The three-tiered architecture in Dynamics NAV 2009 enables wonderful things to happen. Yes, you can get better scalability by separating the business logic from the presentation layer, but there are a couple of other things you get as a result of the Dynamics NAV Service Tier: Web services enablement and Multiple Presentation Layers. The RoleTailored client is an example of a presentation layer with which you are already familiar; later on we'll see other examples of user interfaces such as the SharePoint client and Dynamics Mobile. The user interfaces are lovely, without a doubt, but it's the Web services that have got people buzzing. Web services enablement opens up a whole new world for NAV implementations and in this chapter, we're going to look at some of the things we can now do.
In this chapter you'll learn:
What a Web service is (a geek-free definition)
What you can do with Web services (geeks only I'm afraid)
What clients are available as Presentation...