From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain; Physical negative inventory; Dual-write for SCM; Inventory visibility; Group management

In this week’s roundup of new Dynamics 365 Finance and SCM blogs:

• How to enable physical negative inventory
• Using Microsoft dual-write for supply chain management
• Gaining real-time inventory visibility
• Securing D365 F&O with Entra ID group management

How to enable physical negative inventory in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

An author writing on the DynaTech Systems blog stated that sometimes, companies need flexibility to handle orders that go beyond the stock they have available. The author noted that D365 F&O offers a useful feature called "physical negative inventory" that lets businesses create sales orders even when they don't have enough physical stock on hand.

In the blog post, the author first explained in detail the meaning and purpose of physical negative inventory. They then provided the steps necessary to enable the physical negative inventory feature in D365 F&O. In addition, the author offered information on the best practices to follow while you're using physical negative inventory and the risks involved in enabling physical negative inventory.

Using Microsoft dual-write for supply chain management

On the Boyer Associates blog, an author wrote that Microsoft's dual-write technology is an important part of D365 that automatically syncs data between Dynamics 365 apps and the Common Data Service.