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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

By : Rabindra Sah
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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

By: Rabindra Sah

Overview of this book

The book begins by giving you a brief introduction to setting up your NAV environment and shows you how to install and configure it according to your requirements. You will then dive deep into the latest design patterns, network architecture, and topologies. We will show you how you can integrate NAV with the Microsoft platform, and secure your deployment by managing roles and permissions. Moving on, we will explain how to monitor and manage server instances using the Administration tool. We’ll discuss how you can take advantage of the expanded extensibility and connectivity capabilities for a tighter integration with the cloud as well as handheld devices. Then, we’ll show you how you can make use of the PowerBI capabilities that have been built into Dynamics NAV. By the end of the book, you will be confident in developing and administering a Dynamics NAV implementation that will leverage all of the new features.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Upgrade considerations


An upgrade is an opportunity to streamline your NAV Solution. It either reduces the degree of customizations or uses new features to address new changes into an organization. Different consultants approach their upgrade projects differently, and there is not a single standard on how to approach the upgrade. However, there are certain best practices that are considered efficient. Let's discuss these considerations, which can save energy and help the smooth upgrade transition process:

  • The source and destination system

  • The system size

  • Upgrade codeunits

  • Company name

  • Name of the variable

  • System table with non-English names

  • Deprecated or redesigned functionality

  • Testing

  • Tune-up

Tip

Here, we will be discussing the upgrade process of Dynamics NAV System from 2015 or 2013, but if you ended up on this chapter expecting to read about the upgrade from the old version, such as 2009, then you must be very sure about what you are trying to achieve. The Microsoft Dynamics NAV system has been...