Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: ERP in the cloud for truly seamless processes
Run finance, purchasing, sales, warehousing, projects, production, and service in the cloud - AI streamlines workflows and gives you real-time visibility to decide faster. We are there at your side with in-depth industry knowledge and strategic advice.
What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Your day-to-day operations never stop: orders change, the market shifts, and every decision sets a chain of events in motion. In other words, you need a system that keeps track of everything.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers you precisely this stable foundation. Bring your data, workflows, and teams into one place with Microsoft’s powerful ERP built especially for SMBs. Whether in the cloud or on-premises, you get a clear overview of your business, and many tasks, from accounting to production, take care of themselves.
Business Central harmonizes perfectly with the solutions you already know - such as Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Power BI. You can easily add new functions via the Microsoft Marketplace.
Open APIs make it easy to plug the system into your existing IT setup. This means that even in stormy market conditions, you are on a secure platform that scales with your growth and meets international requirements with ease.
Over 50,000 implementations worldwide
Businesses around the world use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to seamlessly link finance, inventory management, production, and service.
Keeping you up and running: 99.9% cloud uptime
Microsoft Azure is the technology platform of choice for Business Central, ensuring high reliability, scalability, and performance for seamless and secure operations.
GDPR-compliant - your data stays in the EU
EU-level data protection built in - role-based access, encryption, and audit trails keep your data locked down and under control.
Business Central functions
One solution that brings it all together: a standards-based core, flexible in the details, and fully connected end to end across teams and across borders.
Finance
Financial management
Your cockpit for centralized control of all financial processes: General ledger, customers and suppliers, multi-currency, tax management and cost accounting.
No more guesswork and gut feeling. From now on, you will have complete transparency when making key financial decisions.
Why Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central makes the difference
- Ease of use: Hit the ground running thanks to the intuitive Microsoft interface with role-based dashboards and easy navigation.
- Central database: All your departments can access the same up-to-date data at any time and from any location.
- Seamless integration: Link your processes seamlessly across systems: Business Central works smoothly with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform and Excel - and also with external systems via open APIs.
- Work with AI support: Tap Microsoft Copilot and AI agents to automate the busywork and get help right inside your ERP.
- Scalable: Grow without worries - Business Central adapts to your company, from start-ups to international corporations.
- Extensible: Choose from over 8000 certified add-ons in the Microsoft Marketplace or simply integrate your individual extensions.
- Real-time transparency: With Power BI, you can keep an eye on all key figures - dashboards provide you with everything you need to make informed decisions at your fingertips.
- International: Unique in the ERP market: multilingual, ability to handle multiple currencies and local compliance in over 100 countries making it ideal for your cross-border growth.
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When is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central worth it?
The ERP system from Microsoft is a great fit if you tick these boxes:
- Plan to grow: Scale up users, locations, and processes easily when it’s time for growth.
- Want to overcome isolated solutions: It’s time to put Excel out to pasture and swap manual busywork for standard processes and automated workflows.
- Need transparency: No more flying blind! Now you have real-time key figures for projects, finances, warehouse and production at a glance.
- Operate internationally: Out of the box: multilingual support, multi-currency support, and local compliance.
- Migrate from Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision): Whether you're upgrading or starting from scratch, don't experiment. Take the direct route to the latest Microsoft ERP technology.
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The Microsoft ERP system for businesses of all sizes
Business Central for small businesses
Thanks to the familiar Microsoft environment and quick implementation, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an ERP system that scales with your team for what’s next.
With the cloud, high IT costs are a thing of the past. You profit from monthly Business Central license models, but also full cost control - and thanks to real-time data, complete control over all your business activities.
Business Central for SMEs
A system as reliable and dynamic as your company: For SMEs, Business Central offers the perfect balance of adaptability and functionality out of the box. It is multilingual and easy to learn, paving your way into international markets.
End-to-end processes from purchasing to reporting make life easier for your teams on a day-to-day basis. Via Microsoft Marketplace, you can integrate certified apps according to your requirements and cover every industry-specific need. Your IT system simply grows with you - in terms of functions, workstations and new locations.
Business Central for large companies
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (FSCM) is the ideal ERP platform for internationally active corporations. But Business Central also has its place here, as it is particularly suitable for agile units, subsidiaries or national organizations while staying seamlessly connected to FSCM or other systems in a hub-and-spoke setup.
By leveraging the shared Microsoft Azure platform, you can be confident that the solution will meet the highest security, compliance, and automation requirements with ease. And with AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, your teams work at the highest level: efficiently, transparently and smoothly, even in international structures.
How does Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central work?
Business Central is a modern cloud ERP, delivered as SaaS and powered by Microsoft Azure. This means: automatic updates, the highest security standards and the latest AI technologies are included. The platform combines finance, purchasing, sales, warehouse, production, projects and service. With preconfigured roles, every team gets the right dashboards, tasks, and workflows clearly visible at a glance. And with Microsoft Copilot under the hood, you’ve got a built-in tech turbo for growth..
Almost 8,000 apps from the Microsoft Marketplace cover almost every niche requirement without hacky workarounds or risky code changes. Power BI delivers real-time reporting, Power Automate makes approvals and document flows automatic. Compliance functions, multi-currency capability and a wide range of localizations support international requirements, and scalable from start-ups to globally active SMEs.
Seamless integration across all systems
From quotes created right in Outlook to teamwork in Teams — Business Central fits seamlessly into your Microsoft 365 Office tools. Open interfaces such as REST-API, OData and web services make connecting CRM, e-commerce and logistics systems easy. Let the data flow - without any discontinuities.
Special tip for Power users: With the Power Platform you can make your own apps and automate processes without having to do the usual programming. Of course, solutions such as e-invoicing, DATEV and Shopify can also be easily integrated. Standardized master data, authorizations and audit trails guarantee reliability and compliance - even in the most remote branch offices. Best of all, it feels just like Office—so you feel right at home with Business Central from the very beginning.
AI in Business Central: future-ready by design—with Copilot and smart agents built in.
Microsoft Copilot is the future, integrated directly into Dynamics 365 Business Central. Whether it's accounting, purchasing, or inventory management, the most advanced AI technology on the market supports you in your daily tasks like a real assistant. And it's available on demand: natural language input allows you to initiate even complex processes or request information. This is exactly how ERP works in the age of AI.
Intelligent agents take over routine tasks such as master data maintenance or deadline monitoring, accessing live data from your systems. The result: fewer errors, faster processes, and an ERP that becomes an active co-thinker—a real relief, especially in times of skilled labor shortages.
Intelligent, data-based processes with Business Central
With Power BI and integrated dashboards , you have an overview of all key figures in real time. Anomalies are recognized automatically, trends are easy to spot - and Business Central immediately gives you suggestions for the right actions to take. Gut feeling is good, but when it comes to important decisions, your real business figures are clearly more reliable.
Power Automate connects your systems and ensures that approvals, notifications, and document workflows run on autopilot. With AI-supported analyses, you can improve your forecasts in no time at all. Clear rules and audit trails ensure your security. The result: faster processes, greater transparency and significantly less administrative work.
Use Business Central in the cloud, on-premises or in a hybrid setup
The Microsoft ERP system can be run flexibly: as a cloud solution (SaaS - Software as a Service) for rapid implementation, automatic updates and low IT costs. Or as Business Central On-Premises for maximum data control - or in a hybrid setup as a bridge between the two worlds. Simply choose the model that best suits your company.
Our tip: The Azure cloud offers you maximum security, scalability and 99.9% uptime. GDPR compliance, encryption and role-based access are of course also included. And thanks to performance optimizations, monitoring and backup mechanisms, you can be sure that everything will run smoothly - around the world and around the clock.
Microsoft promotions: Benefit now from switching to the Business Central cloud
Microsoft supports modernization with discounts and programs - perfect for making the move to your new cloud ERP. Take advantage of promotions for workshops, migration and licenses to reduce costs and get started faster.
Free orientation workshop
The first step is the hardest? Not at COSMO: simply give our certified experts a call. We analyze your system landscape and suggest ways that will lead you directly into your new cloud era.
Move to SaaS – Migration
You are not alone: You and the COSMO migration team work together to plan the secure transition to the cloud, step by step, with a clear goal in mind and without interrupting operations.
COSMO CONSULT - Your Business Central partner for successful implementation
You have already done everything right - because you are here with us! COSMO CONSULT is your reliable partner for getting started with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. As one of the leading Microsoft partners, we combine cutting-edge technology with many years of experience in numerous industries. And because we know that software isn't everything, we also provide you with strategic support - from digital transformation and process optimization to individual cloud and rollout strategies.
COSMO CONSULT is the largest owner-managed Microsoft partner worldwide. Together with our customers, we have completed over 1,500 successful ERP projects. Our secret recipe? A lot of dedication and service that doesn't end after you launch. If you have any questions or problems, you can also use our MyCOSMO service portal at any time. You'll definitely find answers there that help.
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Locations worldwide
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Experts
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Years of Microsoft ERP experience
Why COSMO CONSULT
- Industry expertise with depth: We speak your language - and know the processes in industry, trade and services inside out.
- Comprehensive product portfolio: Based on Business Central, we offer tried-and-tested industry solutions, add-ons and extensions - individually customizable and future-proof.
- Holistically digital: We combine ERP, CRM, BI, AI and modern workplace technologies to create an end-to-end platform for your digital transformation.
- Get off to a fast start: With training at COSMO College, AI support from our exclusive COSMA technology and the COSMO Digital Consultant implementation assistant, you can get up to speed straight away.
- Global presence: With projects in over 20 countries, we combine local industry knowledge with many years of international experience.
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