Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP solutions

Dynamics 365 Business Central is Microsoft's all-in-one, cloud-based ERP solution. We scope, implement, license and support it for businesses across the UK.

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Overview

What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one finance and ERP solution for small and medium-sized organisations. It connects accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory and projects, so teams can work from shared business information rather than separate spreadsheets and systems.

For a scalable solution that offers total control of your business and its finances, senior leaders choose Business Central.

Capabilities

What you can manage in Business Central

Start with the processes that matter to your business. Standard capabilities still need configuration, reliable data and training; specialist requirements may need extensions.

Finance and reporting

Manage ledgers, receivables, payables, fixed assets and bank reconciliation. Use dimensions and reports to analyse performance, with multi-currency and intercompany processes configured for your business.

Sales and purchasing

Work from quotes and sales orders through invoicing, and manage suppliers, purchase orders and returns. Link commercial activity to stock availability and financial records.

Inventory and warehousing

Track items, locations and stock movements, plan replenishment and manage receipts, picks and shipments. Assess batch or serial tracking and specialist warehouse requirements during scoping.

Projects and job costing

Plan resources and project budgets, track time and costs, and compare invoicing with planned or actual expenditure. Review project profitability without rebuilding every report in spreadsheets.

Manufacturing with Premium

Premium adds production orders, bills of materials and production planning capabilities. Map your manufacturing process and assess any industry-specific extensions before selecting the solution.

Service management with Premium

Premium adds service-management capabilities alongside the core ERP. This is not the same application as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service, which has its own implementation and licensing.

Licensing

Essentials, Premium or Team Members?

Choose licences around the work each person needs to do, not simply your headcount. All three are paid licences; implementation, support and additional applications are costed separately.

Essentials

Paid licence · Full-user access

Full-user access to financial management, sales, purchasing, inventory, warehousing and projects.

  • Manufacturing: requires Premium
  • Service management: requires Premium

Premium

Paid licence · Full-user access

Everything in Essentials, plus manufacturing and service management.

  • Manufacturing: included
  • Service management: included

Team Members

Paid licence · Limited-user access

Limited access for reading information and selected approvals or updates, subject to Microsoft's use rights. Not a substitute for a full-user licence.

Team Members licences are not free. Microsoft also provides certain read-only Business Central experiences through eligible Microsoft 365 licences; that is different from a Team Members licence. Confirm current use rights, plan availability and any AI consumption charges before budgeting.

Compare costs and implementation considerations in our Business Central pricing guide, and confirm current rates in Microsoft's UK pricing information.

ERP stats

Why do I need an ERP system?

Data taken from a survey we commissioned in December 2024, published in The Dynamics of Success

0%

of businesses are utilising an ERP

0 in 0

businesses are dissatisfied with their current ERP

0%

of businesses say using an ERP has contributed to achieving business outcomes

Why Business Central

Why choose Business Central?

55,000 businesses are now using Business Central to streamline processes, improve visibility, and make data-driven strategic decisions. It's one of the fastest-growing ERP and finance solutions on the market because it:

Has Copilot built in

  • Use Copilot for everyday assistance, with available agents and consumption charges checked for your environment
  • Make informed, strategic decisions based on sophisticated AI insights and real-time data
  • Scale operations without added pressure to hire

Is highly customisable

  • Pre-built apps for industries and verticals
  • Configure controls and assess industry-specific requirements with your implementation partner
  • Low-code customisation empowers teams and frees up IT

Has total scalability

  • Adjustable resource usage keeps costs low
  • Enterprise-grade features with no upfront or ongoing hardware or infrastructure investment
  • Extend capabilities with ease, via modular adoption & integrations
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Implementation

Business Central implementation made easy

We make Business Central implementation easy. To implement quickly and realise immediate value you can choose an "off-the-shelf" implementation. For a highly customised solution, our Business Central experts will consult with your team to build a solution that meets your specific requirements.

Not sure which is right for you? Ask us.

01

Off-the-shelf implementation

Off-the-shelf is a Business Central implementation is affordable and quick. It will give you everything you need to realise value from the solution, without lengthy and expensive development period.

View Business Central ERP implementation packages
02

A custom set-up

Perfect for larger organisations or those with unique requirements from their finance or ERP solution. Our Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central consultancy experts will consult with your team to build a custom Business Central environment that meets your specific industry, process, and compliance requirements.

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Modular ERP

A scalable modular ERP

Business Central is modular ERP software, which means you can start with the essential features of this ERP and finance solution and add new capabilities over time.

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Lean today, scalable tomorrow

Keep operational costs low without compromising your ability to grow. By adopting a lean approach, you can focus resources where they matter most while maintaining the flexibility to scale as demand increases. This ensures your business remains agile and financially sustainable.

Integrations

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central integration solutions

Business Central works with Microsoft 365 and can connect with other Microsoft applications and third-party systems. Some connections are built in; others require connectors, extensions or development. Confirm data flows, permissions and additional licences as part of implementation.

Copilot

For the automation of routine tasks, next-gen AI insights, and streamlined business processes.

Dynamics 365

For real-time collaboration in native apps and better visibility on end-to-end operations.

Power Platform, Power Apps & BI

For bringing your data to life with sophisticated data visualisation tools and cross-functional reporting.

Microsoft and Office 365

For smooth and efficient collaboration between your teams to facilitate increased productivity.

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft's identity platform supports sign-in and access management. Permissions and security policies need to be configured for your organisation.

Case studies

The benefits of Business Central for UK businesses

Call2Recycle

Call2Recycle saved almost £25,000 annually in fees, licenses and hardware support by automating simple business processes with Business Central

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Choosing who delivers it matters as much as the software itself. Read our guide to choosing a Business Central partner, see what it costs in our Business Central pricing breakdown, or extend it further with Power Platform.

Business Central solutions

What a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central solution involves for UK businesses

Business Central is the software. The solution is the scoping, licensing, migration, integration and support around it. This is how the work usually runs.

  1. 01

    Fit assessment against your finance and operations processes

    We look at how you invoice, buy, hold stock and report today, then map that to standard Business Central so you know what works out of the box and what needs configuring.

  2. 02

    Licensing and cost planning

    Business Central offers paid Essentials and Premium licences for full users and paid Team Members licences for limited use. We assess each person's tasks and Microsoft's current use rights so the licence mix matches your operation.

  3. 03

    Implementation and data migration

    Chart of accounts, customers, suppliers, items and open balances are migrated from Sage, QuickBooks, Dynamics NAV or spreadsheets, with a parallel period before you switch off the old system.

  4. 04

    Add-ons and integrations

    Business Central connects to Microsoft 365, Power BI, Dynamics 365 CRM, e-commerce platforms and industry add-ons from Microsoft AppSource, so it fits your operation rather than the other way around.

  5. 05

    Support and continuous improvement

    After go-live you get a named support route for user changes, new reports, month-end questions and Microsoft's twice-yearly release waves.

Try Business Central in an environment built around your business

Most trials drop you into a generic demo company that looks nothing like the way you actually work. Ours doesn't. We configure your free trial around your business and the use case you care about, so you and your team can test real scenarios with data and processes you recognise.

It starts with a short questionnaire about your industry, your current systems and what you want to prove out. Once that's back with us, your tailored trial can usually be made available within a few working days. Prefer a guided walkthrough first? A standard demo is still on the table - just tell us which you'd like.

Book a standard demoMake a general enquiry
01

Tell us about your business

Complete a short questionnaire covering your industry, processes and the things you most want to test.

02

We configure your trial

We set up a Business Central environment around your use case, so you're not clicking through a generic demo company.

03

You're up and running in days

Your tailored trial is typically ready within a few working days of the questionnaire coming back to us.

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Have a question, want a demo, or ready to try Business Central for yourself?

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Essentials covers financial management, sales, purchasing, inventory, warehousing and projects. Premium includes those capabilities and adds manufacturing and service management. Industry-specific processes and additional applications may require extensions, configuration and separate licensing.

No. Team Members is a paid, limited-use licence for reading information and selected approvals or updates under Microsoft's use rights. It is not a full-user licence. Certain read-only experiences through eligible Microsoft 365 licences are a separate entitlement.

Business Central provides finance, inventory and operational capabilities, but a pharmaceutical compliance programme or UK payroll solution is not automatically included. Assess validation, regulatory controls, integrations and any specialist extensions separately with your implementation partner.

Yes. TD SYNNEX is a Microsoft Solutions Partner delivering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to UK businesses, covering scoping, licensing, implementation, data migration, integration, training and ongoing support.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one business management solution. Designed for small to medium-sized businesses, Business Central enables companies to manage their finances, sales, service, and operations within a single integrated platform. This cloud-based ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution helps businesses streamline their processes, make informed decisions, and accelerate growth by providing comprehensive tools for financial management, supply chain, inventory, project management, and more.

An ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), is a type of software that organisations use to manage and integrate the important parts of their businesses. ERP systems bring together various functions, including inventory and order management, accounting, human resources, customer relationship management (CRM), and more, into one complete system to streamline processes and information across the organisation.

An ERP tool is used to integrate back-office business processes and facilitate the flow of information within an organisation so business decisions can be data-driven.

ERP tools help businesses improve efficiency, enhance visibility, support data-driven decision-making, increase collaboration and ensure compliance.

Dynamics 365 Business Central costs (or pricing) are based on a per user basis. However, it's important to note that not every user in your business or organisation may need a license to use Business Central. For example, you may be a 45 person business but you may only have a need for a small number of licenses - those will actually use and manage your Business Central instance.

The cost of your Business Central implementation will depend on your specific and unique use case. For example, if your use case is fairly basic, you can expect a lower implementation cost. If you have a lot of complex processes or bespoke needs, your implementation may take longer. When you make your enquiry, we'll be able to talk you through your options and provide a more accurate cost.

Yes, Microsoft Business Central is an ERP. It combines enterprise resource planning and finance capabilities so you can manage your business from one unified platform.

A Business Central solution normally covers scoping against your finance and operations processes, licensing, configuration, migration of your ledgers and master data, integration with Microsoft 365 and any add-ons you need, user training, and support once you are live.

Yes. Business Central is cloud based, so delivery, training and support are all done remotely for businesses anywhere in the UK, including London and the South East, with on-site sessions arranged where they help adoption.

Look for Microsoft partner status, experience in your sector, a clear fixed scope for the first phase, a named support route after go-live, and references from businesses of a similar size. Our guide to choosing a Business Central partner covers the questions to ask.

Yes. Those are the three most common starting points. Master data and open balances are migrated, historic transactions are usually kept in the old system as read-only, and you run a parallel period before switching over.

Yes, we provide ongoing support, maintenance, and managed services for all Dynamics 365 ERP solutions.

Yes. Business Central is one application in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 family, not the entire suite. It can connect with Microsoft 365, other Dynamics 365 applications and third-party systems; the integration, configuration and licensing depend on the scenario.

Pharmaceutical and life sciences ERP