Microsoft’s shift from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 F\&SCM introduces major changes in reporting that increase complexity and costs. Direct SQL access is replaced with data entities, which enhance security but are slow and require heavy customization. Microsoft’s BYOD offers faster reporting by replicating data into a separate SQL database, but it is a short-term fix lacking advanced OLAP capabilities. Long term, Microsoft promotes Azure Data Lakes, which are powerful for big data but overly complex, expensive, and poorly suited for everyday financial reporting. Jet Analytics provides a turnkey alternative, offering a prebuilt data warehouse for D365 with ready-to-use business entities, enabling fast, flexible, and cost-effective financial and operational reporting without heavy IT reliance

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