Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance is a Microsoft enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for medium to large organisations. The software, part of the Dynamics 365 product line, was first on general release in November 2016, initially branded as Dynamics 365 for Operations. In July, 2017, it was rebranded to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. At the same time, Microsoft rebranded their business software suite for small businesses (Business Edition, Financials) to Finance and Operations, Business Edition, however, the two applications are based on completely different platforms.

History[]

• 1998 - Axapta, a collaboration between IBM and Danish Damgaard Data, released in the Danish and U.S. markets.
• 2000 - Damgaard Data merged with Navision Software A/S to form NavisionDamgaard, later named Navision A/S. Released Axapta 2.5.
• 2002 - Microsoft acquires Navision A/S.^[1] Released Axapta 3.0.
• 2006 - Released Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0.
• 2008 - Released Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.
• 2011 - Released Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
• 2016 - Released Microsoft Dynamics AX 7. Later rebranded to Dynamics 365 for Operations.
• 2017 - Rebranded to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise Edition ^[2] (not to be mistaken with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Business Edition, which is based on former Microsoft Dynamics NAV).
• 2018 - Rebranded to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
• 2018 - The Human Resources Module became Dynamics 365 for Talent, now Dynamics 365 Human Resources.
• 2020 - Rebranded and split into two products:^[3]
  • Dynamics 365 Finance
  • Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

References[]

External links[]

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations official webpage