Go Live with Confidence: Best Practices for Business Central Cloud
Session Overview: What separates a smooth Business Central go-live from a painful, costly one? Experience — and lots of it.
In this session, you will hear directly from senior consultants and leadership with years of hands-on experience pioneering implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud and +200 successful customer migrations under their belt. We share the real-world lessons, practical tools, and honest pitfalls that we belive shape every successful implementation. You will get a step-by-step walkthrough covering the pillars that matter most.
How to structure the scoping process mapping your needs and eliminates surprises before the project begins. Why you should think in templates and best practises rather than giving in to custom requirements – driving visibility from kick-off to go-live. Not get lost in complex data migration but focus on key items to ensure master data lands cleanly and correctly from day one. How to define roles and responsibilities for training and testing in a coordinated process. And not least a firm belief in standard apps over customizations to keep your solution clean, upgrade-ready, and agile. The result? A fast, predictable and cost efficient implementation that delivers value to your business.
Whether you are planning your first Business Central cloud implementation or migrating from an older on-premise system, this session gives you some honest insights, inspiration for practical tools, and how a step-by-step approach enables you go live with Business Central Cloud with confidence.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and avoid the most common implementation pitfalls enabling a successful Business Central experience
- What to look for in a step-by-step implementation to create a predictable outcome, minimise downtime, and keep your project on track
- How to build a future-proof Business Central solution that supports your business in the long run
Speakers: Thomas Halse
Recorded at: Community Summit NA 2026
Type: Education Session
Ability Level: 201 – Intermediate
Primary Product: Business Central/NAV
Tracks: Management & Leadership, Migrating, Training and User Adoption
Terms: All rights reserved by the speaker, Community Summit NA, and Dynamic Communities and cannot be reproduced or distributed without express written consent by the speaker and Dynamic Communities.
