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End-of-Support is the end of Extended Support for Microsoft products governed by Microsoft’s Fixed Policy, when support and servicing will no longer be available.

Microsoft will provide a minimum notice of 12 months.

Each product has its lifecycle timeline defined by its respective Lifecycle Policy and is consistent by product family for new and future versions. However, older versions of Microsoft products may have different lifecycle timelines. Therefore, it is important to verify the exact product support dates for your product.

End of Support for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 is set or October 13, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Microsoft has extended service six months past the original April 14, 2020 date.

Nav 2009 R2 entered End of Support on January 14, 2020.

As of January 14, 2020

In the spring of 2018 Microsoft renamed its Navision offering to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, available in Cloud and On-Premise versions

No. But if you want to experience Business Central as fully integrated with Office 365, you can sign up for a free trial of Office 365. If you do not have an Office 365 subscription, and don’t want to buy one, when you sign up, we can provision a new Azure Active Directory tenant for you so that you have access to the Azure portal where you have access to advanced administration tools.

Essentials

Premium: All modules offered in Essentials plus

Yes it is required that all users in the organization have the same type of license.

Device size: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is supported on smartphones with a minimum screen size of 4" and tablets with a minimum screen size of 7".

Assembly orders are internal orders, just like production orders, that are used to manage the assembly process and to connect the sales requirements with the involved warehouse activities. Assembly orders differ from other order types because they involve both output and consumption when posting. The assembly order header behaves similarly to an output journal line, and the assembly order lines behave similarly to consumption journal lines.

Production orders are used to manage the conversion of purchased materials into manufactured items. Production orders route work through various work or machine centers on the shop floor.

Yes. Some Cloud-based features may run on premises in certain cases and others are not supported at all.

The minimum license requirement for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is one.

Customers who have external accountants who wish to connect to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central application can purchase one per tenant at no additional cost. External Accountant Licenses contain all the same use rights as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central licenses except for the following: Access to user set up or admin tasks and any other Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central application.

The Microsoft Power BI service is a cloud-based business analytics service that enables anyone to visualize and analyze data with greater speed, efficiency, and understanding. It connects users to a broad range of cloud-based and on-premises data through easy-to-use dashboards, interactive reports, and compelling visualizations that bring data to life.

Power BI Pro is an individual user license that allows access to all content and capabilities in the Power BI service. You can even share content and collaborate with other Pro users. Only Pro users can publish content to workspaces, share dashboards, and subscribe to dashboards and reports.

Power BI Premium provides dedicated capacity to deliver more consistent performance. It also supports larger data volumes in Power BI. For individual users, Premium enables widespread distribution of content by Pro users and it doesn't require per-user Pro licenses for recipients viewing the content. This means that consumers can collaborate with colleagues and view and interact with dashboards, reports, and apps that have been shared with them.

Power BI Report Server is an on-premises report server with a web portal in which you display and manage reports and KPIs. Along with it come the tools to create Power BI reports, paginated reports, mobile reports, and KPIs. Your users can access those reports in different ways: viewing them in a web browser or mobile device, or as an email in their in-box.

Microsoft Power BI can be purchased independently but is included in Office 365 Enterprise E5 subscriptions

Yes. Power BI Pro is required to publish reports, share dashboards, collaborate with colleagues in workspaces and engage in other related features.

There are hundreds of different data sources you can use with Power BI. Wherever you get your data from, that data has to be in a format consumable by the Power BI service. With consumable data, the Power BI service can create reports and dashboards.

The on-premises data gateway acts as a bridge to provide quick and secure data transfer between on-premises data (data that isn't in the cloud) and several Microsoft cloud services. These cloud services include Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Azure Analysis Services, and Azure Logic Apps. By using a gateway, organizations can keep databases and other data sources on their on-premises networks, yet securely use that on-premises data in cloud services.

Consumers use the Microsoft Power BI service to explore reports and dashboards in order to make business decisions. Those reports and dashboards are created by Designers who have Microsoft Power BI Pro licenses. Pro users have the ability to share content with their colleagues and to control what their colleagues can and can't do with that content. Sometimes, designers share content by sending you links, and sometimes the content automatically installs and appears in Microsoft Power BI under Apps or Shared with me.

Dynamics GP is a complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small to medium sized businesses. Dynamics GP helps you gain control over your primary business drivers. From financials and human resource management to manufacturing and operations.

In October of 2019 Microsoft moved GP to the Modern Policy. The Modern Policy will offer continuous support and servicing including bugs, fixes, new features and patch updates for Dynamics GP

Microsoft has committed to three-yearly updates of Dynamics GP going forward. To stay current, clients will need to take at least one of the three yearly releases to stay supported by Microsoft

Before the October 2019 release, any older release will continue to follow their existing Lifecycle timelines under the Fixed Policy.

Power Automate is a cloud-based service that provides a simple way for users to build workflows that automate time-consuming business tasks and processes across applications and services.

Microsoft Power Automate only requires an email address and a browser.

**Please note email addresses with .gov and .mil are not supported.

Power Automate connects to more than 100 data sources out of the box

There are numerous pre-built template flows for popular and common scenarios are available. Using a template only requires you to have access to the services in the template and to fill out any required settings.

Power Automate flows can be shared in two ways:

Users can create an unlimited number of flows based on license.

In April of 2020, Microsoft renamed its Office 365 small and medium business plans Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 includes:

No action is needed from you. Your Office 365 subscription will automatically be renamed to Microsoft 365. You will see the name of your subscription update to the new name across your Admin Portal and monthly billing statements.

Internet access is required to install and activate all the latest releases of apps and services included in all Microsoft 365 subscription plans. Internet access is also required to access documents stored on OneDrive, unless you install the OneDrive desktop app.You should also connect to the Internet regularly to keep your version of Microsoft 365 up to date and to benefit from automatic upgrades. If you do not connect to the Internet at least every 31 days, your apps will go into reduced functionality mode, which means that you can view or print your documents but cannot edit the documents or create new ones.

You do not however need internet access for your Office apps, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, because the apps are fully installed on your computer.

Previously named Microsoft Dynamics Project Service Automation helps organizations efficiently track, manage, and deliver project-based services, from the initial sale all the way to invoicing. The app enables you to: Plan projects, and create estimates work schedule and track project cost and revenue

Microsoft will discontinue sales of Microsoft Dynamics Project Service Automation on October 1, 2020.

Customers can evaluate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Service Automation as part of the public preview starting June 22, 2020, while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Service Automation will become generally available on October 1, 2020

Eligible customers using Dynamics 365 Project Service Automation may continue to use it through October 1, 2022 if on a CSP or Web Direct contract, or October 1, 2024 for EA customers, or until the end of their most recent Dynamics 365 contract or renewal, whichever occurs first.

There will be no immediate disruption of service for existing customers. Customers should review their current contracts to determine end of contract dates prior to October 1, 2020.