[Podcast] Dynamics NAV & Business Central Resources, Unknown Features & the Enhancement Plan

S2E9 Two Guys, Coffee & Business

This podcast is a must for someone using Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. We'll be exploring must have resources, unknown features, and the importance of the Enhancement Plan.

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 - guys coffee and business podcast hey
 
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 everybody we're back - guys coffee and
 
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 business podcast I am now Norwich I'm
 
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 here with puddin pie yep
 
 00:22
 
 hi we got picture of Navman that's right
 
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 yeah so I'm Michael Shermer told we have
 
 00:30
 
 a very very informative podcasts at say
 
 00:34
 
 yeah yeah I feel like there's a
 
 00:37
 
 everybody always ask questions when
 
 00:40
 
 they're on the running of their new ERP
 
 00:42
 
 system they don't really know where to
 
 00:45
 
 go sometimes they don't want to go to
 
 00:48
 
 maybe the partner because they're a
 
 00:51
 
 little nervous in that case you should
 
 00:53
 
 just come to us yes open arm invite yeah
 
 01:03
 
 I think there's some must have resources
 
 01:05
 
 out there that each user I think we find
 
 01:08
 
 very very helpful
 
 01:10
 
 sure can I get can I say something
 
 01:11
 
 before we get it absolutely since it's
 
 01:13
 
 two guys Bobby business podcast and I
 
 01:15
 
 ever done this in a while we're up in
 
 01:17
 
 the Valera bug Thank You Zack willow for
 
 01:20
 
 the Apple era motor in there I have some
 
 01:22
 
 cold pressed coffee that I made with a
 
 01:25
 
 new French press at my house oh wow yeah
 
 01:27
 
 it works really good basically got a
 
 01:29
 
 coffee grinds I want to get
 
 01:31
 
 right out needs or not put in the fresh
 
 01:33
 
 breasts let it sit for 24 hours press
 
 01:36
 
 that bad boy down and I have a cold
 
 01:37
 
 coffee that you can have in the fridge
 
 01:39
 
 for the rest of the week you can heat it
 
 01:42
 
 up if you want so is that is it more
 
 01:43
 
 fresh is it so the thing about it is the
 
 01:45
 
 reason why I'm doing it sits better on
 
 01:47
 
 like your digestive system lasse is
 
 01:50
 
 naturally hard on your digestive system
 
 01:52
 
 and because I can make a week in advance
 
 01:55
 
 out this is our every morning equals
 
 01:57
 
 making coffee see even making coffee
 
 02:02
 
 more efficient yeah definitely more
 
 02:06
 
 efficient I also want to save something
 
 02:09
 
 bears lost again last night
 
 02:11
 
 but it throws at me again as a reminder
 
 02:14
 
 the Browns won before no the preseason
 
 02:17
 
 last year did they so for no I guess
 
 02:22
 
 they had one in years
 
 02:23
 
 right so it's okay Rach I think they
 
 02:27
 
 made the playoffs though one time in the
 
 02:30
 
 past in Kentucky right so please like
 
 02:42
 
 don't feel bad
 
 02:45
 
 all right well I guess back to resources
 
 02:49
 
 actor resources so what you gotta get is
 
 02:52
 
 good what's wrong
 
 02:52
 
 yeah yeah I mean if you go on YouTube
 
 02:56
 
 YouTube just the place to be now has
 
 03:00
 
 videos for everything including does a
 
 03:03
 
 central lab but there's also more than
 
 03:06
 
 actors right
 
 03:09
 
 [Laughter]
 
 03:15
 
 and so yeah you can there's webinars
 
 03:20
 
 with the will will put on and mainly new
 
 03:23
 
 yeah - be nice yeah so I mean that's
 
 03:28
 
 always kind of nice because everybody
 
 03:30
 
 needs something extra yeah I feel like
 
 03:33
 
 you're reading from my notes it might be
 
 03:35
 
 that cats not spring - yeah but yes I
 
 03:44
 
 mean there's training videos which can
 
 03:46
 
 be thought on our website solstice calm
 
 03:49
 
 yeah so yeah I've got blog posts
 
 03:55
 
 training videos that I'm really deep
 
 03:59
 
 dive into some specific resources for is
 
 04:03
 
 essential never get into it alright so
 
 04:08
 
 for video resources for business central
 
 04:11
 
 I'll link to all these rulings all these
 
 04:14
 
 on the podcast site on our on our web
 
 04:17
 
 page we have the introduction of
 
 04:19
 
 Microsoft Dynamics 365 is essential it's
 
 04:21
 
 a good resource for somebody just
 
 04:23
 
 looking starting out another video is
 
 04:26
 
 what the D 365 business central team
 
 04:29
 
 actually likes about business central
 
 04:31
 
 with features and things like that they
 
 04:33
 
 like which I should
 
 04:35
 
 used for our next section I have the
 
 04:41
 
 business central spring release video
 
 04:44
 
 which dives a little bit more in depth
 
 04:46
 
 of what this essentially is that's
 
 04:51
 
 actually a pretty good video I thought
 
 04:52
 
 they did a good - a little overview of
 
 04:54
 
 yeah kind of what's new and we can do in
 
 04:58
 
 there yeah I have a link to the business
 
 05:09
 
 central training videos and then for
 
 05:12
 
 documents I have the business central
 
 05:14
 
 capabilities guy versus show basically
 
 05:16
 
 everything that business central does
 
 05:19
 
 the link to the dynamics 365 October
 
 05:22
 
 2018 release notes you know sending all
 
 05:25
 
 that talk about on your features and
 
 05:27
 
 what's coming out all that good stuff
 
 05:29
 
 yes our videos everybody get real
 
 05:32
 
 excited for that a few short months here
 
 05:35
 
 yes
 
 05:36
 
 October it's coming it's coming and then
 
 05:39
 
 I have some web resources Business
 
 05:42
 
 Center home page private suggestions
 
 05:44
 
 page so people like you and honestly
 
 05:47
 
 broader than just suggest things that we
 
 05:49
 
 want to see business that you'll have
 
 05:50
 
 and if it gets enough likes or comments
 
 05:53
 
 or by Microsoft like
 
 05:55
 
 taking it so that's how we're saying you
 
 05:57
 
 have to have enough
 
 05:58
 
 you got any subtraction behind it yeah
 
 06:01
 
 so make sure you tell everybody in your
 
 06:03
 
 company yeah it's going like it social
 
 06:06
 
 media share it you know if you got an
 
 06:08
 
 idea - why upgrade to business central
 
 06:12
 
 from QuickBooks because I know a lot of
 
 06:14
 
 people are using QuickBooks and business
 
 06:16
 
 central premium version premium version
 
 06:21
 
 is essential Start Center essentials is
 
 06:26
 
 comparable to uh to QuickBooks of course
 
 06:30
 
 the solution system is a set the home
 
 06:33
 
 page where you can find everything that
 
 06:39
 
 makes me want to go in that click on all
 
 06:41
 
 these links now yeah it's full of
 
 06:43
 
 information this comes only if you are
 
 06:51
 
 lucky enough to be a solution systems
 
 06:53
 
 customer we have our own online
 
 06:58
 
 university whoa three videos so I guess
 
 07:03
 
 is gonna yeah
 
 07:05
 
 toggle us or you can visit dynamics 365
 
 07:11
 
 dynamics 365 University comm check out
 
 07:15
 
 some free videos you can purchase some
 
 07:18
 
 better training videos but if your
 
 07:20
 
 customer cards hey call us ask us
 
 07:23
 
 yeah we'll set you up yeah another thing
 
 07:27
 
 that I was a little dab bug so yeah so
 
 07:32
 
 it's just like a stands for nav user
 
 07:35
 
 group so that's pretty cool it's all the
 
 07:37
 
 users they have questions come together
 
 07:41
 
 and help each other out which is great
 
 07:43
 
 it shows that I mean it is a community
 
 07:45
 
 of over 19,000 people are saying right
 
 07:48
 
 which is crazy
 
 07:50
 
 yeah it's also great now it's not just
 
 07:52
 
 nap it's a PC / damn right it does we
 
 07:55
 
 make the transition to the business
 
 07:58
 
 central yeah so your education is not
 
 08:00
 
 working right now another really good
 
 08:07
 
 one I think is customer source it kind
 
 08:10
 
 of gives you access to anything you need
 
 08:13
 
 training videos product information blog
 
 08:17
 
 pages just links all things Microsoft
 
 08:21
 
 Dynamics and what you get that is with
 
 08:26
 
 if you say current or Microsoft
 
 08:29
 
 enhancement plan big time
 
 08:32
 
 another must-have resource I would say I
 
 08:36
 
 mean I would say the answer planets a
 
 08:38
 
 must
 
 08:39
 
 yeah I mean it's all you can do I
 
 08:42
 
 predict upgrades and you get the access
 
 08:46
 
 to customer source yeah and then you can
 
 08:49
 
 protect it list price it's actually
 
 08:52
 
 broke down a couple things
 
 08:54
 
 quick highlights widest and your
 
 08:56
 
 enhancement plan jumping over a network
 
 08:58
 
 so you get new version rights hot fixes
 
 09:01
 
 service packs and regular toilet
 
 09:03
 
 releases this is all about being current
 
 09:05
 
 on your handsome plan protected this
 
 09:08
 
 price transition if that's never going
 
 09:10
 
 to be late like you mentioned unlimited
 
 09:12
 
 access to online training which is the
 
 09:14
 
 customer source if there's any
 
 09:17
 
 certification for customers to give them
 
 09:18
 
 and user guides you can access these
 
 09:21
 
 stuff directed support through customer
 
 09:23
 
 source and you also get a license
 
 09:26
 
 ability and disaster recovery which can
 
 09:29
 
 be huge if there's a church you know so
 
 09:32
 
 actually that's kind of funny you bring
 
 09:35
 
 that up because everybody's like oh we
 
 09:36
 
 don't need that everything can be fine
 
 09:38
 
 recently someone's like building was
 
 09:44
 
 struck by lightning and then he wants
 
 09:46
 
 our servers went down yeah it's crazy
 
 09:48
 
 you gotta talk about ransomware and I
 
 09:51
 
 mean it's authors ever think it's gonna
 
 09:53
 
 happen you because you're gonna
 
 09:55
 
 worldwide what happens yeah anyone in
 
 10:00
 
 law you have to deal with that yeah
 
 10:03
 
 sorry
 
 10:05
 
 no yeah that was uh that's premature
 
 10:07
 
 thing else I had as well so I got two
 
 10:10
 
 more things and the resources then okay
 
 10:12
 
 there is actually a dedicated Microsoft
 
 10:14
 
 Dynamics NAV
 
 10:15
 
 blog page for people from Microsoft post
 
 10:18
 
 about that you know you learn about
 
 10:21
 
 updates planned release this quick tips
 
 10:23
 
 that sort of thing and the second and
 
 10:26
 
 last thing that I have is will link to
 
 10:29
 
 this as well the dynamics in the
 
 10:31
 
 resource guide so this is something that
 
 10:33
 
 we've created internally that will speak
 
 10:37
 
 select the most popular net analyze what
 
 10:39
 
 they do whether or not to put your
 
 10:41
 
 business and everything so if you think
 
 10:43
 
 that warehouse solution our tech
 
 10:45
 
 solution whatever these are the most
 
 10:46
 
 popular and most efficient and that's it
 
 10:49
 
 there is definitely good resource
 
 10:51
 
 problems yeah yeah absolutely yeah I
 
 10:59
 
 think it's not a resources why not great
 
 11:01
 
 I don't use it yeah but a lot of good
 
 11:03
 
 resources means that you have to learn
 
 11:05
 
 how to use good teachers you're a man
 
 11:09
 
 that's essential yeah and I know we've
 
 11:11
 
 talked about features in the past so we
 
 11:13
 
 want to get too much into all the ones
 
 11:16
 
 that you
 
 11:17
 
 before anything kind of minor something
 
 11:19
 
 different for you or yeah so I think I
 
 11:24
 
 don't know if I really call it a feature
 
 11:26
 
 but it kind of is at the same time power
 
 11:28
 
 bi it's embedded right on the homepage I
 
 11:32
 
 feel like you just got to think
 
 11:34
 
 advantage of it cuz it's a awesome
 
 11:36
 
 reporting tool yes so I mean the layouts
 
 11:39
 
 the ability to see your information a
 
 11:41
 
 little fast yeah that's right there
 
 11:44
 
 right right
 
 11:46
 
 and if you need any help with power bi
 
 11:47
 
 training or anything we do have an
 
 11:50
 
 expert in our building we do we talked
 
 11:54
 
 to him about that or Batman yeah he's
 
 11:56
 
 like see there let's talk about Batman
 
 11:59
 
 burrito or nav man he's our man yeah how
 
 12:04
 
 are we gonna do a Superman or a
 
 12:06
 
 superhero themed uh this way we're gonna
 
 12:08
 
 call it they have man it's already comes
 
 12:11
 
 out here but yeah this is central man I
 
 12:13
 
 mean that doesn't flows No
 
 12:21
 
 BBC man therefore you 365 set some
 
 12:28
 
 suggestions what's your home dad man
 
 12:30
 
 yeah this be good it will just sum up a
 
 12:35
 
 little more Paula we didn't come to this
 
 12:37
 
 yeah so one that I've come across the
 
 12:41
 
 kind of feature where you want to call
 
 12:43
 
 it that people really I feel don't take
 
 12:46
 
 advantage of it as much as they should
 
 12:47
 
 it's the artificial intelligence it's
 
 12:49
 
 built into business central you know
 
 12:54
 
 although it basically from my
 
 12:57
 
 understanding is there bunch of Russian
 
 12:59
 
 analysis in the background it keeps an
 
 13:00
 
 eye on your patterns of what you're
 
 13:02
 
 doing inventory levels and stuff like
 
 13:04
 
 that and it'll let you know if you need
 
 13:07
 
 to replenish your inventory levels
 
 13:08
 
 before you actually think about checking
 
 13:11
 
 it so it's a yeah yeah that's he it's
 
 13:17
 
 only gonna get better right absolutely
 
 13:21
 
 no see yeah so I have let's see here
 
 13:26
 
 there is a favorite accountant distance
 
 13:29
 
 central so from any screen and business
 
 13:31
 
 central get remaining terrible okay you
 
 13:34
 
 can access a list here favorite accounts
 
 13:36
 
 the list is completely customizable so
 
 13:39
 
 you can pick the accounts while you have
 
 13:40
 
 quick access to or what you're working
 
 13:43
 
 on and
 
 13:44
 
 you know you can see this Eagle Scouts
 
 13:45
 
 was frequently another line that is so
 
 13:49
 
 these are for this one's for accountants
 
 13:53
 
 it is business central offers like ap
 
 13:57
 
 automation so by allowing you to find
 
 14:00
 
 items that frequently import-export so
 
 14:03
 
 once these items are fine this is such
 
 14:05
 
 was going to recognize these items and
 
 14:07
 
 execute the follow-up tasks accordingly
 
 14:09
 
 so you know for example if it recognizes
 
 14:13
 
 it'll recognizing paid invoices
 
 14:15
 
 something in a lot of do you think about
 
 14:25
 
 this image analyzer very nice I think
 
 14:28
 
 it's a great idea but I think it still
 
 14:30
 
 needs to come you need to be embedded
 
 14:32
 
 into write this essential organizers
 
 14:34
 
 have third-party service right that's
 
 14:36
 
 what I think yeah I agree I think it's a
 
 14:38
 
 great idea it's cool yeah that's not
 
 14:41
 
 quite there yet no I also I thought one
 
 14:44
 
 more it is the container sandbox
 
 14:47
 
 requirement this is a hidden feature and
 
 14:51
 
 what is what it is is once again I've
 
 14:53
 
 been read this is by running the sandbox
 
 14:54
 
 environment practice these container
 
 14:57
 
 page you can set up a container base
 
 15:00
 
 sandbox that can be as your hosted or
 
 15:03
 
 locally hosted
 
 15:04
 
 when you run this page you can choose
 
 15:06
 
 hopes manager hope slowly options if you
 
 15:09
 
 choose host and answer I give the catch
 
 15:11
 
 your answer - your subscription required
 
 15:13
 
 an entire blah blah blah if you choose
 
 15:16
 
 Holtz local you need to configure the
 
 15:18
 
 Thacker environment it all right so what
 
 15:21
 
 it is is what your dunk acting it the
 
 15:23
 
 way you want it that you can develop
 
 15:24
 
 with Visual Studio studio code and AOL
 
 15:27
 
 AOL connected to your container that's
 
 15:31
 
 also have an online sandbox with every
 
 15:34
 
 container based so I really wonder what
 
 15:38
 
 it is maybe it's better for programmers
 
 15:42
 
 I guess the enemy yeah yeah no I like
 
 15:56
 
 the sandbox environment I think it's a
 
 15:58
 
 really great place to kind of go test
 
 16:01
 
 some things out if you don't really know
 
 16:02
 
 what you're doing yeah so just because
 
 16:05
 
 you know that there's no consequences
 
 16:06
 
 you just reset it with a click of a
 
 16:08
 
 button that's great yeah come on partner
 
 16:11
 
 we don't have
 
 16:13
 
 features and functionality that we would
 
 16:15
 
 really want ready to go to utilize the
 
 16:18
 
 sandbox right so Microsoft we need some
 
 16:21
 
 internal usage rights licenses to dis
 
 16:23
 
 essential to help us out you have more
 
 16:27
 
 admin right yes
 
 16:29
 
 exactly what we listening Microsoft you
 
 16:34
 
 know they are deep way to see you I see
 
 16:37
 
 you right there by your desk
 
 16:39
 
 don't worry nobody's watching you just
 
 16:43
 
 us yeah just us
 
 16:45
 
 all right in the Austrian our color mr.
 
 16:49
 
 Tom I don't know I think I didn't pretty
 
 16:52
 
 much covered everything I wanted to
 
 16:53
 
 cover but why I'd like to say first and
 
 16:56
 
 foremost is coffee it's really good
 
 16:57
 
 cold-pressed really good and I have
 
 17:01
 
 nothing in it it's just black
 
 17:10
 
 yeah so let's do is having a Tom Petty
 
 17:14
 
 cover band tonight
 
 17:15
 
 so gonna go have some some beers and
 
 17:19
 
 some is some music with some animals
 
 17:20
 
 also you won't be free fallin yeah
 
 17:24
 
 Brookfield oh yeah I never did it but a
 
 17:28
 
 summer concert yes pretty much every
 
 17:31
 
 Friday place
 
 17:33
 
 couple months whatever they do that I'm
 
 17:37
 
 not trying to vignette this year yeah so
 
 17:39
 
 we'll see I'm excited
 
 17:42
 
 very very nice look that just trying to
 
 17:45
 
 go into the city on Saturday and out
 
 17:47
 
 there should be a good day for saying 87
 
 17:50
 
 something yeah should be perfect nice
 
 17:52
 
 about you gonna hang out man
 
 17:57
 
 oh maybe we found out the true identity
 
 18:00
 
 of bits right let's check do it yeah oh
 
 18:06
 
 so it's Rob next in blue Six Flags Great
 
 18:09
 
 America it's supposed to be really nice
 
 18:11
 
 man hanging out the waterpark a couple
 
 18:13
 
 of water slides
 
 18:14
 
 way to pull their tech thing thanks
 
 18:16
 
 maybe hit a couple posters you know
 
 18:21
 
 water parks kind of wear you out yeah or
 
 18:24
 
 net nice yeah that's very rare
 
 18:29
 
 well sounds like there's a lot to do in
 
 18:31
 
 Chicago and if you're not from here
 
 18:34
 
 check out the yeah I know I don't
 
 18:38
 
 understand it either
 
 18:39
 
 thank you I don't get just a big miss
 
 18:43
 
 shapen yeah I don't think so one might
 
 18:45
 
 like the out they first came to Chicago
 
 18:47
 
 to visit a couple years ago she was in
 
 18:50
 
 I'm gonna see the bean like why it's
 
 18:55
 
 just I don't know what's the
 
 18:58
 
 significance by it you know what
 
 19:01
 
 honestly now I have no idea it's like
 
 19:03
 
 work big export yeah I know they can
 
 19:13
 
 simulate you know the finish your life
 
 19:14
 
 yeah so the guitar player keys last
 
 19:17
 
 names actually pushes one who pushes
 
 19:19
 
 beat people interesting yeah okay
 
 19:23
 
 definitely a financially secure there's
 
 19:26
 
 two careers okay
 
 19:30
 
 well alright thank you everybody this
 
 19:32
 
 was awesome I hope everybody enjoyed
 
 19:34
 
 listening and as always if you have any
 
 19:37
 
 questions concerns
 
 19:39
 
 I just wanna comments feel free to reach
 
 19:42
 
 out to us if you need help with anything
 
 19:45
 
 reach out yes and we definitely want
 
 19:47
 
 suggestions on what we're supposed to
 
 19:49
 
 call them and all that business
 
 19:51
 
 Central's taking over so he's looking a
 
 19:54
 
 little press there people he wants a
 
 19:56
 
 name take care thanks