ERP is in the middle of the ecosystem of business facing applications, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations will need to directly or indirectly integrate with other applications. Accuracy and timely update of this information is very important for business success and growth. It is important to ensure that the technical analysts and developers in your project are familiar with integration technologies, so that they can support the design process and identify the best integration solution for your project. This chapter is about integration planning, understanding integration technologies, and integration design/development.

In this chapter, the following topics are covered:

• Integration architecture
• Basic integration concepts
• Integration tools, midleware, and scenarios
• Dynamics 365 data integrator
• Integration planning
• Integration design and development
• Best practices and recommendations