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Microsoft’s New Expense Agent Simplifies Business Central Expense Reports

Clayton Jones

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May 28, 2026

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Most expense management improvements over the years have been incremental. Better OCR. Faster receipt capture. A mobile app instead of a desktop form. The underlying workflow stayed the same: employee collects receipts, employee manually enters data, finance…

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How Power Automate Replaces Manual Work Most Teams Forget Exists

Zoltan Orban

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January 22, 2026
Power Automate Use Cases in Real EnvironmentsMost companies I work with don’t believe they have much manual work left. They have ERP systems. Reporting tools. Shared drives. Email. Teams. On…

Microsoft’s Built-In AI Explained: What You Get for $18/User

Clayton Jones

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January 13, 2026
Microsoft changed the math on AI for everyday work. Copilot itself isn’t new. What’s changed is who it’s now accessible to.Microsoft Just Updated Copilot Pricing: What It Means for Small…

From Frustration to Future-Ready: What Growing Distributors Need to Know About Their Systems

Jennifer Ryan

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January 8, 2026
I spent years on the other side of the table — inside distribution businesses, closing books at midnight, trying to reconcile inventory that never quite matched, and juggling spreadsheets that…

How Miron Violetglass Scaled 40% Without Adding Headcount

Jennifer Ryan

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January 6, 2026
Every distributor reaches a point where growth exposes the cracks: too many spreadsheets, too much manual work, and not enough visibility. Miron Violetglass hit that moment and what happened next…

Why Distribution Hand-Offs Break (and How Connected Operations Fix Them)

Jennifer Ryan

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December 18, 2025
Inside distribution companies, most problems don’t come from bad people or broken intentions. They come from gaps in the hand-offs between teams.As a Controller, I used to think our issues…

Unlocking Insights: Power BI Integration with Dynamics 365 Business Central

Joel Trinidad

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December 16, 2025
As businesses increasingly rely on data to drive decisions, Microsoft continues to enhance the synergy between Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) and Power BI. With the release of Business Central Version 26, users now…

The Spreadsheet Trap in Distribution: Why You Lose Control Without Realizing It

Jennifer Ryan

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December 11, 2025
Let me start with a confession: I love a good spreadsheet. They’re flexible. Fast. Familiar. Elegant.But here’s the problem no one talks about: Spreadsheets eventually become the system. And that’s…

How to Connect Power Pages & D365 Customer Engagement for a Seamless Self-Service Experience

Marisa Mini

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December 4, 2025
Power Pages for Customer Service, Field Service, and Sales PortalsCreating a seamless, modern customer experience starts with reducing the back-and-forth. If your customers (or vendors, partners, applicants, members, etc.) still…

How to Tell if Your Distribution Business Has Outgrown Its Systems

Jennifer Ryan

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December 1, 2025
As a former Controller inside a fast-moving distribution business, I learned this lesson the hard way: You don’t realize your system is breaking until growth exposes every weakness.It doesn’t happen…

Why Microsoft Killed Social Posting (And Why SMBs Should Care)

Jackie Gant

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November 25, 2025
When Microsoft quietly pulled the plug on social posting in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights late last year, few in the small to mid-sized business (SMB) space raised an eyebrow. After…

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