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...