# Pike for Business Central: sales orders become projects

> Confirmed sales orders become Pike projects, with customers, items, and posted invoices synced. Business Central stays your ledger; Pike runs delivery.

Canonical URL: https://usepike.com/integrations/business-central
Last updated: 2026-10-25

## At a glance

- **Direction:** Business Central to Pike, on a schedule or on demand.
- **Sync schedule:** Manual, or automatic every 24 hours by default. Contact support for a higher frequency.
- **Source of truth:** Business Central for catalog, customer master data, and posted documents.
- **Documentation:** [Business Central docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/business-central)

## What syncs between Business Central and Pike

| Business Central | Pike |
| --- | --- |
| Sales orders | Projects, with the sales order No. as the project number |
| Customers | Customers |
| Items and resources | Products for quoting, invoicing, and reporting |
| Posted sales invoices and credit memos | Invoices next to projects and customers |
| Vendor and purchase documents | Bills and expenses, after review |

## How to connect Business Central

1. Go to **Workspace settings → Integrations → Business Central**.
2. Click **Add integration** and authorise your tenant and company.
3. Run **Import data**, or set an automatic schedule in the integration settings.

Full setup steps and field mappings are in the [Business Central integration docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/business-central).

## How agencies use Pike with Business Central

- **Start delivery from the sales order.** The project number matches the sales order No., so finance and delivery use the same identifier.
- **Track delivery economics.** Time, allocations, and costs build up against the project while posting stays in Business Central.
- **Assign spend to projects.** Imported bills and expenses can be linked to the right project in Pike.

## Limits to know before you connect

- Pike does not replace Business Central for general ledger posting or inventory.
- Update catalog and customer master data in Business Central, not Pike.
- The default sync runs once every 24 hours. Faster sync needs a request to Pike support.

## Business Central integration questions

### Does Pike integrate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Yes. Pike imports sales orders as projects and syncs customers, items, posted invoices, credit memos, and vendor documents from Business Central.

### How often does Business Central sync with Pike?

Manually on demand, or automatically every 24 hours by default. Pike support can raise the frequency.

### Does Pike post to the general ledger?

No. Business Central stays the ERP for posting and inventory. Pike shows posted documents for visibility and project assignment.

## Related

- [QuickBooks](https://usepike.com/integrations/quickbooks): Invoices, bills, and expenses on every project.
- [Xero](https://usepike.com/integrations/xero): Send invoices from tracked work to Xero.
- [Finance in Pike](https://usepike.com/features/finance): Invoicing, budgets, and margin by project and client.