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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

Development in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS


In this section, some differences related to the development for native applications for the cloud compared to the development of applications for on-premises will be listed; what works correctly on on-premise deployments may not work on the cloud as some restrictions existing on the cloud are not present in on-premise.

General considerations

Developing for the cloud is different than developing for on-premise because the architecture is very different: You can't have access to hardware, operating systems, installations, and components.

In the case of development for the Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS platform, the developer must be aware of some of the following constraints:

  • The database cannot be accessed (data, managing, queries, and so on)
  • We do not have a local backup of the data (we can only ask for a recovery)
  • It is not possible to access server services (only for some functions and telemetry)
  • The standard product cannot be...