DR DYNAMICSThe Release Wave Is Retiring. The Update Calendar Isn't.
Microsoft retires Dynamics 365 release waves and Release Planner on 15 November 2026. What changes, what does not, and the governance rhythm to build.
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The Dr Dynamics blog: practical writing on Dynamics 365 F&O — e-invoicing mandates, performance, delivery and AI.
The Order Is in One Company. The Stock Is in Another.
Cross-legal-entity fulfilment is now a product capability in D365. Why entity ownership, financial impact and physical fulfilment must be designed together.
Your Microsoft Specialization Is Measured, Not Claimed
Microsoft simplified eligibility for four Business Applications specializations in August 2026. What Finance and Supply Chain practices must capture.
Stop assembling e-invoicing deadlines from vendor blogs. We built you a free checker.
Tell it where your entities are. It returns which European e-invoicing mandates apply, when each starts, and what that means in D365 F&O. Free, no sign-up.
France e-invoicing penalties from 1 September 2026: what DGFiP will actually enforce
The 1 September 2026 deadline holds and so do the fines. What DGFiP's tolerance phase really changes, and the one penalty with no first-offence relief.
E-invoicing in Norway: what CFOs and CIOs need to know before January 2027
Norway's B2B e-invoicing law is adopted: issue from 1 Jan 2027, digital bookkeeping by 2030. EHF over Peppol, no clearance — and where the D365 F&O work sits.
E-invoicing in France and Germany: what CFOs and CIOs need to know before the deadlines hit
France's mandate lands 1 September 2026. Germany's issuing waves follow in 2027-28. What each country requires, and where the D365 F&O effort sits.
Which Dynamics 365 User Groups Are Worth Joining?
A practical guide to the Dynamics 365 user groups, communities and events where finance and system owners meet, compare pain points and share fixes.
Invoice compliance just became an architecture problem
Belgium's B2B e-invoicing mandate is live. Poland, France and the UK follow. How to build a modular invoice architecture in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
The Hidden Risk in D365 Projects Is Outdated Architecture
Most D365 project risks aren't bugs, they're expired assumptions. Three that quietly died in 2025-26, and a five-question blueprint re-review.
A pre-submission validation layer for Dynamics 365 that catches Peppol errors inside D365, before they ever hit your submission batch.
Catch Peppol and EN 16931 errors inside Dynamics 365 before they reach your submission batch. Pre-submission validation, with data kept in-house.
Microsoft put an AI agent inside your month-end reconciliation. Here's what it actually does.
Microsoft's Account Reconciliation Agent brings AI to month-end close in Dynamics 365 Finance. What it does, what it doesn't yet, and how to set it up safely.
Fresh data is a finance control. Microsoft just made it cheaper to get.
Microsoft's low-latency sync speeds Dataverse and D365 F&O data into Fabric. What fresher data means for finance reporting, AI agents, and your close.
AI in your ERP should close the month, not write your emails
What Copilot and the Account Reconciliation Agent actually change about month-end close in Dynamics 365 Finance, and what's still just a demo.
Delayed tax calculation: the D365 setting I helped fix, and what it teaches you about importing large journals
How the Delayed tax calculation setting in Dynamics 365 Finance fixes slow journal imports — plus set-based processing and large general journal tips.
Multi-Entity D365 F&O: Five Decisions You Can't Undo After Go-Live
Five Dynamics 365 Finance multi-entity architecture decisions, from legal entities to intercompany, that take an hour to set and a quarter to reverse.
Your French e-invoicing project won't fail on the XML. It'll fail on master data.
France's e-invoicing mandate hits 1 Sept 2026. The real go-live risk isn't the XML, it's master data. Validate SIRET, VAT and IBAN in D365 before you send.
France's E-Invoicing Mandate, Flow by Flow
Every D365 customer needs to know F1, F2, F6 and F10 before France's 1 September 2026 e-invoicing mandate. Flow-by-flow guide for finance leaders.
Before You Let AI Run Your AP, Let It Audit Your AP
Microsoft published the architecture for AI anomaly detection in D365 Finance. Here's how to deploy it safely — and what the diagram doesn't tell you.
Why Your D365 F&O Cutover Is Slower on the “Better” Environment (And What to Do About It)
Why D365 F&O data migration runs slower on Tier-2 sandboxes than on Tier-1, and how to tune DMF parallelism, database logging, and batch settings to fix it
Establishments in D365 Finance 10.0.48: One Legal Entity, Many Identities, No More Multi-LE Workarounds
Microsoft's Establishments feature in D365 Finance 10.0.48 lets one legal entity hold multiple SIRET, VAT and Branch IDs. A practical guide.
France e-Invoicing in Dynamics 365 Finance
Microsoft has released French e-invoicing in D365 Finance preview 10.0.48. The two gotchas every CFO needs to know before September 2026.
D365 F&O performance testing: the playbook programme directors should be running, not skipping
A practical 7-step playbook for performance testing in Dynamics 365 F&O — RSAT vs PerfSDK, scenarios, environments, and what programme directors must lock in.
D365 F&O Extension Rationalisation: What to Rip Out, Replace With an ISV, or Leave Alone
Audit your D365 F&O X extensions in four steps: inventory, classify, prioritise, execute. Cut regression costs without breaking production.
How to Audit Your D365 F&O Delivery Team Before the First Invoice
Your partner pitched their sharpest architect. Four months in, a two-year consultant runs your design workshops. How to audit the team you pay for.
What does your post-go-live support look like?
The week after go-live, your partner disappears
eInvoicing in Europe: where things stand, and what D365 customers should be doing about it
European e-invoicing mandates are hitting fast — Poland, Belgium and France in 2026, Germany in 2027. Here's where D365 F&O customers stand.
Every Microsoft First-Party AI Agent in Dynamics 365
Complete reference of 20 Microsoft first-party AI agents across D365 Finance, Supply Chain, Project Ops, Sales and Service. What's live, preview, and planned.
The Second Opinion Your D365 F&O Programme Probably Needs
Most Dynamics 365 F&O programmes drift before they fail. Dr Dynamics provides independent reviews, assurance and recovery to catch problems early.
Stop Guessing Your Prices
Price elasticity reveals which products can absorb a price rise and which can't. Here's how an AI pricing agent applies it across a full Dynamics 365 range.
From Pricing Guesswork to Profit Optimization: Applying Price Elasticity in Dynamics 365
Apply price elasticity inside Dynamics 365 to optimise pricing, reduce inventory and improve profit. No spreadsheets, no manual analysis.
Dr Dynamics launches Purchase Order Security solution on Microsoft Marketplace
Restrict purchase order visibility in D365 Finance & Supply Chain to requestors and orderers. PO Security Pack, now on Microsoft Marketplace.
The Dynamics Consultant’s Next Era: Less Configuration, More Transformation
Configuration knowledge still matters, but it is no longer enough. Where the Dynamics consultant's value is moving: architecture, testing and adoption.
Performance Testing in Dynamics 365: Why Most Projects Think About It Too Late
Plan and run performance testing in Dynamics 365 with Success by Design: architecture patterns, common risks, the testing lifecycle and maturity models.
The Three Deployment Types of Dynamics 365 Project Operations
The three deployment types of Dynamics 365 Project Operations, and when to choose Core, Integrated or ERP-first. Architecture and key considerations.
Dynamics 365 ERP Analytics MCP: What IT Leaders and ERP Partners Should Know
How the Dynamics 365 ERP Analytics MCP connects AI agents to governed analytics models, and what it means for IT leaders and ERP partners.
Introducing Dr Dynamics – D365 F&O Architect: An AI Assistant for the Dynamics ERP Community
A GPT built for the Dynamics 365 F&O community, combining official documentation, development guidance and implementation experience. Free to try.
THE REAL SHIFT ISN’T “AI IN ERP”. IT’S ERP THAT TALKS BACK.
A consultant-friendly rundown of the Copilot and AI features Microsoft has shipped across Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations — and what they actually do.
Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid: How to Pick the Right Delivery Method for D365 F&O (and actually stick to it)
Compare Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid delivery for D365 F&O with a practical decision framework. Avoid scope creep, delays and go-live surprises.
Governing MCP in Dynamics 365 F&O: turning “agent power” into safe, auditable execution
How to govern Model Context Protocol in Dynamics 365 F&O so AI agents run safely and auditably. Governance design, security controls and compliance.
France eInvoicing for Dynamics AX 4.0 to AX 2012 - stay compliant without an upgrade to D365
Stay compliant with France's e-invoicing mandate on Dynamics AX 4.0 to AX 2012. A retrofit solution, with no upgrade to D365 required.
D365 F&O Training, Adoption and Change Management: the part that decides whether go-live is a success
A practical guide to training and change management on Dynamics 365 F&O projects: roles, deliverables, timelines, anti-patterns and checklists.
Poland update: JPK-V7(3) (Schema version 3) becomes mandatory from 1 Feb 2026 - what D365 Finance teams need to do now
Poland's JPK_V7(3) VAT schema becomes mandatory on 1 February 2026. What JPK_V7M(3) and JPK_V7K(3) mean for D365 Finance, and how KSeF fits.
Netherlands update: XAF 4.0 (Auditfile Financieel) is coming in January 2026 - and D365 Finance needs prep now
The Netherlands replaces XAF 3.2 with Auditfile Financieel 4.0 from 1 January 2026. What it means for D365 Finance, and how it maps to RGS.
The Shiny ERP Trap: How to Make Your Dynamics 365 Project Actually Deliver Value
Avoid the shiny ERP trap in Dynamics 365 projects. Set measurable business goals, define the benefits, and prove ROI after go-live.
Major Upcoming Dynamics 365 (D365) Events in 2026: Where to Go and Why
The key Dynamics 365 and Power Platform events in 2026, with dates, locations and which matter most for D365 F&SCM delivery in the UK and EU.
France e-invoicing: the “authorized platforms” list is out — what ERP teams should do now
France published its registered PDP (authorized platform) list in January 2026. What Dynamics 365 F&O teams should do now — and a 30-day plan to get there.
Licensing enforcement is coming to F&O: why “it worked before” won’t work in 2026 (and what D365 F&O clients should do now)
D365 F&O license validation becomes enforced from January 2026, staged by contract anniversary. Govern roles now to avoid production sign-in lockouts.
General advice on D365FO performance optimization
Incorrect configuration is the usual cause of slow Dynamics 365. How to analyse optimization problems, fix them at the root, and keep performance stable.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 - Process Automation
Most teams underestimate Dynamics 365 process automation or write it off as too hard. The practical nuances, and where it actually pays off.
Number Sequence Optimization in Microsoft Dynamics 365
Number sequence contention is a common cause of slow Dynamics 365. How to identify it, with the code to troubleshoot the problem areas.
Overlooked Dynamics 365 aspect - Duplicate Detection: impressive utility dedicated to keeping your data pristine
Duplicate records cause real problems in Dynamics 365. Set up duplicate detection properly with multiple search rules and scheduled analysis.