers can create and publish functionality as web services. They expose pages, codeunits, or queries, and even enhance a page web service by using an extension codeunit.Web Services

Development and administration components

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ComponentDescriptionMore Information
AL development environmentAn AL language extension for Visual Studio Code for developing applications and extensions.Getting Started with C/SIDE and AL for On-Premises.
Business Central Server Administration toolA Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for creating and configuring Business Central Server instances.Business Central Server Administration Tool
Business Central Administration ShellWindows PowerShell modules for managing the deployment, including tasks such adding and configuring Business Central Server and Web server instances, databases, and users, and administering extension packages.Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Business Central

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Additional components

ComponentDescriptionMore Information
Demo DatabaseA database that contains application objects and sample business data for demonstration purposes.
Dynamics NAV Development EnvironmentThe C/SIDE client that was available in Dynamics NAV for developing applications using C/AL. In Business Central, this component is only required for doing upgrades but you can still use it to develop applications.DISCONTINUED AFTER: Business Central Spring 2019
Development in C/AL in the Dynamics NAV Developer and IT Pro Help.
Dynamics NAV Development ShellWindows PowerShell modules for merging and modifying application object files and creating extension packages. Installed with the Dynamics NAV Development Environment.DISCONTINUED AFTER: Business Central Spring 2019
Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Business Central
Dynamics NAV Client connected to Business CentralWindows Desktop application for accessing Business Central.DISCONTINUED AFTER: Business Central Spring 2019
Microsoft Outlook IntegrationA Business Central Server component for integrating with Microsoft Outlook.DISCONTINUED AFTER: Business Central Spring 2019
Microsoft Outlook Add-inA component to synchronize data, such as to-dos, contacts, and tasks, between Business Central and Outlook. The Outlook Add-In uses Business Central web services.Setting Up the Office Add-ins for Outlook Integration
Microsoft Excel Add-inA component that enables users to export data from Business Central to Excel.DISCONTINUED AFTER: Business Central Spring 2019
Excel Add-inA component that enables users to export data from Business Central to Excel.Setting up the Excel Add-In
Page TestabilityA Business Central Server component for testing pages.
Automated Data Capture SystemA system that tracks the movement of items in a warehouse.Use Automated Data Capture Systems (ADCS
DISCONTINUED AFTER: Business Central 2019 Release Wave 1. The VT100 Plug-in is no longer included on the product installation media.
ClickOnce Installer ToolsTools for implementing ClickOnce installation for the Dynamics NAV Client connected to Business Central.DISCONTINUED AFTER: Business Central Spring 2019
Deploying Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client Using ClickOnce in the Dynamics NAV Developer and IT Pro Help.
NAS ServiceA server component that executes business logic without a user interface or user interaction. NAS services in Business Central Server support applications such as Microsoft Outlook Integration and the Job Queue.Instead of using NAS services, we recommend that you use the Task Scheduler (see Task Scheduler. If you decide to use NAS, and want to read more about its configuration, see Configuring NAS Services in the Dev and IT Pro Help for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018.

See Also

Deployment
Installing Business Central Using Setup
Multitenant Deployment Architecture