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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.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Dynamics NAV setup and customization


Dynamics NAV is a dynamics system that can be set up differently to fit different ranges of environment, and this is the reason why every consultant should have a strong hold over its setup before diving into customization. One must be very clear about the requirement and should be convinced that the existing setup meets the criteria to fulfill the requirements provided by the customer. Customization should be chosen only if the existing functionality and setup do not solve the problem.

When you set up a new company in Dynamics NAV, you will have to consider many setup tables, roughly 200. In addition to setup tables, there are setups related to journals and its subsections in different modules. Payment terms and the dimensions are another aspect of Dynamics NAV setup. It is highly recommended that you make a checklist of all the setup tables that are related to the module you are planning to implement and that are properly set up. There are certain variations...