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Migrate Dynamics GP to Dynamics Business Central online

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Organizations that run their workloads on-premises but are looking to move to the cloud can migrate to Dynamics Business Central online. Moving to the cloud gives users the benefits of cloud scenarios such as Machine Learning, Power BI, Power Automate, and others to drive suggested actions.

What is Business Central?

Business Central is a business management solution for small and mid-sized organizations. It streamlines business processes, automates tasks, and provides comprehensive management capabilities. Here are some key features:

  • Adaptability: Business Central is highly adaptable, allowing companies to tailor it to their specific needs.
  • Functionality: It covers various aspects of business, including finance, manufacturing, sales, shipping, project management, and services.
  • Customization: Companies can easily add functionality relevant to their region and industry.
  • Ease of Implementation: Business Central is fast to implement and easy to configure.

To get familiar with Business Central online, sign up for a free trial.

How to make the move to Business Central

Both Dynamics GP and Business Central online provide tools that help you through the entire migration process, from start to finish.

  • Readiness assessment: Before migrating your on-premises deployment to the cloud, it's essential to evaluate its readiness. So for starters, Dynamics GP offers a migration assessment tool that provides insights into your readiness. It suggests migration options based on your needs and detects potential issues related to your GP system structure. To learn more about the migration assessment, watch the video Are You Ready for Business Central.

  • Data migration: When you're ready to migrate, Business Central online offers a comprehensive set of tools to migrate company data from Dynamics GP. To learn more about the tools and the end-to end process, go to Migrate on-premises Data to Business Central Online in the Business Central documentation on Microsoft Learn.

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