Dynamics 365 Business Central Modules List 2026

Dynamics 365 Business Central Modules List 2026

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central — the cloud successor to Dynamics NAV / Navision — is sold in two main user licences (Essentials and Premium) plus a low-cost Team Members licence for light users. The modules included depend on which user tier you buy. This page lists every Business Central module, which tier includes it, and the dependencies between them.

What's on this page

• Tier comparison: Essentials vs Premium vs Team Members
• Financial Management modules
• Sales and Marketing
• Purchasing and Payables
• Inventory Management
• Warehouse Management
• Project Management
• Fixed Assets
• Human Resources (light)
• Manufacturing (Premium only)
• Service Management (Premium only)
• Add-on apps from AppSource
• Power Platform and AI Copilot
• FAQs

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Tier comparison: Essentials vs Premium vs Team Members {#tier-comparison}

Team Members is for users who only need read access, time/expense entry, or to approve documents. It cannot be used by anyone who creates sales orders, invoices, or production orders.

Premium is required if you need either Manufacturing OR Service Management. You cannot mix Essentials and Premium on the same tenant — every full user must be on the same tier.

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Financial Management modules {#financial-management}

Available in Essentials and Premium.

• General Ledger: chart of accounts with dimensions (vs Dynamics F&O's segments), budgets, recurring journals.
• Accounts Payable: vendor invoicing, payment journals, vendor payment proposals.
• Accounts Receivable: customer invoicing, statements, payment application.
• Cash Management: bank reconciliation, payment processing, multi-currency.
• Multi-Currency: revaluation, exchange rate adjustments.
• Multi-Company: intercompany postings, consolidations (entry-level).
• Fixed Assets: depreciation books, asset transfer, disposal.
• Cost Accounting: cost types, cost centres, cost objects, allocations.

For deeper finance needs (formal close acceleration, dimension-heavy reporting, large-volume allocations), F&O is the upgrade path.

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Sales and Marketing {#sales-marketing}

• Customer management with contact relationships.
• Sales quote, order, invoice, credit memo workflows.
• Item availability and ATP checks.
• Lead and opportunity tracking (light CRM).
• Marketing campaign management (light).
• Email integration with Outlook (full Outlook add-in).

For full CRM, organisations typically pair Business Central with Dynamics 365 Sales or HubSpot.

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Purchasing and Payables {#purchasing}

• Vendor management.
• Purchase quote, order, invoice, credit memo.
• Requisition worksheets.
• Drop shipment workflows.
• Vendor item catalogues.
• Approval workflows.

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Inventory Management {#inventory-management}

• Multi-location inventory.
• Item tracking by lot, serial, expiration.
• Item categories and attributes.
• Item charges (landed cost).
• Costing methods: FIFO, LIFO, average, standard, specific.
• Item reclassifications, transfers, adjustments.
• Cycle counting and physical inventory.

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Warehouse Management {#warehouse-management}

Available at multiple sophistication levels:

• Basic warehousing: put-away and pick documents at the location level.
• Advanced warehousing: bin-level put-away, pick, movement (uses warehouse activities).
• Directed put-away and pick: bin-prioritized algorithms for high-volume operations.

A mobile Warehouse Insight app supports barcode scanning on iOS and Android.

For 3PL-style operations, advanced 3PL features come via AppSource add-ons (e.g. Insight Works, Tasklet Factory).

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Project Management {#project-management}

Light project accounting included in both tiers.

• Job (project) cards with phases, tasks, work types.
• Time sheets and resource allocation.
• Job WIP and recognition.
• Job journals for usage posting.
• Project budgets vs actuals.
• Job invoicing (T&M, fixed-fee, milestone).

For deeper PSA needs, customers add ISVs (Projectum, Continia Projects).

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Fixed Assets {#fixed-assets}

• Multi-book depreciation (e.g. book, tax, consolidated).
• Acquisition, depreciation, disposal, write-down.
• Insurance and maintenance ledgers.
• Asset reclassification and partial disposal.

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Human Resources (light) {#hr}

Business Central includes a lightweight HR module:

• Employee records.
• Absence and leave registration.
• Qualifications and confidential records.

This is for record-keeping and time/absence tracking. Payroll is delivered via country-specific ISVs (e.g. SD Worx in the UK, Greentree in NZ, Ceridian via integration). For broader HCM, customers pair with Dynamics 365 Human Resources or a dedicated HRIS.

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Manufacturing (Premium only) {#manufacturing}

Premium tier required.

• Production Bills of Materials (multi-level, phantom).
• Routings with work centres and machine centres.
• Production orders (planned, firm planned, released, finished).
• Capacity planning.
• Subcontracting and outside operations.
• Production journals (consumption, output, capacity).
• Variant configuration (basic).

Strengths: Solid for discrete and light process manufacturing. For complex process manufacturing, mixed-mode, or shop-floor MES needs, F&O or specialised ISVs are typically better.

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Service Management (Premium only) {#service-management}

Premium tier required.

• Service items and item groups.
• Service contracts with recurring billing.
• Service orders with dispatching.
• Resource scheduling.
• Loaner and replacement management.
• Service price management.

Strengths: Good entry-level field service. For sophisticated field service (drag-and-drop schedule board, mobile-first, IoT), Dynamics 365 Field Service is the upgrade path.

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Add-on apps from AppSource {#appsource-addons}

Microsoft AppSource has the largest ERP marketplace of any vendor. Common Business Central add-on categories:

• Document management: Continia Document Capture, Zetadocs.
• Expense management: Continia Expense Management.
• Advanced reporting: Jet Reports, Power BI Apps.
• Banking: country-specific bank connectors.
• EDI: Lanham EDI, Vertex.
• Payroll: dozens of country-specific payroll apps.
• E-commerce: Sana Commerce, Dynamicweb.
• Field service: Tasklet Factory for warehouse, Dynaway EAM, Projectum.
• Process manufacturing: Theta Apps for process, mibuso community add-ons.

A typical Business Central customer runs 4–8 AppSource add-ons.

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Power Platform and AI Copilot {#power-platform}

• Power Apps: custom screens and mobile apps on Dataverse / Business Central data.
• Power Automate: automation flows (approvals, integrations, notifications).
• Power BI: native Business Central content packs and custom dashboards.
• Copilot: AI-assisted features in Sales (quote drafting), Marketing (text generation), Finance (bank reconciliation insights), and Inventory (forecasting commentary).

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FAQs {#faqs}

How many modules does Business Central have?

Business Central ships with ~12 functional modules across Essentials, plus Manufacturing and Service Management in Premium. AppSource adds thousands of third-party modules — significantly expanding native functionality.

Essentials or Premium — which do I need?

Essentials (£55/user/month) covers finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, warehousing, projects, and basic HR. Upgrade to Premium (£80/user/month) only if you need Manufacturing or Service Management. Every full user must be on the same tier — you cannot mix.

How does Business Central compare to Dynamics 365 F&O?

Business Central is for small business and lower mid-market — simpler, faster to implement (typically 3–6 months), lower cost. F&O is for mid-market and enterprise with multi-entity, multi-country, complex requirements (12+ month implementations, £800K+ in licence + implementation). Business Central starts at £55/user/month vs F&O's £165/user/month.

What can Team Members do?

Read most data, approve documents, enter time and expenses, update personal HR info, and make light edits to records they own. They cannot create sales/purchase orders, invoices, or production orders. Useful for managers, executives, and casual users.

Can I add Manufacturing later?

You can upgrade from Essentials to Premium with a licence amendment, but it applies to all full users on the tenant. Plan ahead: if there's any chance Manufacturing or Service Management is in scope within the next 2–3 years, starting on Premium avoids a costly migration.

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