Dynamics 365 vs Salesforce vs HubSpot: a CRM comparison for small UK teams
How Dynamics 365 Sales, Salesforce and HubSpot compare for a small UK team on cost, ease of use and how well each works with Outlook, Teams and Microsoft 365.
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Dynamics 365: is it a CRM or an ERP, and where does Business Central fit?
Dynamics 365 is a family of Microsoft business apps that covers both CRM and ERP, and Business Central is its ERP for small and mid-sized firms.
Read the postHow to close the year end in Business Central: step by step
The year end close in Business Central in the order to do it, including the stock cost adjustment that firms holding stock should run first.
Read the postBusiness Central vs NetSuite, SAP and Odoo: a plain comparison for mid-size UK firms
How Business Central, NetSuite, SAP and Odoo compare on the size of business each suits, how each is sold and supported in the UK, and what a move involves.
Read the postWhat is a Power Platform managed environment, and does your business need one?
A plain guide to what a managed environment adds to Power Platform, what it means for your licences, and how to tell whether your business needs one.
Read the postIs Power Platform free? UK licensing in plain words
Parts of Power Platform come with Microsoft 365 at no extra cost, and premium connectors, Dataverse, unattended automation and shared Power BI reports are what tip you into paid licences.
Read the postCost centres in Business Central: how to set them up with dimensions and use them to route approvals
This guide shows how to set up cost centres in Business Central as a dimension, share out common costs with allocations or the Cost Accounting module, and route each approval to its budget holder.
Read the postWhat do Business Central and Dynamics 365 cost per user in the UK?
This guide sets out Microsoft's published UK prices for Business Central and the main Dynamics 365 apps, which staff need a full licence, and what else to budget for.
Read the postBusiness Central vs QuickBooks: when to move up to an ERP
QuickBooks keeps the books of a small business well, and Business Central is the step up when finance, stock, purchasing and approvals need to run in one system.
Read the postPower Platform vs Dynamics 365: what is the difference, and where does SharePoint fit?
Dynamics 365 gives you ready-made business apps, Power Platform lets you build your own apps and approval flows, and SharePoint holds the documents.
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A short introduction to what you can expect from Spark 365's thinking and guidance.
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