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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

Choosing a go-live date


If you ask any accountant which date to start working with Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, they will always answer January 1st. The reason behind this answer is that, for most companies, January 1st is the beginning of their fiscal year. It has advantages, no doubt, but it also has drawbacks. The year has 364 additional days to work, but limiting yourself this much is not worth the hassle and stress.

In this section, we'll see the pros and cons of going live at the beginning of a fiscal year versus going live on any other date. With all of this information, you should be able to choose the best date in your case and know the consequences of your choice.

Note

There are no differences between on-premises and online releases in relation to the dates to go-live, they are just technical product differences.

Going live at the beginning of the fiscal year

All companies analyze information at least annually, because, among other reasons, the...