Challenges and Solutions to Effective Business Intelligence in Microsoft Dynamics

This episode is sponsored by BI4Dynamics. Microsoft offers its Dynamics ERP customers a variety of ways to get started with analyzing their business data, but the BI and analytics landscape continues to evolve as data growth accelerates and industry demands change. Our guest on this episode,  Dr. Vijay Jog, the founder of CRGroup and president of Global Business Applications for CRGroup’s parent company, Quisitive, joins us to discuss the BI and reporting themes influencing Dynamics space today. Expectations are changing for many roles, Vijay believes. Accounting teams must provide better insight that leads to a proactive outlook. IT departments must gaining new skills  in areas like data lakes, analytics, storage, and security. And teams continue to struggle with the perennial problem of data islands, Vijay says. BI and analytics options vary by Dynamics product, and Vijay shares his views on  some of the most interesting new and upcoming capabilities, including the transition from BYOD to BYOL for Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and advances with Power BI. Show Notes: 2:15 - What is unique about today's data challenges? 4:30 - What do Dynamics customers get out of the box for BI and reporting? 7:00 - BYOL and the other important competencies of BI 10:00 - Building a great BI team around business systems like a Dynamics ERP 14:00 - Metrics that customers are analyzing more carefully due to the pandemic 16:00 - What makes an organization a top performer on BI and analytics practices 18:00 - Microsoft technology to watch in the analytics and data management space 21:30 - Optimism on the BYOL model for Dynamics 365 F&O You can start a free 30 day trial of BI4Dynamics, just visit bi4dyamics.com/trial to learn more.