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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

Using sandboxes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central


In this section, we will start by taking a look at sandboxes.

Sandbox types

There are two sandbox types that can be used for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central—an online or on-premise sandbox that be managed locally or through Microsoft Azure. There are differences between the two types of sandbox and how they can be used, detailed in the following table.

The following table shows capability comparison:

SaaS sandbox

Local sandbox (container or Azure VM)

Managed by Microsoft

Managed by a partner

Uses VS Code only

Uses VS Code, C/AL, and SQL Server

The production and sandbox is in the same environment

Located in Docker container environments

Cost—subscription required

Costs—Charged on Azure; free on local

No database access (backups and load balancing is managed by Microsoft)

Full database access

Debugging

Debugging

Visual Studio Code and "In-client" Designer

Visual Studio Code, "In-client" Designer, C/SIDE, and SSMS

How...