Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

Product

Cloud ERP application of Dynamics 365 for finance, supply chain, manufacturing and operations; successor of Dynamics AX, usually abbreviated D365FO.

Description

Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365FO) runs core ERP processes such as general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, procurement, inventory, production and project accounting for mid-sized and large organisations. It grew out of Dynamics AX and now consists of the Finance and Supply Chain Management applications.

Integration is a central topic. Typical building blocks are data entities exposed through OData, business events that notify other systems when something happens, dual-write to Dataverse, and orchestration with Azure Logic Apps or Power Automate.

Sessions on this topic (6)

• From Zero to Integration: Connecting D365FO with Azure Logic Apps · Anitha Eswaran · M365Con 2027
• The Thirteenth Floor of Dynamics 365: When AI Agents Hit the Edge of the Simulation. · Fortunato Di Donato · M365Con 2027
• Introduction to the BPA app and the related ERP Analytics MCP · Hylke Britstra · M365Con 2027
• From Zero to Integration: Connecting D365FO with Azure Logic Apps · Anitha Eswaran · M365Con 2027
• The Thirteenth Floor of Dynamics 365: When AI Agents Hit the Edge of the Simulation. · Fortunato Di Donato · M365Con 2027
• Introduction to the BPA app and the related ERP Analytics MCP · Hylke Britstra · M365Con 2027

Glossary

Related topics in brief

• Microsoft · Developed by · Organization
  Microsoft Corporation is a technology company that develops software and cloud services such as Microsoft 365, Azure and Dynamics 365.
• Microsoft tool · Is a · Category
  A software product or service developed by Microsoft.
• Business application · Is a · Category
  Software for business processes such as sales, finance or customer service.
• Dynamics 365 · Part of · Platform
  Microsoft's family of business applications for sales, customer service, finance, supply chain and more, including Business Central for small and mid-sized companies. It builds on Dataverse and Power Platform.
• Azure Logic Apps · Related to · Product
  Cloud integration service of Azure for building workflows and agentic automation with hundreds of connectors, triggers and actions; the Azure counterpart to Power Automate.
• Business events (Dynamics 365) · Related to · Concept
  Mechanism in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations that sends a notification to external endpoints such as Logic Apps, Power Automate, Service Bus or Event Grid when a business process event occurs.
• Data entities (Dynamics 365) · Related to · Concept
  Abstractions in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations that expose business data through OData, data management and Excel for reading, importing and integrating records.
• Dual-write · Related to · Concept
  Near real-time, bi-directional data integration between Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps and Dataverse.
• Dataverse · Related to · Product
  The managed data platform behind Power Platform and Dynamics 365. It stores tables with relationships, security roles and business logic, so apps and agents work on one governed data source.
• Power Automate · Related to · Product
  A service for automating workflows between apps and services. Cloud flows react to triggers such as a new email or file, desktop flows automate Windows applications, and both can include AI steps.
• Business Performance Analytics · Related to · Product
  Analytics offering for Dynamics 365 ERP data that builds prebuilt reports on Fabric and Power BI and exposes ERP analytics to agents through an MCP server.
• Power BI · Related to · Product
  Microsoft's business intelligence tool for turning data into interactive reports and dashboards. Semantic models define the data and measures, and reports can be shared in the Power BI service or embedded in other apps.
• ERP Analytics MCP · Related to · Product
  MCP server that exposes Dynamics 365 ERP analytics from Business Performance Analytics to AI agents.
• Fortunato Di Donato · Related to · Person
  Fortunato Di Donato is a speaker at M365Con 2026 and M365Con DACH 2026 and M365Con 2027 (D365 CE Architect at bridgingIT GmbH) with 4 sessions.

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