Developing Cloud Solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Business challenges solved by Business Central
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a proven ERP solution that solves crucial business challenges. It helps keep all business processes in a single source of truth – a secure cloud solution.
In brief, Business Central cloud enhances data management and enables more data-driven decision-making based on the real-time report feature. Growing companies benefit from Business Central as a scalable solution that enhances supply chain management, compliance, and security.
Among other things, Business Central helps solve the following business challenges:
Siloed data and poor organization overview
The cloud ERP simplifies data exchange between departments. Finance, sales, purchasing, and inventory are integrated into a single platform with improved accuracy and system overview.
Cash flow visibility
Business Central helps with cash flow forecasting and provides financial report tooling to manage income and expenses tracking for more efficient planning and financial stability.
Task automation
Manual interactions block businesses from focusing on meaningful tasks. After automating the daily operation (purchase order, sales order, or invoice processing, etc.), each team can focus on more strategic supply chain and business tasks.
Insufficient scalability and integration limitations
A scalable modular platform, Business Central cloud grows with a customer’s business, keeping them on track without disruptive software migrations. Business Central easily connects with the Microsoft ecosystem products like Power Platform, Outlook, and Excel. Multiple third-party applications and APIs are also available for better system operation.
Legacy ERP burden Choosing Business Central, businesses avoid the old version “lock-in”: they can replace old customizations with extensions to cover a necessary feature without code changes.
Expensive maintenance
With the MS support, automatic updates for cloud versions, and upgrade-safe extensions, Business Central reduces maintenance costs in the long run.
Why Business Central is preferred by small and midsize businesses
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All-in-one platform to manage business. A small team works with automated flows and unified data, not disconnected systems.
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Clear visibility into cash flow for proactive management and compliance with local tax laws.
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Flexibility to use cloud versions on any devices and from anywhere, avoiding the risks and expenses of an on-prem version.
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With Microsoft managing security and cloud infrastructure, business data is automatically backed up and safe in the cloud.
When Custom Business Central development is essential
Even out-of-the-box, MS Business Central is flexible. But not a one-size-fits-all solution.
Although Microsoft does encourage the use of standard BC functionality where possible, the tech giant also supports custom development when specific business needs require more than standard tools can provide.
That’s when we help with custom Business Central development, delivering bespoke solutions based on what businesses specifically need. With over 13 years of experience and a team of certified MS Dynamics 365 software engineers, we prioritize delivering scalable, upgrade-safe, and cloud-ready ERP solutions that evolve with the customers’ business.
Custom Business Central development is essential when
◼️enhancing current ERP systems with tailored business logic that a standard BC does not offer
◼️building cloud-ready and easily maintainable alternatives to outdated NAV customizations during a Business Central cloud migration
◼️securely integrating a BC installation with other systems like external databases, e-commerce, or CRM systems with APIs or Power Platform
◼️scaling a business up without bottlenecks but with enhanced performance and process automation
◼️building reusable AL extensions ready for AppSource
◼️improving a BC system with continuous development while keeping daily business operations uninterrupted
Examples of custom Business Central development
Custom feature or multi-step approval flows development for financial and operational documents to keep posting errors and compliance risks low.
Setting rules for company-specific business processes directly in transactions to protect data quality and financial accuracy.
Automating sales, purchasing, and service processing, or project documents, to automate daily tasks for an industry-specific project and reduce operational delays.
Connecting Business Central with the MS product family, external or internal systems, to avoid duplicate entries and keep data aligned.
Adapting dashboards in the Role Center to match real user roles, customizing the user interface to help teams work faster and make decisions based on relevant data.
Replacing legacy customizations with modern extensions to support updates and lower maintenance costs in the long run.
For businesses using Jira Software, we also provide Jira Connector for Dynamics 365 Business Central to keep task tracking harmonized with Business Central.
A deep dive: what we do as a Business Central development hub
Who we build for
NAV users migrating to Business Central cloud (ISVs, end-users):
helping move from technical debt and legacy issues to exceptional solutions.
Scalable Business Central development for Dynamics partners:
smart ERP extensions and optimization to simplify workflows and support projects of various sizes, including partners needing extra capacity without overhead.
Business Central for ISVs:
Business Central ISV development for reusable, cloud-compliant architecture for AppSource.
What we deliver
- Cloud-ready extensions
- NAV/BC reimplementation
- Refactored AL code
- Full Business Central cloud migration with Stairway to Cloud
- Regression testing for stable performance across versions
- Custom Business Central AL development
- Power Platform integration
- UX and business process enhancements
- CI/CD pipeline and versioning support (using AL-Go)
- Reusable components secured with regression testing
- Custom Business Central AL extensions compliant with AppSource
- CI/CD pipeline and versioning support (using Al-Go)
- Scalable, upgradeable architecture with minimal footprint
- Regression testing for stable performance
How we deliver value with Business Central development service
Scalable and low-maintenance solutions built on experience and the Microsoft tech stack
Choosing a reliable Business Central development partner is crucial.
By redesigning, refactoring, reimplementing, and deploying bespoke Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions using the Microsoft technology stack, we ensure that our ISV partners and customers receive solutions that offer improved system performance, minimized business disruption, and faster time to market.
To manage tech risks early and deliver stable and reliable results faster, we cover the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). It ensures consistency from the earliest stages of the cycle to the solution implementation.
Clear technical roadmaps for lasting results
To fully meet our customers’ needs with custom Business Central development, we begin every collaboration by understanding the answers to the questions "why?" and "why not?".
Be it moving a solution to a newer version or completely redesigning it, we prioritize understanding the customer’s goals and where they want to go. With this in mind, we create a clear, custom technical roadmap that keeps outcomes aligned from the very start to the destination.
Clean, upgradeable code driven by common engineering guidelines
We cover the full SDLC to provide game-changing, result-driven software solutions. Every solution we build relies on a set of common guidelines that shape our development process, be it Business Central extension development, Microsoft Dynamics integration, or Business Central cloud deployments. From minimal technical footprint to repeatability and easily upgradeable architecture, our engineering approach ensures that each solution is clean and ready to evolve as business needs change. To offer future-proof solutions with reduced tech debt and lower maintenance costs, we apply Quality Assurance best practices at every stage of the SDLC. Thus, we ensure reliable and stable performance from project initiation to automated and manual testing and beyond, to Business Central upgrade services.
What customers get: the benefits of collaboration with us
Clear, step-by-step Business Central cloud migration led by a Stairway to Cloud that minimizes the risk of business process interruption.
Custom solutions built around specific needs, reducing manual operations and maintenance costs.
Clean, future-ready extensions built for long-term maintenance or AppSource publication.
Enhanced system performance and productivity through smart integration of Azure Functions, Power Platform, and more.
Faster time to market for AppSource solutions through structured SDLC, proper testing, and version control: no rework, unstable builds, and delays.
Faster project flow through direct, no-middleman communication with our Business Central engineers.
How to choose a Business Central development partner?
◼️ Look for proven experience. Choosing a team with a solid track record of successful Business Central projects in various industries means faster delivery and fewer mistakes.
◼️ Ensure Business Central knowledge. Your partner should work daily with Business Central. Look for expertise in extension development, cloud migration, and integrations.
◼️ Focus on upgrade-readiness. Pick a team that prioritizes clean code and upgrade-safe extensions over risky customizations that endanger process stability.
◼️ Search for a transparent approach. A clear and structured process from discovery to deployment reduces risks and keeps the project within budget.
◼️ Evaluate integration capabilities. Your partner should securely connect Business Central with other systems like CRM, e-commerce platforms, or Power Platform elements.
◼️ Ensure scalability. Choose a partner that operates with future growth in mind, ensuring your ERP system evolves as your business does.
◼️ Value direct communication. The right team keeps partners and customers updated, challenges ideas constructively to avoid costly workarounds, and offers better alternatives when applicable.
What customers say about us
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A short list of what we recently did
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Enhanced system efficiency and customer satisfaction by upgrading a legacy sales add-on for NAV to a newer BC version.
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Supported a project with over 140 customers through continuous Business Central development, automating manual processes, and conducting multiple upgrades.
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Optimized processes for 10+ projects through multiple challenging migrations, tailored modifications, and complex integrations.
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Enhanced data exchange between BC and the customer’s AI platform for further financial forecasting by developing 23 API calls.
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Reduced response time to only 2 hours by enhancing MS Dynamics NAV/BC support and continuously improving user experience.
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Drove the solution’s quality upstream by applying the QA best practices to all stages of development: executed 995 test cases and prevented 136 bugs.
The tech stack we use
Languages & Frameworks
- AL
- C/AL
- JavaScript
- .NET
- Power Platform
Testing & Quality Assurance
- Playwright
- Zephyr
- Postman
- Performance Toolkit
DevOps & Collaboration
- Azure DevOps
- Atlassian