Productized Business Central Onboarding

Footing

Microsoft Business Central — live in days, not months.

Footing automates the setup work that traditionally takes a partner three to six months and tens of thousands in fees. You get a fully configured Business Central tenant on a flat fee — then we stay on as your ongoing support partner.

Starts at $188/mo · One-time setup from $1,995

Why Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Business Central is Microsoft's enterprise-grade ERP for growing companies — the same platform used by tens of thousands of mid-market businesses to run finance, sales, operations, and inventory in one connected system.

Built by Microsoft

The modern evolution of Dynamics NAV / Navision, backed by decades of ERP expertise and refreshed with two major platform releases every year.

One unified system

Finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, manufacturing, and project accounting share one data model. No more bolting separate apps together.

AI Copilot built in

Microsoft Copilot is native to BC — draft sales lines, summarize bank reconciliations, and surface anomalies without leaving your books.

Scales with you

Used by businesses from 10 to 1,000+ employees. Add seats, entities, or capabilities as you grow — no platform migration required.

Microsoft 365 native

Lives inside Outlook, Excel, and Teams. Approve POs from email, edit GLs in Excel and post back, run reports in Power BI.

Vetted ecosystem

Hundreds of AppSource ISV add-ins — payroll, EDI, e-commerce, industry verticals — all certified to work with your BC tenant.

Audit-ready by design

Every posting writes an immutable audit trail. Multi-entity consolidation, dimension-based reporting, and SOC-2-grade infrastructure out of the box.

Real-time reporting

Live financial dashboards, configurable account schedules, and one-click Power BI integration — close faster and see the numbers as they happen.

How Footing works

Three steps from "I want Business Central" to "we're live." No discovery workshops, no consultant hours, no surprise change orders.

1

Tell us about your business

Answer three quick questions about your industry, country, and team — takes under three minutes. We use it to pre-configure your tenant.

2

We provision your tenant

Chart of accounts, dimensions, posting groups, user roles, and country localization — all configured automatically by our setup engine.

3

Go live in days

You get login credentials, a personalized go-live checklist, and a 1-hour walkthrough with your setup engineer. Then it's yours to run.

Traditional BC implementation vs Footing

A standard Business Central rollout means months of consulting fees, custom SOWs, and re-quotes for every change. Footing replaces that with productized automation.

Traditional partner

  • 3–6 months to go live
  • $40,000–$150,000 in implementation fees
  • Multiple discovery workshops
  • Custom-quoted Statement of Work
  • Consultant-dependent for changes
  • Re-quote required to add or remove users
  • Hourly support billing

Footing

  • Days, not months to go live
  • From $1,995 flat setup fee
  • Three-question questionnaire
  • Transparent published pricing
  • Self-serve dashboard for changes
  • Add or remove seats instantly
  • Flat monthly support subscription

What's included in your setup

Everything you need to start posting transactions on day one. No "phase 2" hidden behind a change order.

BC tenant provisioning

Microsoft tenant created and licensed under your domain, ready to log into.

Chart of accounts

Industry-tailored COA with standard postings, ready for your first transaction.

Dimensions & posting groups

Department, location, and project dimensions pre-configured for your structure.

User roles & permissions

Role centers and permission sets assigned per seat — finance, sales, operations.

Localization

Country, currency, tax jurisdictions, and fiscal calendar set for your region.

Go-live checklist

Personalized punch-list of opening balances, master data, and integration steps.

Onboarding session

One-hour walkthrough call with your Footing setup engineer to hand off the keys.

Ongoing support

Monthly support subscription with email and chat access to our BC team.

Why Footing on top of Business Central? A standard BC implementation runs three to six months and $40k–$150k in partner fees. We automate the setup work that consultants traditionally charge for — chart of accounts, dimensions, posting groups, user roles, localization — so you go live in days for a flat fee, and we stay on as your support partner.

Bringing your data with you

Moving from QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, NetSuite, or spreadsheets? We handle the migration so day one in Business Central feels like business as usual.

Chart of accounts

Your existing GL structure imported and mapped to BC, with opening balances reconciled to your prior period close.

Customers & vendors

Master records with addresses, payment terms, tax IDs, and balances brought over from your current system.

Items & inventory

Item master, costing methods, on-hand quantities, and warehouse locations — all loaded before you log in.

Open AR & AP

Outstanding invoices, bills, and credits imported so your aging reports work from day one.

Historical transactions

Optionally bring 1–3 years of detailed history for trend analysis and audit continuity — quoted as part of setup.

Bank & reconciliation

Bank accounts connected and prior reconciliations mirrored so your next month-end close picks up seamlessly.

We migrate from: QuickBooks Online & Desktop · Xero · Sage 50 / Intacct · NetSuite · FreshBooks · Wave · Excel / Google Sheets · Most legacy ERPs via CSV

What happens after you click Continue

No mystery and no waiting for a salesperson to call back. Here is a typical first two weeks.

Day 0 — Welcome & kickoff

Confirmation email with your account portal, kickoff scheduling link, and a short prep checklist.

Day 1–2 — Kickoff call

30-minute call with your setup engineer to confirm COA preferences, fiscal year, and locations. You hand over your data export.

Day 3–5 — Tenant provisioned

Your BC environment is live and configured. Users invited, dimensions set, your data loaded. You can log in and explore.

Day 7 — Training walkthrough

One-hour group session covering daily workflows, common reports, and the Outlook integration. Recording is yours to keep.

Day 10–14 — Go-live

You start posting real transactions. Your setup engineer is on standby for the first close; ongoing support kicks in once you sign off.

Common questions

The questions we get asked most before customers sign up. If yours is not here, email [email protected] and we will answer in plain English.

Yes — we handle migrations from QuickBooks Online & Desktop, Xero, Sage 50, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, FreshBooks, Wave, and most legacy ERPs via CSV. Chart of accounts, customers, vendors, items, open AR/AP, and opening balances are all included in setup. One to three years of historical detail is available as an add-on.

Business Central runs on Microsoft Azure with the same security posture Microsoft uses across Dynamics 365 — SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA-ready, and role-based access control on every record. Every posting writes an immutable audit trail. Footing never stores your BC credentials; Microsoft does.

You do not have to leave the platform. Your Business Central tenant is yours — owned by you and billable under your own Microsoft agreement after year one. If you ever want to take ongoing support in-house or to a different partner, your data and configuration move with you. No lock-in, no re-platforming.

No. Business Central is fully managed by Microsoft (the platform) and Footing (the configuration and support). Your finance and operations users do not touch infrastructure. If you have an IT team, they will appreciate that there is nothing to maintain; if you do not, you will not miss it.

BC handles professional services, manufacturing, distribution, construction, retail, nonprofits, and field service out of the box. For industry-specific needs (job costing, project accounting, EDI, lot/serial tracking, multi-entity consolidation) we configure the relevant modules during setup or recommend a vetted AppSource add-in.

Yes, at any time after the initial 12-month commitment. Monthly subscriptions end at the close of the current billing cycle; annual subscriptions are pro-rated for unused months minus the discount you received. Your BC tenant and all your data stay with you — you just lose the Footing support layer.

A traditional Microsoft partner sells a 3–6 month consulting engagement at $40k–$150k with a custom Statement of Work. We sell a productized setup — flat fee, days not months — by automating the configuration work consultants typically bill hourly for. We are a Microsoft partner under the hood, but priced and packaged like SaaS.

Footing is built by Clear Horizon Solutions, a Microsoft Business Central specialist. Footing is the productized version of the configuration work we have done by hand for client implementations.

Email and chat access to our BC team for configuration questions, user setup, report tweaks, and troubleshooting. Major customizations (custom reports, third-party integrations, new modules) are quoted separately so you only pay for changes you actually want.

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