In the preceding sections, we saw all the steps that you have to follow to upgrade from the older versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013. In this section, we will explain those steps in more detail.
No matter what your current version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV is, before you can upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, a migration to Microsoft SQL Server is needed if you are using a native database, as it is no longer available.
A test of the database is also needed before starting the upgrade process. In this section, we will explain how to perform these two processes.
Microsoft SQL Server (on its 64-bit version) is the only database supported in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013. The native database is gone. If you are using a native database in the older versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you should upgrade to SQL before you start the upgrade process to Microsoft Dynamics...