Why Migrate from QuickBooks to Business Central?

Jul 18, 2024 | Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics

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For a long time, QuickBooks was a popular and easy choice for small to medium-sized businesses that needed accounting software. And, while QuickBooks is great if all you’re looking for is a basic accounting platform, it’s not your best bet if you need a more scalable and robust system that can keep up with your business’ growth. This is where Dynamics 365 Business Central comes in.

Business Central is a modern, cloud-based, GAAP-compliant ERP with much of the advanced functionality and flexibility that QuickBooks lacks. If your business is still using QuickBooks, our Director of Software Solutions, David Laster, makes a compelling case for why you should migrate to Business Central.

Watch the video below and read our blog post for more on QuickBooks to Business Central migration. You can also check out our related articles on the top 5 benefits of QuickBooks migration and the best features of Business Central.

Why migrate from QuickBooks to Business Central?

 

Here are the top reasons to migrate from QuickBooks to Business Central!

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Seamless integration with Microsoft tech stack

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a modern ERP platform. It offers seamless integration with the Microsoft product stack, specifically Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Excel, Word, and Power BI. Besides, Business Central also allows for seamless integrations and customizations as opposed to QuickBooks. Business Central’s extension layer enables an innovative community of partners and ISVs to extend and enhance the platform’s capabilities.

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Consistent launch of new features & automatic updates

When migrating to Business Central from QuickBooks, there is an opportunity to leverage some of the efficiencies that a SaaS ERP offers. Some compelling features include automatic updates and a scrolling list of brand-new features couple of times a year. Along with major and minor updates throughout the year, the ERP is also receiving much of Microsoft’s innovations in the AI space, including Copilot. This AI assistant in Business Central can help users with account management and reporting.
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Mobile-friendly ERP

Your employees expect to have mobile access to data, process requests, and to make approvals. Business Central offers comprehensive mobile functionality and an intuitive interface out of the box. With Business Central’s mobile accessibility, you can view data and manage your financial processes on the go.
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Cloud-hosted ERP

Servers, server closets and rooms, air conditioning, electric bills – there’s a variety of maintenance that goes into running an on-premises system. As a SaaS, cloud-hosted ERP, Business Central does not require any costly and time-consuming infrastructure upkeep; Microsoft and the Azure stack is where all the magic happens. With Business Central, there is guaranteed uptime – promised to be in the 99.9 percentile range, and Microsoft delivers on this.
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Powerful reporting

Compared to Business Central, QuickBooks offers limited reporting capabilities. Besides advanced out-of-the-box reporting capabilities, Business Central also integrates with Microsoft Power BI. A true business intelligence platform like Power BI allows users to pull data from multiple sources and create tailored, detailed reports that deliver data-driven insights.

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