Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Retail and Talent - Cloud and on-premises feature comparison (As on 20/‎05‎/‎2018)

Cloud and on-premises feature comparison

This topic shows whether each feature is available in these products:

·        Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (cloud)

·        Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (on-premises)

The following tables list the product areas. Cloud and on-premises support is listed for the feature as a whole. Where specific features differ from the area overall, the features are listed on a separate line in the Feature column.

Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Area	Feature	Cloud	On-premises
Compliance and certifications		Yes	Yes
	SOC 1 Type 1 certification	Yes	No
Cost accounting		Yes	Yes
	Cost accounting content pack for Power BI	Yes	No
	Cost accounting workspace for mobile app	Yes	No
Cost management		Yes	Yes
	Cost management content pack for Power BI	Yes	No
Data management and integration		Yes	Yes
	Configuration-driven extension	Yes	No
	Export data to your own data warehouse	Yes	Yes
	Enable the export of incremental updates to a data entity	Yes	No
	Data integrations	Yes	Yes
Document management		Yes	Yes
Financial management		Yes	Yes
Help		Yes	No
Human resources		Yes	Yes
Intelligence		Yes	Yes
	Electronic reporting (ER) - Integration with LCS	Yes	No
	Electronic reporting (ER) - Integration with SharePoint	Yes	No
	Integration with PowerBI.com	Yes	No
	Analytical workspaces	Yes	No
	Intelligent business process: Recommendations	Yes	No
	Authoring Power BI reports with OData using Power BI desktop or Excel PowerQuery tools	Yes	No
	SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) supports scaling out	Yes	No
	Telemetry is transferred into the cloud	Yes	No
Inventory management		Yes	Yes
Lifecycle services		Yes	Yes
	Configurable business processes	Yes	No
Localizations		Yes	Yes
Manufacturing		Yes	Yes
Master planning and forecasting		Yes	Yes
Mobile app, workspaces, and platform		Yes	Yes
Office integration		Yes	Yes
Organization administration		Yes	Yes
Payroll		Yes	Yes
	Direct deposit	Yes	No
Procurement and sourcing		Yes	Yes
	Punch-out to external catalog from purchase requisition	Yes	No
	Purchase spend analysis Power BI reports	Yes	No
Product information management		Yes	Yes
Product master data		Yes	Yes
Production		Yes	Yes
	Production performance Power BI reports	Yes	No
Project management and accounting		Yes	Yes
Sales		Yes	Yes
	Sales and profitability performance Power BI reports	Yes	No
Security		Yes	Yes
Service management		Yes	Yes
Supply chain management		Yes	Yes
Transportation management		Yes	Yes
Vendor collaboration		Yes	Yes
Warehouse management		Yes	Yes
	Mobile warehouse app	Yes	Yes
	Warehousing Power BI reports	Yes	No
Web client		Yes	Yes
	Task recorder - Save or load task recordings from the BPM library	Yes	No
Support		Yes	Yes
	Access to Support via the Help & Support menu	Yes	No

Development and administration

Area	Feature	Cloud	On-premises
Build and test		Yes	Yes
Extensibility		Yes	Yes
Monitoring and telemetry		Yes	Yes
Platform compatibility		Yes	Yes
Servicing		Yes	Yes
	Servicing environments	Yes	No
Trace Parser and PerfTimer		Yes	No
Upgrade		Yes	Yes
	Upgrade	Yes	No
	Upgrade and support for previous versions	Yes	No
Visual Studio development		Yes	Yes

Dynamics 365 for Retail

Area	Feature	Cloud	On-premises
All Retail areas	All Retail features	Yes	No

Dynamics 365 for Talent

Area	Feature	Cloud	On-premises
All Talent areas	All Talent features	Yes	No