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A selection of recent posts — commented updates from Microsoft releases, lessons learned from ongoing implementations, and framings of EU regulation.
May 8, 2026 · Licensing
Dynamics 365 Licensing Update May 2026 — the 16 changes
Microsoft published sixteen documented changes to the Dynamics 365 license model between October 2025 and May 2026 — from premium Copilot Credits through Business Central agents to MCP. We walk through the change log with commentary and call out which changes become license-optimization levers.
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May 8, 2026 · Licensing
Base + Attach: the Microsoft licensing lever almost no one uses correctly
Microsoft Dynamics 365 has a licensing mechanic that we find misconfigured at every third client. Anyone licensing multiple apps often pays only a quarter of the price for the second — if the setup is right. With two calculation examples for a 30-person constellation.
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May 8, 2026 · Licensing
1,000 Copilot Credits in premium licenses — is the premium worth it?
Since November 2025, Sales/Service/Finance/SCM Premium each include 1,000 Copilot Credits per user per month. We pencil the premium out against pay-as-you-go credits — and say at what agent usage Premium tips over. With two concrete 25- and 50-user setups.
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May 8, 2026 · Licensing
Team Members vs. Sales Pro: the most common Microsoft licensing violation in the mid-market
Team Members is the cheapest D365 license and the most common source of violations. We walk through the use rights from Appendix D, describe three typical compliance traps — and show how we audit them with Devonso.
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May 8, 2026 · Licensing
Model Context Protocol for Dynamics 365 — what MCP means for your AI architecture
Microsoft introduced the Model Context Protocol for Dynamics 365 in February 2026. Free inside Copilot Studio, included outside via Premium or M365 Copilot, otherwise billable. Anyone planning their own agents on Anthropic Claude or Microsoft Foundry should know the license logic before the architecture workshop.
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May 5, 2026 · Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP
What became of Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations
Microsoft long ago split the former F&O stack — into Finance, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, and Human Resources. Anyone still running an old AX 2012 or F&O on-prem installation should know the module map and its license consequences. We give an honest overview and name the points where we refer you to specialized F&O partners.
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April 15, 2026 · NIS2 · Compliance
NIS2 — what does it mean for German mid-market companies?
With the national transposition of the NIS2 directive, ~29,500 companies are obligated for the first time. Who falls in scope? Which obligations apply concretely? We frame the thresholds, show the Microsoft path with Purview, Entra ID, and Defender — and call out where an independent architecture is the more honest answer.
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