D365FO integration using Business Events
In the modern ERP landscape, "real-time" is no longer a luxury—it’s a requirement. Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365FO) meets this demand through Business Events . Instead of external systems constantly "polling" D365FO for changes (which is resource-heavy and slow), Business Events flip the script. The system actively pushes a notification the moment a business process—like a Purchase Order confirmation or a Workflow approval—occurs. 1. The Architecture: How It Works The Business Events framework is built for high-performance, asynchronous communication. It is designed to send lightweight payloads to external "endpoints." Trigger: A business process completes (e.g., an invoice is posted). Business Event: The framework captures the event and its associated data (Contract). Outbound Queue: The event is placed in a staging table. Batch Processing: Dedicated batch threads pick up these events and send them to the configured endpoint. Endpoint: ...