Customer
Bloomingville
Industry
Design
Year
2026
Services
Microsoft 365
Bloomingville
Bloomingville has moved their ERP platform to the cloud with a 1:1 upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online without changing workflows or disrupting day-to-day operations. The transition from on-premises to cloud was completed in a few days and today provides the company with a stable ERP platform where operation, security and updates are handled by Microsoft. The result is less technical noise in everyday life and a stronger foundation for automation and future digital development.
Challenge: Bloomingville worked on a stable Business Central on-premise solution, but found that local operations made it more difficult to leverage new features, integrations and ongoing innovation from Microsoft. At the same time, the company wanted to move to the cloud without changing the workflows and processes that the organization already depended on.
Bloomingville secures the future with Business Central in the cloud
Bloomingville is an international design company with roots in Danish design tradition and a strong global footprint. The company develops and sells home interiors and accessories for markets all over the world and is characterized by high requirements for both quality, delivery security and internal processes.
In line with the company's growth, the IT landscape has become an increasingly important prerequisite for day-to-day operations. Business Central plays a central role here as the backbone of the business, which applies to areas ranging from finance and sales to operations and reporting. Therefore, it was crucial for Bloomingville that the ERP platform could keep up both business-wise and technologically.
AI/IT Manager & Controller at Bloomingville, Mick Kruse, explains:
“Business Central is our most important tool in everyday life. When that system works, the rest works too.”
To be at the forefront
Bloomingville had been running on a Business Central on-premise solution for several years, which worked stably. But even as the system did its job, technological limitations gradually began to emerge. New functions, integrations and possibilities in Microsoft's ecosystem were long in coming because the platform was no longer fully on par with development.
The decision to move towards the cloud was therefore not driven by acute problems, but by a strategic desire to be at the forefront:
“There started to be some things that didn't really play together because we were on an older version. It was about guarding the future and being at the forefront rather than the back,” he elaborates.
Already at an earlier upgrade from NAV to Business Central on-premise, Bloomingville –, in collaboration with their partner –, had prepared the solution technically for a later cloud change. Therefore, the question was not about they were going to the cloud, but when.
A smooth boost to Business Central Online
When the decision on the cloud change was made, the long-term preparation showed its value. The transition from on-premises to Business Central Online was completed quickly and efficiently without major disruptions in business.
Bloomingville shut down the system over an extended weekend and was back in operation a few days later:
“We shut down on Friday and were back in operation on Tuesday morning. The course actually went really well,” says Mick Kruse.
The short downtime was due, among other things, to the fact that the code was already optimized for the cloud and that the architecture was built with a future boost in mind. The result was a transition that was experienced as both calm and controlled.
Stable operation and greater security in everyday life
After the switch to Business Central Online, Bloomingville continues to experience the same stable operation, but with a significant difference in the background. Operation, updates and security have now moved away from local servers and left to Microsoft.
For AI/IT Manager & Controller, Mick Kruse, this means less noise and more peace in everyday life:
“No noise is good noise. It ran fine before and it runs fine now – and it's actually the best sign.”
Automatic updates ensure that Bloomingville always follows Microsoft's technological development, without having to plan and implement heavy upgrades or maintain server environments themselves.
Stronger foundation for automation
At the same time, the Cloud platform has given Bloomingville a better starting point for automating business-critical processes. A concrete example is the work with automated VAT and CVR validation.
Here, an automated solution reviews invoices daily, identifies unique CVR numbers and validates them directly against VIES. Weekly, the entire debtor file is checked so that customer data is continuously kept up to date:
“Once set up and running, it's actually really effective,” he continues.
The automation reduces manual control work and increases data quality: an important step towards more efficient and scalable processes.
One unified Microsoft ecosystem
For Bloomingville, the cloud shift is ultimately about more than engineering. It's about standing on a platform built for the future that develops continuously with the rest of Microsoft's ecosystem:
“The most important thing is that we no longer have to deal with servers, patches and maintenance ourselves. It is at Microsoft – and it provides both security and future-proofing,” he concludes.
With Business Central Online, Bloomingville has created a solid foundation for further digital development with a focus on stable operation, automation and technological progress that can support the business for many years to come.