VBeyond Digital

09/01/2026

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Demand Planning includes four popular forecasting algorithms: Auto-ARIMA, ETS, Prophet, and XGBoost. It also provides a best-fit model that selects among the available single-input algorithms and supports custom algorithms. These algorithms are designed for different data characteristics and forecasting scenarios.​

Providing several models does not remove the need for planning judgment. Organizations still need to determine which data should be included, how outliers should be treated, which external signals matter, how forecasts should be reviewed, and when planners should override model output.​

​VBeyond Digital helps organization's structure demand-planning environments that combine forecasting capabilities with reliable data, defined review processes, operational context, and accountable decision-making.​

​Strengthen your demand-planning foundation at www.vbeyonddigital.com or write to [email protected].​

08/31/2026

Beginning September 1, 2026, Microsoft Entra ID will, by default, auto-enable passkeys in the Authentication Methods Policy for users enabled for SMS or voice through that policy or legacy MFA settings. ​

​Registration Campaign settings will also move to Microsoft Managed, bringing those users into scope for passkey registration prompts. Microsoft provides a temporary opt-out from the automatic enablement period, but organizations must still prepare for the February 1, 2027 retirement of Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication.​

The change requires organizations to look beyond policy configuration and assess whether affected users have compatible devices, can complete registration, understand the new experience, and have reliable recovery options when access problems occur.​

VBeyond Digital helps enterprises assess Microsoft Entra environments, identify rollout dependencies, test authentication journeys, and prepare support processes before identity changes affect daily operations.​

Explore our Microsoft cloud and security capabilities at www.vbeyonddigital.com or connect with us at [email protected].​

08/28/2026

Legacy systems can keep operations running while quietly limiting how fast the business can move.​

Manual workflows increase. Reporting slows down. Integration becomes harder. Teams build workarounds because the system cannot support the process cleanly.​

VBeyond Digital helps businesses move from legacy constraints to stronger digital operations across cloud, ERP, CRM, analytics, automation, and managed support.​

​

08/27/2026

Finance close does not break because an update exists.​
​
It breaks when close-critical workflows are not tested before the update reaches production.​
​
Journals, reconciliations, approvals, integrations, reports, controls, and user routines all need release readiness.​
​
This blog explains why Dynamics 365 release governance should be treated as a finance continuity discipline, not only an IT calendar activity.​
​
Read the full blog: https://www.vbeyonddigital.com/blog/can-dynamics-365-updates-disrupt-finance-close/ ​
​

This blog argues that Dynamics 365 release governance is a finance-continuity discipline. Microsoft gives enterprises visibility into release waves, early access, enablement paths, and service-update timing, but visibility does not protect month-end close unless finance, IT, reporting, integration,....

08/26/2026

Oracle Database@Azure can bring Oracle workloads closer to surrounding apps, analytics, and integration layers.​

But proximity does not solve ownership.​

​Enterprises still need clarity on access, networking, monitoring, backup, cost, performance, escalation, and reporting dependencies.​

VBeyond Digital helps organizations evaluate Oracle workload placement with governance built into the architecture.​

​Get in touch with us now, call us at +1 908-359-8416 or email us at [email protected] ​

08/26/2026

Women's Equality Day is a reminder that equality is not a destination reached once, but a commitment renewed every day.

As workplaces and industries continue to evolve, equal opportunity remains essential to building stronger teams, better ideas, and lasting progress.

VBeyond Digital recognizes Women's Equality Day and the importance of creating environments where everyone has the opportunity to grow.

08/25/2026

Field service work often becomes harder when project context disappears after dispatch.​

Field Service features now include creating work orders from project tasks, showing project task context for field scheduling, and approving field time entries using project rules. ​

​For service-heavy businesses, this is a useful operating shift. Project work, scheduling, field ex*****on, time entry, billing context, and reporting need to stay connected.​

VBeyond Digital helps organizations design Dynamics 365 Field Service workflows that improve visibility from project planning to field ex*****on.​

​Check our Dynamics services at https://www.vbeyonddigital.com/microsoft-dynamics-365-consulting-services/ ​

08/24/2026

https://shorturl.at/fRpmR reported Azure and other cloud services revenue growth of 40% in FY26 Q3, driven by demand across the platform and growth across workloads. Cost of revenue also rose 47%, driven by infrastructure investments to support customer demand. ​

The signal for enterprises is clear. Cloud adoption is accelerating, but scale without governance creates pressure elsewhere.​

Workloads need owners. Costs need visibility. Environments need policy. Access needs control. Reporting needs to show which investments are improving business operations.​

​VBeyond Digital helps organizations design Azure environments with governance, security, cost visibility, and operational readiness built in.​

​Speak with our consultants today, fill the form at https://www.vbeyonddigital.com/contact-us/ ​

08/21/2026

Power Pages is often used for customer, partner, supplier, employee, and citizen-facing portals. That makes authentication governance central to risk control.​

​Microsoft now lists granular controls for external authentication providers in public preview in July 2026 and general availability in September 2026. It also lists security-agent-based authentication configuration with general availability planned for August 2026. ​

​For enterprises, portal security requires more than a login page. It needs identity provider review, access mapping, role design, permission testing, and change visibility.​

​VBeyond Digital helps organizations design Power Pages portals with stronger access governance and Microsoft platform alignment.​

​Get in touch with us now at https://www.vbeyonddigital.com/contact-us/ . ​

08/20/2026

We’re excited to share that VBeyond Digital has been named an OpenAI Select Partner.

As part of the OpenAI Partner Network, we look forward to continuing our work with OpenAI to help organizations build, deploy, and scale AI solutions responsibly and effectively.

We’re proud to be part of this next chapter.