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Notes and guides on Dynamics 365, enterprise architecture and AI. For people designing and delivering enterprise systems.
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THE BEYOND ERP PERSPECTIVE
Explore Dynamics 365 guidance, architecture decisions and tools you can learn from.
ARCHITECTURE INSIGHT · ERP + AI
Before connecting an agent, decide what it can see, what it can change and who approves the action.
A closer look at identity, permissions, approvals and audit.
Ideas grounded in practice
Practical perspectives on finance, supply chain and the systems behind business operations.
Integration choices, design decisions and architecture for implementation.
Exploring where AI belongs in real enterprise workflows, and where it does not.
Learning, working examples and honest lessons from building enterprise solutions.
Featured learning experience
Our interactive GitHub guide takes you from your first repository to your first pull request, with examples that connect directly to ERP delivery.
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Perspectives & field notes
MCP
Ten Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations PQU trains are marked Canceled* for wider rollout during the holiday freeze. Station 1 and manual installation remain possible. This article explains how to manage different builds, approve exceptions and plan the return to normal servicing.
Dynamics 365
Microsoft Supplier Engagement introduces a global supplier lifecycle across Dataverse, Power Pages and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. This Insight explains the resulting data, security, coexistence and deployment decisions.
MCP
Dynamics 365 ERP MCP connects agent reasoning to Finance and Supply Chain Management data and business logic. This guide explains the identity, permission, approval, audit and compatibility decisions needed before agents receive write access.
Explore the work
Architecture should be understandable, testable and useful. Explore working notes, technology choices and the questions behind real implementation decisions.
Behind the BuildArchitecture Lab · Research
A controlled architecture for exposing selected Dynamics 365 capabilities to AI agents through Model Context Protocol.
Reference library
Guides, reference material and reusable ideas for enterprise architecture.
The human perspective
I'm Mamdouh Ibrahim, a Dynamics 365 solution architect. Beyond ERP is where I share what I am learning, building and questioning across enterprise systems, architecture and AI.
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