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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

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise


In this section, we'll look at how to install Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises. In this case, we'll be using the Business Central W1 Worldwide release.

Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise

This installation is not very different from the installation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018. It takes place through the image of the DVD downloadable from PartnerSource. The cumulative updates for product can also be downloaded from the NAV team blog with a direct link.

Perform the following steps to install Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise:

  1. Download from Microsoft PartnerSource and extract the files from package (.zip):
  1. Launch the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central setup.exe file, and the installation will start:
  1. Choose an installation option (for example, Developer):
  1. Select a customized installation (this example—for developer):

And select a customized installation (example—for client):

  1. Select the installation...