Move enterprise ERP off Dynamics AX, SAP ECC, Oracle EBS or JD Edwards onto Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations. AI agents deployed where the TCO case is proven.
Dynamics 365 Finance
Supply Chain
Project Operations
Commerce
Copilot
An SA enterprise modernising ERP picks between SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Oracle Fusion Cloud and Microsoft Dynamics 365. SAP and Oracle run their public clouds from offshore regions. Microsoft Azure runs from Joburg North and Cape Town. Payroll, supplier master and financial data is exactly what the Information Regulator started monitoring in 2026.
General ledger, payables, receivables, fixed assets and multi-entity close. SARS VAT and SARB reporting localised.
Procurement, inventory, warehouse and manufacturing in one app. Supplier Communications Agent inside.
Project contracts, costing, WIP and revenue recognition. Time Entry, Expense and Approvals agents.
Unified retail, e-commerce and call centre. Copilot enriches product content at catalogue scale.
Custom domain agents where Microsoft does not yet ship a named one. Built on Copilot Studio and Azure.
Microsoft's 2026 narrative shifted from "Copilot helps people" to "agents execute the work". Human-led, agent-operated. Named agents ship inside the Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps today. Braintree deploys the ones whose three-year TCO case proves out through the AI Value Framework. Custom agents in Microsoft Foundry where Microsoft does not yet ship a named one.
FinanceAutonomous payment runs, vendor bank verification and journal posting. Microsoft reports a 70 to 80% cut in manual effort.
FinanceMatches bank, sub-ledger and general ledger automatically and flags exceptions. The close runs faster on a clean audit trail.
FinanceASC 842 and IFRS 16 lease schedules. Built by Crowe on Copilot Studio. Recovers 3 to 5 finance hours per reporting period.
M365 CopilotAd-hoc finance analysis inside Outlook, Teams and Excel. Microsoft reports 18 hours saved per finance team member each month.
Drafts supplier emails, chases confirmations and flags late responses. Lower buyer admin without losing the relationship.
Drafts weekly timesheets from calendar, email and Teams activity. Consultants review and submit. Project accounting stops chasing.
Converts receipts to line items, categorises them and routes to policy. Less paperwork, a cleaner close, fewer exceptions.
TeamsRoutes approvals through Teams with the context attached. Approvers decide in seconds. Cycle times drop.
CommerceGenerates product descriptions, attributes and variants at catalogue scale. Merchandisers edit rather than start from a blank line.
For the operations where Microsoft does not yet ship a named agent. Built on Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI and the Dynamics 365 ERP MCP Server. Bioforum's "Brian" is the reference pattern: reviewed by the U.S. FDA, SA-grounded, in production.
Four stages. Business case first. The full TCO modelled. The board signs off before the migration spend.
Scoped migration response inside 5 business days. F&O apps shortlisted from the decision matrix. TCO and payback modelled for the board.
Board sign-off gateTarget solution designed. Data model mapped. The lift-and-shift versus re-architect fork decided. The plan the board signs off.
Environment provisioned in the Power Platform admin center. Data migrated, reconciled, signed off. TCO-approved agents live at go-live.
Run-state on one SLA. Release-wave adoption every six months. Custom agent builds where the AI Value Framework proves the case.
Braintree doesn't deploy AI agents by default. We deploy them where the TCO case is proven.
AX lineage migrates differently from SAP, Oracle and JD Edwards. Both roads arrive at Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations. Both run the AI Value Framework. The fork is about approach, not destination: a code-lineage port versus a greenfield re-architect.
Best when you're on Dynamics AX 2012 R3, R2 or AX 2009.
Best when you're on SAP ECC, Oracle EBS, Oracle JD Edwards, Infor, Sage X3 or bespoke.
Both roads run the AI Value Framework. The destination is the same.
Enterprises modernising ERP carry three to six vendor contracts today: an ERP vendor, a cloud hoster, a Microsoft 365 reseller, a security partner, an integrations house. Braintree replaces all of them with one agreement. One SLA covers migration, run-state operations and the AI agent layer, named and custom. One escalation path. One accountable partner.
Forrester Total Economic Impact, February 2026. The enterprise composite modelled a net present value over three years off legacy ERP. The same Forrester TEI enterprise composite, not the Finance-only figure.
Dynamics 365 Finance & OperationsThree enterprise ERP specialists, matched to your scoping call. Names land in your calendar invite, not on a page you scrolled past.
8 questions. We map your environment against the 220+ SA migrations Braintree has run. You get a readiness tier. Scoped, Ready, Planning or Early. Plus the next move and the timeline that fits it.
AX, SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards or bespoke. Entity count, integrations, customisations. Five to ten minutes on your side.
Braintree returns scoped migration findings, the F&O apps shortlist and the AI Value Framework opportunity map. Inside five business days.
Review scope, shortlist the F&O apps, choose the fork, discuss agent candidates and the data residency answer. No sales pitch.
Business case first. We model the full TCO and payback before a single agent is deployed. Management signs off, then we deploy, and only the agents where the value is proven. The AI Value Framework is the gate. Braintree doesn't deploy AI agents by default. We deploy them where the TCO case is proven.
Yes. The Evaluate stage produces a management-ready 3-year TCO and payback model before any deployment decision. It compares Microsoft's named agents against a custom build for the same outcome. The decision sits with your board, not our sales team.
No. The AI Value Framework evaluates each agent against your operations and your business case. You deploy only the agents that earn their case. Payflow may ship in your first wave. Time Entry may not make the cut. That is the point of the gate.
Yes. That is the Build stage of the AI Value Framework. Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI and the Dynamics 365 ERP MCP Server are the stack. Brian is the reference pattern. The business case must prove the build cost, the same as every other deployment under the Framework.
Not for new projects. As of February 2026, new finance and operations project creation moved to the Power Platform admin center. Existing Lifecycle Services projects continue to run. Braintree deploys new enterprise migrations in the Power Platform admin center.
SARS e-invoicing is voluntary in 2026 and mandatory from 2028 for large VAT taxpayers. The Dynamics 365 Finance localisation roadmap covers the continuous transaction controls model. Braintree tracks the SARS technical specification and will have you ready ahead of the mandate.
Role-based Copilot for Finance, Sales and Service was bundled into Microsoft 365 Copilot at no extra cost from October 2025. The in-product Copilot running inside the finance and operations apps is included in the app licence. No surprise line item.
The 2026 draft amendments to the Codes of Good Practice (Government Gazette 54032, January 2026) affect vendor scoring. Implementation is pending and public comment closed in March 2026. Braintree is South African and B-BBEE-certified. Your procurement team should have current B-BBEE paperwork on file from us.
The 30-day, business-case-led AI deployment programme. Same AI Value Framework, smaller scope, faster to a management-ready decision pack.
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Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. The semantic layer that lets agents read and reason over your finance data cleanly.
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