Upgrading used to take a considerable amount of time and effort. With the release of the PowerShell upgrade, it doesn't have to. Companies that already use Microsoft Dynamics NAV will want to get to, at least, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, so upgrading in the future will be easier. To do so, they have to go through an upgrade process to get their current implementation to the latest version. In this chapter, we covered upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 by using PowerShell to upgrade from NAV 2013. Even upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 is only supported from Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009. We also explained how to upgrade from the previous versions of the application.
Upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise is similar to upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018. The main difference is that it is necessary to convert the existing developments to extensions in order to prevent system updates from touching the source code. Sometimes, it is necessary...