Category: Microsoft Dynamics AX/365|Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing

  Figure 1. Platform Update 74 marks the end of Visual Studio 2022 support for X++ development. EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAY Microsoft is retiring Visual Studio 2022 support for X++ development starting with Platform Update 74. If your organization is planning an upgrade to 10.0.50, your development team needs a plan for Visual Studio 2026 before that upgrade lands, not after. Microsoft has announced an important change for Dynamics 365 Finance &...

Figure 1. The same inventory lifecycle can produce two accurate numbers at different stages. EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAY An inventory-to-GL difference is not automatically a posting error. Reconciliation begins by defining what each number represents, then following the transaction from physical update to financial posting and cost settlement. The mismatch that starts the meeting Finance sees a $240,000 inventory variance. Operations says the on-hand inventory is correct. IT confirms the nightly jobs...

Figure 1. A faster close is created by fewer surprises, not faster accountants. Executive takeaway The position: Most organizations do not have a month-end close problem. They have a monthlong process problem that becomes visible at month-end. Late vendor invoices arrive. Inventory transactions are still posting. Bank lines remain unmatched. Someone remembers an accrual after preliminary statements are distributed. Finance discovers that one legal entity interpreted "close by Friday" as...

Is Your Dynamics 365 Environment Ready? The next manufacturing advantage will not come from owning more AI. It will come from turning trusted operating signals into faster, governed decisions. Manufacturing is not waiting for 2030. The machines are already producing more data. Planners are already being asked to explain demand shifts faster. Customers are already treating confirmed delivery dates like commitments rather than suggestions. And AI is already moving from...

Turning setup into a scheduled collections engine that creates the right email, activity, or collection letter at the right time. Part 1 built the foundation: collection letter sequences, posting profiles, accounts receivable parameters, customer pools, and process details. Part 2 is where the work becomes operational. We connect that setup to a recurring process automation schedule, validate who is in scope, and monitor what the system actually generates. Logan reality...

  Email configuration in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations is one of those topics that sounds simple until it is not. You set up outbound email. You send invoices, workflow notifications, statements, alerts, batch messages, and operational communications. Everyone moves on. Then one day emails stop sending, authentication fails, a secret expires, SMTP gets grumpy, or someone asks why a business-critical ERP process still depends on a password hidden in...

Most Dynamics 365 conversations start in feature language. Can we automate approvals? Can we improve inventory visibility? Can we shorten month-end close? Can we reduce manual work? Can we finally retire that spreadsheet with 19 tabs and the emotional stability of a folding chair? All fair questions. But they are not the questions that get budget approved. The better question is: What is the current pain costing us? That is...

Warehouse operations have become one of the most critical competitive differentiators in modern supply chains. As customer expectations continue to rise and labor markets remain tight, organizations are under increasing pressure to move inventory faster, improve accuracy, and maximize productivity without significantly increasing costs. To support these evolving demands, Microsoft continues to enhance the warehouse management capabilities within Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. The 2026 Release Wave 1 introduces a...

Demand planning has always had one unforgiving truth: the forecast is only useful if people trust it. For years, supply chain teams have been asked to predict demand in markets that refuse to behave politely. Customer behavior shifts. Promotions overperform or flop. Weather happens. Inflation moves. Suppliers miss dates. Sales teams change assumptions. Then the demand planner gets asked why the forecast changed, usually five minutes before a meeting that...

Every CFO knows the ritual. Sometime in Q3, the spreadsheets come out. Department heads submit their numbers. Finance reconciles the conflicts, negotiates the gaps, adjusts the assumptions, and eventually produces a budget that everyone agrees to—right before the business starts changing again. By February, the budget is usually still useful. It is just no longer entirely true. That is not a criticism of finance teams. It is a criticism of...