What is Microsoft Dynamics 365?
It's Microsoft's suite of cloud business applications, covering both CRM (Sales, Customer Service, Marketing) and ERP (Business Central for smaller and midsize companies, Finance & Operations for larger ones), all sharing the same underlying Microsoft data platform and built to connect natively with Outlook, Teams, and Power BI.
What's the difference between Dynamics 365 CRM and Dynamics 365 ERP?
CRM modules like Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Service manage customer relationships, deals, and support cases. ERP modules like Business Central and Finance & Operations manage the financial and operational backbone: accounting, inventory, purchasing, and manufacturing. A business can run just one side, both, or neither and still use other Dynamics 365 apps.
How much does Dynamics 365 cost?
Pricing is per user, per app, and varies by which modules you need, with a free trial available for some of them (Business Central included). Costs scale quickly once you're licensing multiple apps for multiple users, so get a current quote from Microsoft or a partner rather than relying on a flat number.
Where do I log into Dynamics 365?
Through the Dynamics 365 portal using your organization's Microsoft 365 credentials, the same sign-in you'd use for Outlook or Teams. Your IT admin sets up which apps and environments you can access.
Does Dynamics 365 integrate with tools outside Microsoft's ecosystem?
It depends on the tool. Some third-party apps have ready-made connectors into Dynamics 365; plenty don't, especially industry-specific or smaller systems. That's the gap custom integration work usually fills, and it's most of what we build around Dynamics 365.
Does Dynamics 365 handle marketing automation?
Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys (formerly Dynamics 365 Marketing) covers email campaigns, journeys, and lead scoring natively. Where it runs out of road is usually data: triggering a journey off something happening in a system outside Dynamics 365, which is custom integration work rather than a marketing-automation setting.