Connect Dynamics 365 with partners, data, and processes to improve automation, operational visibility, and readiness for AI-driven growth.
If there is one theme you will hear repeatedly at Community Summit NA 2026, October 11-15 in Nashville, it is AI. But AI success requires more than deploying new tools, as it does not solve disconnected processes and fragmented data. In many cases, it simply accelerates existing problems and exposes gaps faster.
Organizations also need trusted data that flows across their systems, partners, and processes. A modern Dynamics 365 integration strategy can help organizations reduce integration complexity, improve operational visibility, and create the connected data foundation needed for automation and AI-ready growth.
Start with connected business processes
Many organizations have invested heavily in Dynamics® 365, ERP modernization, cloud migration, and process automation. Yet one of the biggest barriers to realizing value from those investments often exists outside Dynamics itself.
Over time, businesses accumulate a mix of EDI connections, APIs, custom integrations, spreadsheets, and legacy technologies. These solutions may have addressed immediate needs, but they may have created complexity that makes it harder to trust the data driving business decisions.
- This fragmented environment often results in:
- Difficult trading partner onboarding that slows client and supplier connections
- Limited visibility across business processes and disconnected data across systems
- Increased manual work and exception handling that make expansion harder
- AI initiatives that struggle to deliver expected results
Stop treating integration as an afterthought
Dynamics serves as the operational hub for finance, customer service, procurement, inventory, and supply chain processes. But no ERP operates in isolation. High-growth organizations increasingly view integration as a business enabler rather than an IT project. The ability to connect clients, suppliers, logistics providers, and applications directly impacts agility, visibility, and growth.
Each relationship introduces requirements for data exchange, partner onboarding, compliance, security, EDI, and APIs. Managing each connection separately increases cost and complexity as the business grows. That is why leading organizations are taking a broader view of modernization. Instead of focusing solely on ERP transformation, they are also modernizing the integration layer that connects their business ecosystem.
Before AI can deliver meaningful results, organizations need a reliable way to connect and manage these business relationships at scale.
Create the trusted data foundation AI requires
Much of the discussion at Community Summit this year will focus on AI-powered capabilities, automation, and intelligent decision-making. But AI is only as effective as the information available to it. When data is spread across disconnected applications, legacy platforms, spreadsheets, and partner networks, AI tools inherit those same limitations. When AI tools work with incomplete or disconnected information, their outputs can be equally limited.
Modern B2B integration enables organizations to:
- Connect data across systems, partners, and processes
- Improve visibility across operations and the supply chain
- Strengthen data quality, governance, and decision-making
- Accelerate automation, analytics, and AI readiness
Scale growth without increasing complexity
Successful modernization is not simply about replacing legacy technologies or deploying the latest AI tools. The greater opportunity is to connect clients, suppliers, logistics providers, financial institutions, applications, and business processes through a consistent integration strategy. Organizations that do so are better positioned to respond to change, reduce manual effort, and scale efficiently.
As organizations move toward AI-driven operations, the focus is shifting from managing individual transactions and integrations to building a foundation of connected, trusted data that supports. That foundation support faster partner onboarding, more effective automation, deeper operational oversight, and better access to the information needed for analytics and intelligent decision-making. The goal is straightforward: scale the business without adding the IT or operational overhead.
By modernizing the integration layer alongside Dynamics 365, organizations can connect more of their business ecosystem, improve trust in operational data, and prepare for AI-enabled growth.
OpenText Business Network helps organizations connect their Dynamics environments with the clients, suppliers, and partners that keep business moving. Visit OpenText at Booth 1315 during Community Summit and talk with our integration experts about how OpenText B2B Integration can improve operations and create an AI-ready foundation for growth.
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