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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

What is an implementation?


What is an implementation? To implement means performing a series of steps that usually includes the following:

  • Requirements analysis
  • Project scope analysis
  • Customizations
  • Integrations
  • Key user training
  • Product delivery

These steps are often supervised by a project manager who uses different project management methodologies. Through the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) steps typical of project management (the Deming Cycle), it is possible to keep the project under control.

To implement a system successfully, a large number of interrelated tasks need to be carried out in an appropriate sequence. That is what needs to be done in a Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central implementation process to get the software (Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, be it on-premise or SaaS) to operate properly in its environment (the company that will use these programs as their business management software).

An advantage of Microsoft Dynamics...