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90% faster
regression cycles
at enterprise scale.

How AQAnetics delivered a full QA automation solution for a Dynamics 365 cloud migration — covering finance, logistics, and compliance testing across a 2,500-person Nordic enterprise.

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Client
Leading Scandinavian waste management group
~2,500 employees
Platform
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Cloud migration + evergreen updates
Scope
Finance · Logistics · Compliance
Hundreds of regression scenarios
90%
Faster regression cycles
Weeks of manual regression reduced to overnight automated runs.
7×
Parallel test suites
Docker + Kubernetes orchestration running up to 7 suites simultaneously.
80%
Cost reduction
Up to 80–90% cost reduction in regression cycles vs. manual execution.
0
Vendor lock-in
Built entirely on open-source standards — Selenium, TestNG, Docker.
The client

A Nordic enterprise
at operational scale.

Waste management at the
scale of a continent.

Our client is a leading Scandinavian waste management group with operations across multiple Nordic countries. With a decades-long history rooted in circular economy principles, the organization manages over 6 million tonnes of material annually — spanning recycling, treatment and detox, and new value chains.

To modernize operations and improve agility, the organization undertook a full migration to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 cloud platform — one of the most complex ERP transitions a company of this scale can take on.

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Scale
~2,500 employees across Nordic operations. Over 100 active sites processing 6.3 million tonnes of material per year.
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Geography
Operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia — each with local compliance and operational requirements.
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Business areas
Recycling, Treatment & Detox, New Value Chains — all tied to a circular economy model, requiring integrated ERP coverage.
The challenge

A migration too large
to test manually.

Moving to Dynamics 365 Cloud meant
validating everything — twice.

The client faced the full complexity of an enterprise ERP cloud migration: hundreds of business-critical scenarios across finance, logistics, and compliance that needed regression coverage before, during, and after go-live. Manual testing at this scale was not a realistic option.

Compounding this: Microsoft's evergreen update model means Dynamics 365 receives continuous updates, requiring ongoing regression capacity — not just a one-time migration effort.

01
Hundreds of critical scenariosRegression coverage needed across finance, logistics, collection, compliance, and custom modules — with limited documentation on integration points.
02
Evergreen update pressureMicrosoft's continuous update cadence required a testing function that could absorb new releases without disrupting daily operations.
03
Zero disruption toleranceThe platform underpins waste collection, logistics, and financial operations across 4 countries. Any regression gap carried real operational risk.
04
No vendor dependency acceptableThe client required a portable, open solution — no proprietary test tools, no lock-in to a single vendor's ecosystem.
Our approach

Built for enterprise scale
from day one.

AQAnetics designed and delivered a comprehensive QA automation solution purpose-built for Dynamics 365 complexity — covering test data, infrastructure, reporting, and evergreen readiness.

01
Platform-Smart Test Data Orchestration
Engineered a reliable mechanism to provision and retire test data automatically before and after each run. This eliminated manual setup overhead and made tests deterministic — the same inputs, the same environment, every time. Fast, repeatable, and reliable across hundreds of scenarios.
Test Data Automation
02
Industry-Proven Technology Stack
Built entirely on Selenium, TestNG, and open-source standards — ensuring stability, transparency, and zero vendor lock-in. The entire suite was containerized in Docker and orchestrated via Kubernetes, enabling up to 7 test suites to run in parallel. Consistent environments, faster execution, no configuration drift.
Selenium Docker Kubernetes
03
Evergreen-Ready Automation
Designed dedicated smoke packs for new environments and frequent Dynamics 365 updates, embedded directly into the CI/CD pipeline. Each Microsoft release could be validated continuously without manual intervention — turning a recurring risk into a routine operation.
CI/CD Smoke Testing
04
Transparent Reporting & Governance
Delivered a self-hosted Test Automation Hub providing full execution history, detailed logs, and video replays of every test run. Designed for both technical and non-technical stakeholders — improving collaboration across teams and shortening defect escalation loops with Microsoft support.
Reporting Video Replays
Where we plugged in

Embedded across the
full delivery cycle.

SDLC involvement
REQ
Requirement gathering
DES
Design & architecture
DEV
Development
TST
Testing
DEP
Deployment
MNT
Maintenance & support
CFI
Continuous iterations
Initial assessment & scenario definition
Involved in test scenario definition from the design phase — ensuring coverage was designed in, not bolted on after.
Day-to-day with domain experts
Embedded engineers working alongside client domain experts during testing — building hundreds of test cases with real business context.
Rapid smoke tests & ongoing reports
Smoke packs for new environments, on-demand detailed reports, and continuous automation maintenance across the evergreen cycle.
Business impact

Measurable outcomes
from day one of go-live.

→
90% faster regression cycles Weeks of manual regression reduced to overnight automated runs — without adding headcount.
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Higher reliability, lower flakiness Deterministic test data and parallel execution improved confidence in results and reduced false positives.
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Manual testers refocused on value work Regression fully automated — manual QA capacity redirected to exploratory testing and edge case discovery.
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Accelerated defect resolution Execution history and video replays shortened reporting loops with Microsoft support significantly.
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Future-proof against evergreen updates Automation scales with Dynamics 365's update cadence — each release validated automatically, not manually scrambled for.
90%
Faster regression
Weeks to hours. Same coverage, fraction of the time.
80%+
Cost reduction
In regression cycle cost vs. equivalent manual effort.
7×
Parallel execution
Kubernetes-orchestrated suites, consistent environments.
Technology used

Open standards.
No lock-in.

Selenium
Core browser automation framework. Industry standard, fully portable, zero proprietary dependency.
TestNG
Test orchestration and reporting layer. Parallel execution, structured output, CI/CD compatible.
Docker
Containerized test environments. Consistent execution regardless of underlying infrastructure.
Kubernetes
Orchestration for parallel suite execution. Up to 7 concurrent suites, auto-scaled on demand.

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