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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

Summary


In this chapter, we looked at general considerations for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and learned their philosophies. It is important for everybody to learn to work together, since every part of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is tied together in one way or another. The implementation of these systems could be used to re-engineer a company's processes. Applications aside, implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central will give your employees an opportunity to understand exactly how your company operations work, resulting in more productivity.

So far, we have introduced Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018, in Chapter 1, Exploring Dynamics NAV and MSDYN365BC – Overview; we talked about the new features that the current version has introduced in Chapter 2, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 - An Overview; and we have now talked about the general philosophy of Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

In the coming...