What is the difference between Business Central and Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations?

Business Central is designed for small to mid-sized businesses and covers core ERP functions including finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, and project management. Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations is an enterprise-grade platform suited to larger or more complex organizations with multi-entity structures, advanced project accounting, or manufacturing and supply chain requirements. Metam implements both and can help you identify the right fit for your business.

How much does Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central cost?

Business Central Essentials is licensed at $80 per user per month and covers core ERP including finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, warehouse, and project management. Business Central Premium is $110 per user per month and adds service and manufacturing capabilities. Team Member licences are $8 per user per month for light users who need read access and basic task completion. Implementation and configuration costs vary based on the size and complexity of your environment.

Is Business Central suitable for construction and engineering companies?

Yes. Business Central works well for small to mid-sized AEC businesses that need to manage project costing, job profitability, inventory, and financial reporting in a single system. For larger or more complex AEC operations - those with consortium invoicing, multi-entity structures, contractor management, or advanced project billing - Metam's Dynamics 365 F&O implementation with the Metam 365 AEC accelerator may be a better fit. Metam assesses both options and recommends the right solution for your business.

How long does a Business Central implementation take?

A standard Business Central implementation for a small to mid-sized business typically takes between 3 and 6 months from project kick-off to go-live. More complex environments - those with significant data migration requirements, third-party integrations, or custom workflows - may take 6 to 9 months. Metam's pre-built AEC accelerators reduce configuration time and lower go-live risk compared to a standard implementation.

Can I migrate from QuickBooks or Sage to Business Central?

Yes. Business Central is a common upgrade path for businesses outgrowing QuickBooks or Sage. Migration typically involves mapping your chart of accounts, migrating open transactions and master data, and reconfiguring processes to match Business Central's structure. Metam guides AEC businesses through this transition with a structured migration process and pre-built templates that reduce the time and risk involved.

Microsoft Business Central consultants who fix what's broken

Independent Microsoft Business Central consulting. We diagnose first, then quote.

30% of our projects started with another partner, and all of them finished successfully. Whether your implementation stalled, your current consultant has gone quiet, or Business Central went live and nobody uses it, we start with an assessment. No platform switch. No lock-in.

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What our Microsoft Business Central consultants do

We work exclusively inside Microsoft Dynamics 365, so consulting never means starting over on a new platform.

Implementation rescue

Your rollout stalled, drifted from scope, or blew past the go-live date. We diagnose the root cause and build a phased plan to finish it.

Ongoing support and managed services

Named consultants who know your configuration. No offshore ticket queue, no re-explaining your business every time you raise an issue.

Partner transition

Take over from your current partner with a full handover of code, configuration, and documentation. You keep the system. We change who runs it.

Optimization and rework

Business Central is live but the team works around it. We fix the configuration, processes, and integrations so people actually use it.

Senior Microsoft Business Central consultants, from first call to go-live

One thing we hear often: you meet the senior consultant during the sales process, and someone more junior ends up running the work. We keep the same people with you throughout.

You meet the people doing the work. The consultant in your assessment is the consultant on your project. No handoff after the contract is signed.

Functional and technical in the same room. Finance and operations configuration alongside AL development and integration work, so nothing falls into the gap between the two.

Project-based industry depth. Job costing, WIP, revenue recognition, and progress billing, configured in construction, engineering, and manufacturing businesses.

Independent by design. We don't resell licenses or earn Microsoft commissions on your subscription, so our recommendation isn't shaped by what it sells.

Microsoft Business Central rollouts stall for predictable reasons

If any of these describe your situation, you're not alone, and it's usually fixable.

Your partner has gone quiet

Tickets sit for days. The consultant who knew your setup moved on. Your project is in a queue behind bigger accounts while you keep paying the monthly retainer.

Configured generically, not for how you work

Business Central was set up out of the box with no thought for project accounting, WIP, revenue recognition, or job costing. The result is spreadsheets running alongside the ERP you just paid for.

Nobody owns the gap

Your partner says it's a training issue. Your team says it's a system issue. You need an independent read from someone who has seen this before and has no stake in the answer.

Three steps to a working Microsoft Business Central

We don't start with a sales pitch. We start by understanding what went wrong.

Discovery and assessment

A short call to understand what happened. Then a deeper session where we review your environment, configuration, and integrations to pinpoint whether this is a configuration, process, or architecture problem.

Diagnostic report

A written assessment: what's working, what's broken, what's fixable, and what it will take. Honest, with no upsell. You own the report regardless.

Support or recovery plan

If you decide to proceed, we build a phased plan with clear milestones, costs, and timelines. Or we move you onto ongoing support with a named consultant. You stay in control.

Start with a free assessment

What you walk away with

Even if you never work with us, the assessment gives you clarity.

Root cause diagnosis: why Business Central is underperforming, separated from the politics.

Configuration review: what was set up correctly, what was skipped, and what was customized when it didn't need to be.

Fixability assessment: an honest view of what can be recovered versus what needs to be rebuilt.

Cost and timeline estimate: what the fix will take in dollars and months, not vague ranges.

Partner accountability brief: where your current partner fell short and what you're owed.

No obligation: the assessment is free, you own the findings, and there's no pressure to hire us.

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Microsoft Business Central built for project-based work

A struggling Business Central implementation usually has the same gap at the root. Standard Business Central was built for product businesses, not for companies that run on projects.

Metam 365 is a set of pre-built customizations, integrations, configurations, and data models designed for construction, engineering, and manufacturing companies. When we take over a Business Central environment, we don't just fix what's broken. We layer in the industry tooling that should have been there from the start.

What this means for you

A faster path to value, since the project-based groundwork is already built.

Fewer custom builds from scratch, which lowers both cost and risk.

A system that matches how your business actually operates, not a generic configuration bent into shape after the fact.

If your original implementation skipped this step, that's often the root cause we find during the assessment.

Meet your lead Microsoft Business Central consultant

Julia Levantian · Lead Delivery & Implementation Manager

Julia is Metam's Lead Delivery & Implementation Manager. With years of experience leading Microsoft Dynamics implementations, she specializes in helping organizations recover projects that have stalled, gone over budget, or failed to deliver the expected outcomes.

From adoption issues and scope creep to missed milestones and data migration concerns, Julia works directly with clients to identify root causes and create a practical path forward.

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Concerns we hear from Microsoft Business Central users

We're mid-contract with our current partner.

The assessment doesn't require you to cancel anything. Most support agreements run month to month or have a defined notice period, and we can review yours as part of the assessment. Plenty of clients run a parallel assessment before making a decision.

We just need support, not another project.

Then that's what we'll quote. If the assessment finds your configuration is sound and you only need responsive day to day support, we'll put you on a support agreement and leave the rest alone.

Do you take on small pieces of work, or only full projects?

Both. Some clients bring us a single Business Central consultant for a defined problem, a reporting build or an integration that keeps failing. Others hand us the whole environment. The assessment tells us which one you need.

What do your Business Central consultants cost?

We'll give you a rate and a scope after the assessment, not before. Anyone quoting a Business Central consulting number without looking at your environment is guessing.

Our current partner says they can fix it.

They might be right. An independent assessment will confirm that or identify blind spots. Either way, you get a second opinion with no downside.

Will we lose our customizations?

No. We audit what's there first. Some customizations are load-bearing and stay. Some were built to work around a configuration error and can be retired, which reduces your upgrade risk going forward.

We've already spent too much on consultants.

The assessment is free. If a fix costs more than starting over, we'll tell you that. The worst outcome is continuing to pay for a system nobody uses.

How is Metam different from the last partner?

Recovery isn't a side project for us. 30% of our work is fixing implementations that started elsewhere, with a 100% success rate. We're independent, we don't resell licenses or take Microsoft commissions, and we'll give you full trade references before you commit.

We have a month-end close we can't miss.

Tell us the date. The assessment is fast, and any plan is built around your close cycle. If the date is genuinely at risk, you'll know early enough to act.

Microsoft Business Central can still do what you were sold on.

We've recovered every project we've taken on. Start with a free assessment and a clear, honest path forward, with no pressure and no lock-in.