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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

By : Rabindra Sah
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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

By: Rabindra Sah

Overview of this book

The book begins by giving you a brief introduction to setting up your NAV environment and shows you how to install and configure it according to your requirements. You will then dive deep into the latest design patterns, network architecture, and topologies. We will show you how you can integrate NAV with the Microsoft platform, and secure your deployment by managing roles and permissions. Moving on, we will explain how to monitor and manage server instances using the Administration tool. We’ll discuss how you can take advantage of the expanded extensibility and connectivity capabilities for a tighter integration with the cloud as well as handheld devices. Then, we’ll show you how you can make use of the PowerBI capabilities that have been built into Dynamics NAV. By the end of the book, you will be confident in developing and administering a Dynamics NAV implementation that will leverage all of the new features.

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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Customer Feedback
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Installation
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Installation
The background- before we start
Architectural components
Microsoft Dynamics NAV PowerShell
Installation scenarios
Post-installation operations
Summary
2
Upgraded Features and Configuration in Dynamics NAV 2016
Upgraded Features and Configuration in Dynamics NAV 2016
Dynamics NAV 2016 Design Patterns
Redesigned C/AL Editor
Event channels on Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server events
Multiple namespaces on XMLports
Updating custom report layouts using upgrade codeunits
Finance is an important business domain in Microsoft
Understanding Development Environment
Workflows in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Latest features in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Strategy and roadmap
Summary
3
The C/AL and VB Programming
The C/AL and VB Programming
Coding with C/AL
Compiler design
Triggers
Exception handling
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Reports
Visual Basic programming
Decision functions
Summary
4
Testing and Debugging
Testing and Debugging
Software testing lifecycle
Testing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Testability framework build in NAV
Writing your own Test unit
Debugging using Visual Studio Debugger
Summary
5
Design and Development Considerations
Design and Development Considerations
Starting the customization process
Dynamics NAV setup and customization
Application lifecycle
Design and development considerations for Report design
Object designer fundamentals
Physical and logical databases
Considerations while coding
Report fundamentals
Important Report functions
.NET interoperability
Test posting
Summary
6
Version Control and Code Management
Version Control and Code Management
Version control
GitHub
Team Foundation Server/Services
Pros and cons of branching
Summary
7
Tuning Up the NAV System
Tuning Up the NAV System
Tuning up the NAV environment
Optimizing SQL Server performance
SumIndexfields functionality
Performance tuning in reports
Load testing
Algorithm
Summary
8
Security in Dynamics NAV 2016
Security in Dynamics NAV 2016
Software design principles
Security policy
Authentication
Virus protection
Network security strategies
Cryptography and certificates
Security updates
SQL Server security settings
AZURE security setting
Summary
9
Upgrade and Migration
Upgrade and Migration
The need for upgrade
Upgrade considerations
Custom object review
Customization upgrade analysis
Business process analysis
Reviewing your dimension structure
Upgrading from older versions
Technical upgrade
The upgrade workflow
Upgrading estimates
Upgrade tools
Summary
10
Interfacing NAV with Other Applications
Interfacing NAV with Other Applications
Web services
Using external web services in NAV
DotNet interoperability
Open Database Connectivity
Summary
11
Extending Dynamics NAV 2016
Extending Dynamics NAV 2016
Integration with Power BI
Integration with Jet Express
NAV extensions
Summary
12
The Future of NAV
The Future of NAV
Dynamics NAV 2017 (10.00)
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Visual Studio Code (Development Environment)
Dynamics NAV extensions
Summary

Coding with C/AL

The C/AL programming language in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 is similar to the older version of NAV. Coding with C/AL has always been easy because of one extra layer of preprocessing before all of its code is literally converted into C# code; it then follows the same compilation process as any other .NET program. A mediocre programmer can easily understand the previous code and make some changes in it. This is one of the reasons for the popularity of Microsoft Dynamics NAV among developers and consultants.

Connectivity of NAV with SQL is governed by the .NET standards. Especially, the interoperability with other third-party programs outside C/AL is directly controlled by the .NET architecture. This is also one of the reasons we need to install the .NET prerequisites into our system before installing Microsoft Dynamics NAC.

Later in this chapter, we will discuss how the codes are preprocessed into C# code, which all NAV developers need to understand.

Reusing code

One of the main...

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