Microsoft has debuted yet another update to its growing Dynamics 365 platform. On March 13, the Redwood, Oregon-based technology giant announced the forthcoming release of the Business Central solution, an end-to-end system that allows businesses to manage customer service, finance, operations and sales activities though a single integrated interface. The offering also eases enterprise resource planning implementation activities by giving organizations the ability to migrate their information into an all-inclusive solution product made for silo-less operational workflows.

The NAV evolution continues
Business Central is the ready-for-market product of the much talked-about Tenerife project, according to ZDNet. During the Directions North America conference this past October, Microsoft officials confirmed that an improved alternative to the Dynamics NAV offering was in the works, telling attendees that an all-in-one solution would replace the aging small business ERP platform.

This secretive solution eventually evolved into Dynamics 365 Business Central, which comes in cloud-based and on-premises iterations and allows businesses to take advantage of Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Flow Office 365 and the Power Apps suite. Together, these tools give users the power to develop and deploy integrated operational models, jumpstart and sustain data-collection initiatives and grow their backend systems with their respective businesses.

An ever-growing market
Analysts monitoring the SMB ERP market believe Business Central will make a considerable impact as growing small and medium-sized firms continue to search for viable accounting software with modest price tags and advanced capabilities, ZDNet reported.

"The 'what do we do after Quickbooks?' niche has always had a decent volume, and these companies are eager to move to the cloud for all the right reasons – cost, security, modernization, new user experiences," Joshua Greenbaum, an advisor at Enterprise Applications Consulting, told the publication.

Implementing a new solution
Business Central will be available for purchase April 2. Microsoft is offering two service plans: The Essential package, which comes with a per-user-per-month price of $70, and the Premium package which costs $100 per month, per user. Businesses with active NAV 2018 installations considering adoption will be able to deploy their existing plug-ins and customizations on the platform.

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