Welcome to Dynamics 365 Business Central

Business Central is fast to implement, easy to configure, and simplicity guides innovations in product design, development, implementation, and usability.

If you already have Business Central, see Get Ready for Doing Business.

[!TIP] Did you land here from inside Business Central? If you are not sure where to find what you are looking for, you can filter by titles in the navigation pane to the left, or you can use the Search field at the top of the browser window.

You can also use the search capabilities in Business Central to find relevant documentation. For more information, see Finding Pages and Information with Tell Me.

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Business Central includes tooltips for fields and actions that can help guide you through the various business processes. Some pages also have teaching tips and tours to help you. On each tooltip and teaching tip, choose the Learn more link to open the Help pane where you find information about the current page and related tasks. On all pages, use Ctrl+F1 on your keyboard to open the Help pane. On any device, use the question mark in the upper right corner to get to the Help.

Microsoft Docs

In the navigation panel to the left, you can find information about using Business Central in your company. Find links to descriptions of the most commonly used capabilities in the Business Processes section. See also the Use the docs.microsoft.com site to learn more section.

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Business Central includes tooltips for fields and actions that can help guide you through the various business processes. Some pages also have teaching tips and tours to help you. On each tooltip and teaching tip, choose the Learn more link to open the Help pane where you find information about the current page and related tasks. On all pages, use Ctrl+F1 on your keyboard to open the Help pane. On any device, use the question mark in the upper right corner to get to the Help.

You can also visit our video library, or start with the Get started with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central learning path on Microsoft Learn.

[!NOTE] Unless otherwise specified, the content on the Docs.microsoft.com site reflects the latest version of Business Central on-premises, you might be using an earlier version. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions.

The following sections point to key articles that can help you get familiar with Business Central.

Business Processes

• Getting Ready for Doing Business

• Setting up Business Central

• Work with Business Central

• Administration

• Business Process Walkthroughs

• Application Design Details

• Customize Business Central

• Business Functionality

  • Finance
  • Sales
  • Purchasing
  • Inventory
  • Project Management
  • Fixed Assets Overview
  • Relationship Management
  • Human Resources
  • Production Planning
  • Assembly Management
  • Manufacturing
  • Warehouse Management
  • Service Management
  • General Business Functionality
  • Local Functionality

Development and administration content

• Development and Administration
• Development in AL
• AL Development Environment
• Rules and Guidelines for AL Code

Learn

Find free e-learning content for Business Central on Microsoft Learn.

You can also view videos of new and commonly used capabilities in our video library. For more information, see Visit Our Video Library.

Community Resources

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Community
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on the Dynamics 365 blog
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Release Plans
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Roadmap
• Microsoft Partner Network (requires Microsoft Partner Network membership account)|

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To subscribe to a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed of all updates that are to the business functionality content on docs.microsoft.com for Business Central, use the following link:

RSS feed

[!NOTE] The RSS feed returns a list of the 100 articles most recently updated. The list is not sorted by date.

See Related Training at Microsoft Learn

See Also

Dynamics 365 Business Central on Microsoft Learn
Business Central Quick Starts
Getting Started with Business Central
Visit Our Video Library
Customizing Business Central Using Extensions
Use Business Central as my Business Inbox in Outlook
Getting Business Central on Your Mobile Device
Work with Dimensions
Resources for Help and Support
Use the docs.microsoft.com site to learn more
Business Central Compliance
Business Central Online Service Terms
Major Updates and Minor Updates of Business Central Online
Dynamics 365 documentation
Dynamics 365 Business Central on microsoft.com
Explore Dynamics 365 Business Central capabilities
Introducing docs.microsoft.com (original blog post)

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Business Central on Microsoft Learn