Insights, tips, and thought leadership on Dynamics 365, Azure, and AI for UK businesses.
How to prove each business application still works after moving off VMware: a baseline of UI and regression tests before migration, the same tests after cutover on AVS, Azure VMs or containers, screenshot comparison, integration checks, Azure DevOps defects and an evidence pack for the go or no-go decision.
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Every Dynamics AX 2012 release is out of Microsoft support, and NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 lose extended support in January 2027 and January 2028. Here is why rehosting an old ERP onto AVS or Azure VMs only moves the problem, and how to replace it as part of a VMware exit.
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What changed at VMware under Broadcom, what it means for UK mid-market IT, and how to plan an exit to Azure or another platform. Every key date from October 2026 to 2029, with primary sources.
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What SUSE Rancher and SUSE Virtualization (Harvester) are, how vm-import-controller moves VMs off vSphere, how Azure Arc, AKS and AKS on Azure Local fit, and when containers are the wrong answer for a VMware exit (as of October 2026).
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VMware licensing is now a per-core subscription with dated support deadlines, so it belongs in the value creation plan. Here is how PE-backed businesses should time a VMware exit against the hold period, handle carve-outs and bolt-ons, and what to ask in diligence.
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A per-workload decision framework for leaving VMware: when Azure VMware Solution, Azure VMs, containers on AKS or SUSE Rancher, modernisation or SaaS replacement fits, how Azure Migrate feeds the choice, and the dated licensing facts that change it (as of October 2026).
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How to compare a Broadcom VMware renewal with Azure VMware Solution, Azure VMs and containers: per-core counting, AVS licensing, Azure Hybrid Benefit, ESUs, savings plans, one-off migration costs, funding and a template you can fill in. Updated October 2026.
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FinOps Workbench brings a complete AOT browser, a compiler-accurate X++ editor, a label editor and model authoring to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations — reading ~180,000 objects and cross-references straight from an environment's metadata, with no SQL Server, no DYNAMICSXREFDB restore and no Visual Studio. Free, for Windows and macOS.
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Microsoft Agent 365 brings every AI agent in your tenant under enterprise-grade identity, security, and governance. Here is what the programme offers, how to enrol via the Frontier preview, and what mid-market businesses should do before general availability on 1 May 2026.
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Lift-and-shift relocates technical debt rather than retiring it. This architecture-led roadmap walks CTOs and IT Directors through the five phases of a successful Dynamics 365 modernisation — assess, architect, integrate, deploy, and optimise — without breaking the operations that pay the bills.
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The dominant narrative says AI will crash software engineering hiring. A 160-year-old economic principle — the Jevons Paradox — predicts the opposite. We will need more software engineers, not fewer. Here is why the boom hasn't visibly happened yet, and what UK mid-market technology leaders should plan for now.
Read articleMicrosoft's 2026 Wave 1 release embeds autonomous AI agents directly into Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management. Here is what UK mid-market businesses need to know — and what to do about it.
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Starting a Dynamics 365 implementation by documenting incumbent processes manufactures false gaps, inflates scope, and invites wish-list requirements. Here is why Veriland uses a product-led, configure-first methodology — and why we never leave D365 outside the room.
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Sensors and ML can detect equipment failures weeks in advance — but detection is only half the problem. Agentic predictive maintenance adds an AI orchestration layer that checks parts, creates work orders, assigns engineers, and captures institutional knowledge. Here is how it works across manufacturing, utilities, and asset-intensive operations.
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If you are spending more time fighting your accounting software than running your business, it might be time to move on. Here are five warning signs that your business has outgrown Sage — and what a modern ERP like Business Central can do instead.
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AI is already transforming finance teams at the largest enterprises — but what does it mean for UK mid-market businesses? From automated forecasting to intelligent invoice processing, here is how mid-market businesses can start using AI in finance today.
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