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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise - Fourth Edition

By : Roberto Stefanetti, Alex Chow
Book Image

Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise - Fourth Edition

By: Roberto Stefanetti, Alex Chow

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is a full business solution suite and a complete ERP solution, which contains a robust set of development tools; these tools can help you to gain control over your business and can simplify supply chains, manufacturing, and operations. Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise covers the latest features of Dynamics Business Central and NAV from the end users' and developers' perspectives. It also provides an insight into different tools available for implementation, whether it's a new installation or migrating from the previous version of Dynamics NAV. This book will take you from an introduction to Dynamics NAV 2018 through to exploring all the techniques related to implementation and migration. You will also learn to expand functionalities within your existing Microsoft Dynamics NAV installation, perform data analysis, and implement free third-party add-ons to your existing installation. As you progress through the book, you will learn to work with third-party add-on tools. In the concluding chapters, you will explore Dynamics 365 Business Central, the new Cloud solution based on the Microsoft NAV platform, and techniques for using Docker and Sandbox to develop applications. By the end of the book, you will have gained a deep understanding of the key components for successful Dynamics NAV implementation for an organization.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Getting the requirements


How do I know what my requirements are? Well, if internal processes have been defined, this should be an easy question to answer. You should start with the most important and frequent processes, and move on to the least important or infrequent processes. The important and frequent ones should be handled by the ERP, while the least important and infrequent processes may or may not be handled by the ERP, depending on your goals and the budget for the implementation.

 

General considerations for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Talk to the consultants who will be implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for your organization. Tell them what your process looks like, who is involved in it, what information is required, and so on. They will tell you how this specific process is resolved in these ERP systems.

If the way these ERP systems handle the process matches the way you handle the process, you've...