Welcome to Dynamics 365 Business Central
Business Central is a business management solution for small and mid-sized organizations that automates and streamlines business processes and helps you manage your business. Highly adaptable and rich with features, Business Central enables companies to manage their business, including finance, manufacturing, sales, shipping, project management, services, and more. Companies can easily add functionality that is relevant to the region of operation, and that is customized to support even highly specialized industries. Business Central is fast to implement, easy to configure, and simplicity guides innovations in product design, development, implementation, and usability.
If you already have Business Central, then sign in at https://businesscentral.dynamics.com. Otherwise, get the overview, take the guided tour, and then learn how to start a free trial. Check out the quickstart articles to help you get to know Business Central. For more information about onboarding to Business Central, see Get Ready for Doing Business.
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Did you land here from inside Business Central? If you aren't sure where to find what you're looking for, you can filter by titles in the navigation pane to the left, or you can use the Search field at the top of the browser window.
You can also use the search capabilities in Business Central to find relevant documentation. For more information, see Finding Pages and Information with Tell Me.
Business Central includes tooltips for fields and actions that can help guide you through the various business processes. Some pages also have teaching tips and tours to help you. On each tooltip and teaching tip, choose the Show help link to open the Help pane where you find information about the current page and related tasks. If the chat with Copilot feature is turned on, instead of the Show help link on tooltips, you have an Ask Copilot link. When you select this link, the chat pane opens and a prompt asking for an explanation of the field is automatically entered, like "Explain field name "Invoice Discount %". On all pages, use Ctrl+F1 on your keyboard to open the Help pane. On any device, use the question mark in the upper right corner to get to the Help.
Microsoft Learn
In the navigation panel to the left, you can find information about using Business Central in your company. Find links to descriptions of the most commonly used capabilities in the Business Processes section. See also the Learn more using the product documentation section.
Business Central includes tooltips for fields and actions that can help guide you through the various business processes. Some pages also have teaching tips and tours to help you. On each tooltip and teaching tip, choose the Show help link to open the Help pane where you find information about the current page and related tasks. If the chat with Copilot feature is turned on, instead of the Show help link on tooltips, you have an Ask Copilot link. When you select this link, the chat pane opens and a prompt asking for an explanation of the field is automatically entered, like "Explain field name "Invoice Discount %". On all pages, use Ctrl+F1 on your keyboard to open the Help pane. On any device, use the question mark in the upper right corner to get to the Help.
You can also visit our video library, or begin with the Get started with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central learning path on Microsoft Learn.
Note
Unless otherwise specified, articles on Microsoft Learn reflect the latest version of Business Central online. If your organization uses a different version of Business Central online, then some capabilities might not yet be available. Also, if your organization uses Business Central on-premises, you might be using an earlier version. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions.
The following sections point to key articles that can help you get familiar with Business Central.
Business processes
Development and administration content
- Development and Administration
- Trials and Subscriptions
- Development in AL
- AL Development Environment
- Rules and Guidelines for AL Code
Copilot and AI content
- Overview
- Features
- Administration
- Development
Microsoft Learn training
Find free e-learning content for Business Central at Microsoft Learn training.
You can also view videos of new and commonly used capabilities in our video library. To learn more, go to Visit Our Video Library.
Community resources
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central community forum
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on the Dynamics 365 blog
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Release Plans
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Release Planner
- Microsoft Partner Network (requires Microsoft Partner Network membership account)
Get notified about changes through an RSS feed
To subscribe to a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed of all updates that are to the business functionality content on learn.microsoft.com for Business Central, use the following link:
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The RSS feed returns a list of the 100 articles most recently updated. The list is sorted by date, but it can take up to a week before the most recently updated articles make it to the list.
See also
Dynamics 365 Business Central training
Business Central quickstarts
Getting Started with Business Central
Visit Our Video Library
Customizing Business Central Using Extensions
Use Business Central as my Business Inbox in Outlook
Getting Business Central on Your Mobile Device
Work with Dimensions
Resources for Help and Support
Learn more using the product documentation
Business Central Compliance
Business Central Online Service Terms
What's new and changed
Major Updates and Minor Updates of Business Central Online
Dynamics 365 documentation
Dynamics 365 Business Central on microsoft.com
Explore Dynamics 365 Business Central capabilities