Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central documentation

Discover how to make the most of Dynamics 365 Business Central with training, docs, and videos covering product capabilities and how-to articles. Learn how to use Business Central to manage, adapt, and streamline operations like finance, manufacturing, sales, and more, across your small or medium-sized business.

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Welcome to Business Central

What's new

What's new

Training

Training

Concept

Troubleshoot

Implement

Guidance

• Security, compliance, and privacy
• Understand Business Central online infrastructure
• Migrate from on-premises to online

Try/Buy

• Try Business Central online for free
• Buy Business Central online
• Add extensions for more functionality

Set up

• Companies
• Business functionality
• Workflows

Integrate with other products

• Overview
• Power Automate
• Power BI

Do business

General

• General journals
• Job queues
• Incoming documents

Finance

• Overview
• Financial analytics
• Manage payables

Sales

• Overview
• Sales analytics
• Invoice sales

Purchasing

• Overview
• Purchasing analytics
• Record purchases

Inventory

• Overview
• Inventory analytics
• Register items

Warehouse management

• Overview
• Warehouse reports
• Pick items with inventory picks

Online store with Shopify

• Get started
• Synchronize customers with Shopify
• Synchronize and fulfill sales orders with Shopify

Fixed assets

• Overview
• Fixed assets analytics
• Acquire fixed assets

Planning

• Overview
• Run full planning, MPS, or MRP
• Create a forecast

Assembly management

• Overview
• Assembly reports
• Quote an assemble-to-order sale

Manufacturing

• Overview
• Manufacturing analytics
• Create production orders

Project management

• Overview
• Project management analytics
• Create projects

Service management

• Overview
• Planning
• Fulfill service contracts

Relationship management

• Overview
• Contacts
• Segments

Human resources

• Overview
• Register employees
• Manage employee absence

Local functionality

• Overview
• International availability of Dynamics 365
• Development for localization

Be productive

Copilot

• Analyze list data
• Chat with Copilot
• More...

Workspace settings

• Language, region, work date, time zone, and more
• Switch environment or company
• Personalize pages

Collaboration and sharing

• Overview
• Share data in Teams chats and channels
• Share files in OneDrive

BI, reporting, and data analysis

• Analytics overview
• Built-in Power BI reports
• Analyze your data

Administer and develop

Copilot and agent capabilities

• Configure Copilot and agent capabilities
• Extend Copilot in Business Central
• Features and responsible AI FAQs

Manage user access

• Create users
• Assign permissions to users and groups
• Access with Microsoft 365 licenses

Manage environments

• Overview
• Create environments
• Manage updates

Manage data storage

• Compress data or delete documents
• Archive data
• Reduce stored data in databases

Monitor operations and changes

• Audit changes
• Telemetry overview
• Enable telemetry

Customize and extend (admin)

• Overview
• Customize pages for profiles
• Enable features ahead of time

Develop in AL

• Overview
• Develop for AppSource
• AL language reference

Develop for integration

• Web services (OData, SOAP)
• Connect apps
• Business Central API