Your Access to the Intelligent Cloud with [!INCLUDEprodlong]

As a user of [!INCLUDEprodshort] online, you have full access to scenarios that are based on the intelligent cloud, such as editing data in Excel and pushing changes back to [!INCLUDEprodshort], or when you view your data in Power BI. However, while [!INCLUDEprodshort] is a cloud-first service, also those customers who need to run their workloads fully on-premises or on the intelligent edge connected to the cloud can do so.

If you are interested in [!INCLUDEprodshort], you can sign up for a free trial of the default, cloud deployment solution, or you can choose to work with a partner to deploy [!INCLUDEprodshort] locally to your own choice of hardware. You can then decide to connect to the cloud through your tenant in the cloud. As a result, the data from your locally deployed [!INCLUDEprodshort] will be replicated to the cloud for intelligent cloud scenarios.

Connecting to the intelligent cloud from an on-premises solution requires your administrator to specify information about your database. For more information, see Connect to the Intelligent Cloud in the ITPro content for [!INCLUDEprodshort].

Viewing Intelligent Cloud Insights in [!INCLUDEprodshort] Online

In your [!INCLUDEprodshort] online company, the Intelligent Cloud Insights page shows four key points of interest for most businesses:

  • Cash availability
  • Sales profitability
  • Net income
  • Inventory value

Next to the KPI charts, you get insights into potential areas of concern, including overdue payments. Choose each insight to drill into the data.

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The page also connects to Power BI for even more insights.

Viewing Intelligent Cloud Insights On-Premises

When your Dynamics 365 reselling partner has acquired the right license for your on-premises solution to connect to the cloud through [!INCLUDEprodshort], your administrator can set up the connection. Once that is done, you can view the same insights from the cloud in your on-premises application. Depending on the on-premises solution, the Intelligent Cloud Insights page can be embedded in the Home page or be a separate page as in [!INCLUDEprodshort] online and on-premises.

See Also

Welcome to Business Central
Business Central Intelligent Cloud extension
Data Replication extension
Connect to the Intelligent Cloud