Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Components – On Premise

Off late, there have been quite a lot of questions regarding how Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (D365 FO) On-Premise Edition works. This post will highlight the differences and the components to be considered, before setting up D365 FO On-premise edition. The details are highlighted in a tabular format. The following table (Table 1) highlights the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Components, On-Premise Edition, and Cloud Edition.

Differences between Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (D365 FO) On-Premise versus Cloud edition:

The table below highlights the differences between D365 FO On-Premise versus the D365 FO Online versions. The following are the list of components to be considered.

• Microsoft Azure subscription
• Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services subscription
• Visibility to Microsoft Azure hosting the virtual machines, storage Accounts, load balancer, network interface, virtual network, network security group
• Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) subscription
• Visibility to Resource Groups
• Dynamics-wsfed Enabled Service to publish the Finance and Operations from LCS to Azure

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Accessible Components (D365 FO):

The table below highlights the elements that are accessible and non-accessible through Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (D365 FO) On-Premise and Cloud editions.

Table 1 – Components accessible with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations On-Premise and Cloud editions

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance And Operations, Cloud Edition:
Following is a sample topology for the Cloud Edition of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Fig 1 – Dynamics 365 for Finance And Operations Cloud Edition

In the Cloud Edition, the Microsoft Azure platform and services are abstracted from the partner and the customer using Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, On-Premise Edition:
Following is a sample topology for the On-Premise Edition of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. In case of the On-Premise Edition, the Microsoft Azure platform and the relevant services used to host Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations application is visible to the customer and the partner. An Azure connector will be required that connects the Azure subscription with the Microsoft Lifecycle Services and to enable Microsoft-DynamicswsfedEnabled service to publish the Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations services and virtual machine to Microsoft Azure.

Fig 2- Dynamics 365 For Finance And Operations On Premise Edition

References:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/fin-and-ops/get-started/cloud-prem-comparison
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/deployment/on-premises-deployment-landing-page