Overview of Business Functionality
As an extension for Business Central, Business Portals provides several functions for the optimization of business processes. These will empower companies to push the digitalisation of their business.
Business Portals is based on CORE and contains a range of functionalities that make up the core product.
Benchmark
Simova offers a powerful solution with its Business Portals for providing data and documents from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central in a digital customer or vendor portal.
With a Business Portals subscription, you receive the following features:
| Feature | Business Central Standard + Power Pages | Simova Business Portals |
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| Display of data from Business Central in a web portal |  |
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| Configuration of displayed data | |
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| Online hosting | |
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| Define styling of the portal frontend | |
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| Trigger processes | |
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| Responsiveness for mobile devices | |
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| Immediate synchronization | |
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| Full configuration via Business Central | |
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| Standard widgets | |
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| Dynamic data mapping for vertical solutions | |
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| Branded app available | |
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| Provision of documents from Document Central | |
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| Standard role center for portal management | |
This benchmark shows that Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Standard is continuously evolving and regularly receives new functionalities. However, compared to specialized extensions like Simova's Business Portals, its functional scope remains limited. Extensions developed specifically for certain task areas generally offer significantly more capabilities and greater flexibility than Microsoft's standard solution.
Whether the standard is sufficient for a company or whether the extended functions of the Business Portals provide real added value can only be determined after an individual analysis of the requirements. In general, however, the use of Business Portals can significantly increase efficiency in digital communication with customers and vendors. Features such as immediate synchronization, process triggering directly in the portal, or full configuration via the Business Central interface help optimize workflows and accelerate access to information.