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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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Microsoft’s New Expense Agent Simplifies Business Central Expense Reports

Clayton Jones

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May 28, 2026
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…

When Does Dynamics 365 Business Central Need Power BI?

Clayton Jones

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May 20, 2026
Thanks to Dynamics 365 Business Central, your processes have been streamlined, your finances smartly managed, and your sales cycle enhanced. Your business has been running so smoothly that you’ve finally…

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Implementation Packages

Clayton Jones

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April 29, 2026
If you’re like 99% of our clients, you’re trying to rein in the soaring costs of technology. It’s a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, you understand that you…

What 200% ROI from Business Central Really Looks Like

Jackie Gant

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April 13, 2026
Where ROI actually shows up from finance efficiency to operational visibility Forrester says Business Central delivers 200% ROI. But what does that actually look like in practice? A recent Total Economic…

Do You Need Avalara for Business Central? A Practical Guide

Clayton Jones

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April 10, 2026
Tax automation is a common topic in ERP conversations, but it is rarely the starting point. When organizations evaluate or implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, their focus is typically on…

What’s Rolling Out in Business Central 2026 Release Wave 1

Lupe Haro

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April 7, 2026
The latest release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is now rolling out, with updates scheduled between April and September 2026. When Microsoft first introduced this wave, the themes were clear:…

From Reactive to Predictive: AI in Business Central Distribution

Zoltan Orban

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March 19, 2026
Most distribution teams don’t lack reporting. If anything, they often have too much of it. Dashboards, planning worksheets, inventory reports, and KPIs are readily available inside Dynamics 365 Business Central. Yet…

AI Agents in Business Central: How the Payables Agent Works

Jennifer Ryan

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March 17, 2026
Scroll to the bottom of the blog for a recorded demo of the Payables Agent in D365 Business Central. Accounts payable teams often spend hours each week downloading invoices, entering data,…

AI Agents in Manufacturing ERP: D365 Business Central Guide

Seetharaman Andiappan Rajaram

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March 4, 2026
AI agents are now live inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. For manufacturers evaluating AI in ERP systems, the practical question isn’t what an agent is it’s how AI agents…

Customize Edit in Excel in Business Central

Jennifer Ryan

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March 3, 2026
When working with Edit in Excel in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, it's important to understand that this feature is more than a simple export tool. It creates a direct…

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