D365FO Security and Licensing Made ‘Easy’

Session Overview:
Security and licensing within D365FO can be confusing and it is easy to end up being over provisioned and costing your company time and money. In this session, we will cover processes to use to correctly determine least privilege security as well as covering the process Microsoft uses for determining licensing requirements and the impact that security has on licensing. Furthermore, we will go over steps you can take to ensure your company is not over-paying on licensing and save your company money.
We will also take a deep dive into the new Security Governance features Microsoft has added to add additional resources to address this complexity and how these features can be used to help ensure compliant least privilege security and minimize licensing costs.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the D365FO security model and steps to implement least privilege security
- Be able to fully grasp and interpret the user licensing model in D365FO
- Discover the new features and functionality surrounding the Security Governance features added by Microsoft
Speakers: Alex Meyer
Recorded at: Community Summit NA 2025
Type: Breakout Session
Ability Level: 201 – Intermediate
Primary Product: Dynamics 365 F/SCM (FO)
Tracks: Administration; System Administration, Security
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