Solutions · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations

Run every project profitably from sales handoff to revenue recognition.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations is the cloud ERP that Malaysian services, construction and project-based companies run when project profitability has to be visible mid-flight, when resource utilisation has to land at 80 percent, and when revenue recognition has to follow MFRS 15 without a side spreadsheet. Daxonet has rolled it out for Panasonic, Novelis, Raco Industries and Sorento, with a fast-track methodology that goes live in 4 to 6 months, not 18.

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4 to 6 month go-live
MFRS 15 native
Resource utilisation 80%
Microsoft Solutions Partner

Trusted by Malaysian enterprises

Who has Daxonet already taken live on D365?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations is the cloud ERP from Microsoft for project-based businesses: project sales, resource scheduling, time and expense capture, project accounting, MFRS 15 revenue recognition, and billing on one platform. For Malaysian CFOs and operations directors in services, construction and consulting, it is the platform that surfaces project margin the day a timesheet posts (not at month-end), drives resource utilisation to the 80 percent board target, and replaces the spreadsheet that has carried MFRS 15 revenue recognition with a configurable engine signed off by the auditor. Microsoft Copilot AI is embedded inside project workflows (status report drafts, skill-based resource recommendations, scope-creep flagging, timesheet pre-fill from Outlook and Teams). Daxonet, a Microsoft Solutions Partner with 10+ years on AX and D365 and 47 ERP rollouts across Malaysia and ASEAN, delivers Phase 1 go-live in 4 to 6 months at reference customers including Panasonic, Novelis, Raco Industries and Sorento, with 5-year TCO typically 30 to 45 percent below an equivalent SAP S/4HANA scope.

The project P&L reality in 2026

Why can legacy project stacks no longer protect your project margins?

Three pressures show up on every steering committee we see in Malaysia. D365 Project Operations was built to remove them.

23% Margin slip

Project profitability is a month-end discovery

By the time finance closes, your steering committee has already approved another scope change. Margin slip lands in the P&L 30 days late.

1in4 Resources idle

Resource utilisation runs on guesswork

Spreadsheet allocation. Senior consultants double-booked. Junior staff under-utilised. The 80% target stays a slide in the board pack.

RM 2.4M WIP exposure

MFRS 15 lives in spreadsheets

Revenue recognition runs in Excel after every month-end. WIP exposure is a quarterly debate. Your auditor wants the schedule reproducible, not reverse-engineered.

What changes after go-live

Six project outcomes that show up in the first quarter on D365.

Not feature lists. The shifts your project leaders, your CFO, and your auditors feel within 90 days of going live.

Real-time project margin

Margin slip is visible the day a timesheet posts. Project managers fix exposure mid-flight, not after month-end.

80% resource utilisation

Skill-based scheduling, capacity heat-maps and clean availability data. The board target moves from slide to dashboard.

MFRS 15 without spreadsheets

Percentage-of-completion, milestone and event-based recognition runs in D365. Audit trail reproducible, every line.

Billing cycle, halved

Time and expense capture in Outlook and Teams. Approvals through Power Automate. Invoices issue on Day 1, not Day 14.

Sales-to-delivery handoff

Closed-won opportunities flow from D365 Sales straight to a project. No re-keying. No scope drift between contract and SOW.

Status reports drafted

Copilot writes weekly project status from actuals, schedule and risk register. Project managers review, edit and send.

Capability 01 · Project lifecycle

From sales handoff to revenue recognition, on one platform.

D365 Project Operations covers project sales, contract structuring, work breakdown, scheduling, time and expense capture, project accounting, MFRS 15 revenue recognition and billing — all on the same Dataverse as D365 Sales and D365 Finance.

Project sales Contract lines WBS planning Resource scheduling Time + expense Approvals Revenue recognition Project billing Power BI dashboards Microsoft 365 native

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Project leaders running Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations

Phase progress 62%

PlanBuildUATCutoverHyper

Margin · live

+18% above plan

Capability 02 · Resource and revenue

Will resource utilisation hit 80% without an army of spreadsheets?

Skill-based scheduling, real-time capacity, and revenue recognition that respects your auditor — running on the same project record from kick-off to close-out.

Project resource scheduling and capacity planning on D365 Project Operations

RESOURCE PLANNING

Skill-based scheduling and capacity heat-maps

Match consultant skills to project requirements. See over- and under-allocation across weeks at a glance. Re-balance with drag-drop and a soft-booking layer that keeps sales pipeline visible to delivery.

80%

Util target

∞

Skills

Real-time

02.A · Revenue

MFRS 15 native, every method

Time and material, fixed price, milestone, completed-contract or event-based recognition. Configurable per contract line. Posts to D365 Finance with full audit trail.

02.B · Time + expense

Capture in Outlook and Teams

Timesheets pre-fill from calendar and Teams activity. Expense receipts captured by phone. Power Automate routes approvals. Billable hours reach finance the same day.

02.C · Profitability

Live margin, by project, by role

Power BI on top of D365 — drill from portfolio P&L to a single resource on a single project. Margin slip raised the day a timesheet posts, not at month-end.

Capability 03 · AI

Copilot drafts the project status report you'd write on Friday.

Microsoft Copilot is embedded in D365 Project Operations with role-based security. It does not replace your project managers. It removes the rote work between Monday review and Friday steering committee.

Copilot · Project status

Drafted · 09:14 Friday

"ASEAN Phase 1 tracks +18% above margin plan. UAT cycle 2 starts Tuesday. Two senior consultants approaching 95% utilisation — soft-booking limited from week 18."

On track Resource flag PM review →

Status reports, drafted

Weekly status drafted from actuals, schedule slippage and risk register. PMs review and send.

Resource recommendations

Suggests consultants for new project requests by skill, availability and past performance.

Scope-creep flagged

Compares current work against the original SOW. Flags drift before it hits the budget line.

Timesheets pre-filled

From Outlook calendar and Teams activity. Reviewed and approved by the user — never auto-submit.

By the numbers

What Daxonet's D365 customers report after Phase 1.

Metric 01

80%

Resource utilisation target

Metric 02

30–45%

Lower 5-year TCO vs SAP

Metric 03

4–6 mo

Phase 1 go-live, single entity

Metric 04

Daxonet ERP rollouts to date

The Daxonet fast-track

Phase 1 in four to six months. Not eighteen.

A configuration template, parallel month-end close, and a finance-led UAT structure. Your team signs off before cutover, every time.

Weeks 1–4

Weeks 5–16

Weeks 17–20

Weeks 21–24

Discover & fit-gap

Project sales workflows, contract structures, WBS template, data-migration plan, TCO model.

Configure & migrate

Configuration in template, two formal data cycles, integration build, MFRS 15 recognition rules signed off by your auditor.

UAT & training

Two UAT cycles led by your project team. Role-based training for PMs, consultants, finance. Cutover playbook signed.

Cutover & hypercare

Parallel running through one full month-end. 4 weeks hypercare. Stabilisation reviews and Power BI handover. You sign off.

Why Daxonet for D365 Project Operations

A Microsoft Solutions Partner with a real Malaysian project bench.

10+ years on AX and D365. 47 ERP rollouts across Malaysia and ASEAN. Reference customers across professional services, multi-entity manufacturing, and project-based businesses. Project leadership averaging more than a decade on the Microsoft enterprise stack — paired with Power BI and Microsoft 365 across every engagement.

10+ yrs

on AX and D365

ERP rollouts across ASEAN

Microsoft

Solutions Partner certified

Microsoft Solutions Partner depth, paired with a Malaysian project team that ran a live MFRS 15 walk-through with our auditor before kickoff.

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FAQ

Questions Malaysian CFOs and project leaders ask before signing.

What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations and who is it built for?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations is a cloud ERP from Microsoft for project-based businesses that need real-time project profitability, resource planning, time and expense capture, project accounting, MFRS 15 revenue recognition and billing on one platform. In Malaysia it ships with SST, MFRS and LHDN MyInvois localisation.

How long does a D365 Project Operations implementation take with Daxonet?

Phase 1 go-live runs 4 to 6 months for a single Malaysian entity using the Daxonet fast-track methodology. Multi-entity rollouts add waves on the same configuration template. Discover and fit-gap takes 3 to 4 weeks. Configure and migrate runs 8 to 12 weeks with two formal data-migration cycles. UAT and training takes 3 to 4 weeks across two cycles. Cutover and hypercare runs 4 weeks with parallel month-end close support. Total elapsed time is around half of what a tier-1 SAP S/4HANA project programme typically books.

Does D365 Project Operations support MFRS 15 revenue recognition out of the box?

Yes. Time and material, fixed price and milestone billing methods are configurable per project and per contract line. Percentage of completion, completed contract and event-based revenue recognition are native. Revenue is posted to D365 Finance with full audit trail. Daxonet configures the recognition rules to match your auditor expectations during fit-gap, so your finance team is not building MFRS 15 schedules in spreadsheets after go-live.

Can D365 Project Operations show project profitability in real time?

Yes. Project profitability dashboards combine actual cost from time, expense, subcontractor invoices and material against contracted revenue and forecast. Project managers see margin slip the day a timesheet posts, not at month-end. Power BI reports drill down from portfolio profitability to a single resource on a single project. Copilot summarises project status in plain language for steering committee reviews.

We are on Dynamics AX 2012 with project module. What is the migration path?

Daxonet runs AX 2012 to D365 Project Operations migrations as a structured upgrade. Project hierarchies, contract lines, work breakdown structures, resource roles and open transactions are migrated with reconciliation back to AX before go-live. Custom AX X++ code is assessed: in-platform configuration replaces most customisations; the rest is rebuilt as Power Platform extensions or Azure functions. Parallel running of AX and D365 Project Operations through one full month-end close is standard, so finance signs off before cutover.

What does Microsoft Copilot do inside D365 Project Operations?

Copilot is embedded in D365 Project Operations with role-based security that respects every existing user permission. It drafts weekly project status reports from actuals, schedule slippage and risk register entries. It recommends resources for new project requests based on skills, availability and past performance. It flags scope creep by comparing current work against the original statement of work. It pre-fills timesheets from Outlook and Teams activity for the user to review and approve, not auto-submit.

Does D365 Project Operations integrate with D365 Finance and CRM?

Yes. D365 Project Operations is part of the same Dataverse and shares the customer, vendor and product master with D365 Sales, Customer Service and Finance. Sales hands a closed-won opportunity directly into a project. Project costs flow into D365 Finance for posting and consolidation. Power BI and Power Apps extend the platform without custom integration. Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, Excel) is integrated for time, expense and approvals natively.

Which Malaysian enterprises has Daxonet already implemented D365 for?

Reference customers include Panasonic, Novelis, Raco Industries and Sorento, across multi-entity manufacturing, global supply-chain finance, and project-based services. The Phase 1 outcome pattern is consistent: project margin visible the day a timesheet posts, MFRS 15 schedule signed off by the auditor before go-live, and resource utilisation moved from a slide to a live dashboard. Each reference is available for a peer call from a CFO or operations leader evaluating D365 Project Operations, by arrangement with Daxonet. The bench has completed 47 ERP rollouts across D365, AX and Business Central in Malaysia and ASEAN, with project leadership averaging more than 10 years on the Microsoft enterprise stack.

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Ready when you are

Ready to see what your project margins look like on D365?

Daxonet runs a free 60-minute project operations assessment for Malaysian enterprise leaders. We come back with a TCO model, MFRS 15 fit-gap, and a phased rollout plan you can take to your board.

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