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Business Central 2026 Wave 1 Isn’t Just an Update — It’s a Direction of Travel

 Microsoft has released the first major Dynamics 365 Business Central update of 2026 — and if you run or advise a growing SME, this one is worth paying attention to. Not because of the feature list. But because of what it signals. Wave 1 confirms something we’ve been watching closely over the past few years: ERP is no longer just about recording transactions. It’s about intelligence, automation, and proactive insight built directly into your workflows. And Business Central is moving fast. ERP Is Becoming Quietly Intelligent One of the most noticeable themes in 2026 Wave 1 is the continued evolution of Copilot . This isn’t “AI for headlines.” It’s AI embedded into everyday operational tasks. We’re seeing: More contextual financial summaries Journal suggestions that reduce manual error Faster, smarter sales document drafting Natural language reporting improvements For small and mid-sized businesses, this matters more than it might sound. Lean teams don’t have time to manually inter...
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Why Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Works So Well for Growing SMEs

  Business Central is built specifically for   start-ups, SMEs, and scaling businesses   — not enterprise complexity dressed down. Here’s why it scales so effectively: Modular by Design 🧩 You don’t need everything on day one. Most businesses start with: Core finance Sales and purchasing Basic reporting Then expand into: Inventory and supply chain Projects and job costing Multi-entity or multi-currency operations Advanced analytics You grow the system  as the business grows  — not before. Built for the Microsoft Ecosystem 🔗 Because Business Central is part of Microsoft, it integrates naturally with tools teams already use: Outlook and Teams for day-to-day work Excel for structured analysis (without breaking data) Power BI for real-time insight Azure for cloud performance and security When paired with a strong  Microsoft cloud and modern workplace foundation  — like those delivered by  IT Desk’s  managed IT and cloud services  — adoption...
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Outgrowing Accounting Software: 7 Signs Your Finance System Can’t Keep Up

  At some point, most growing businesses hit a strange phase. Nothing is technically “broken”. The numbers still come out. The software still works. And yet… everything feels harder than it should. Month-end drags on. Reports don’t quite line up. Spreadsheets start filling the gaps. This is usually the moment a business realises it’s  outgrowing its accounting software  — even if no one’s said it out loud yet. Accounting Software Is Built to Start Businesses, Not Scale Them Tools like  Xero ,  Sage , and  QuickBooks  are excellent at what they’re designed for: getting finance up and running quickly. Invoices, bills, bank feeds, tax — all covered. But as a business grows, finance stops being a standalone function. It becomes deeply connected to operations, stock, projects, sales, and forecasting. That’s where the limitations start to show. 1. Month-End Still Feels Like a Fire Drill If month-end involves late nights, manual journals, and last-minute spre...
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Spreadsheet Debt Is Slowing You Down. Business Central + Power BI Is How You Pay It Off.

  For years, spreadsheets have been the backbone of SME reporting: fast to set up, easy to tweak, and “good enough” for month-end. Until they aren’t. As teams grow and data multiplies, spreadsheets create  operational debt  — version conflicts, manual exports, and “why don’t these numbers match?” debates. Leaders don’t need  more  data. They need  one version of the truth  they can trust. In 2025, that’s exactly what the pairing of  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central  and  Power BI  delivers: a live, unified backbone for decisions — not just reports. From static reports to a living system of record Spreadsheets are static snapshots of a moving business. Business Central is the opposite: a  live system of record  for finance, sales, purchasing, stock, and ops. Every invoice, receipt, and movement updates in real time. When  Power BI  plugs into that stream, you don’t “run reports”; you  watch the busines...
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