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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

Upgrades prior to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013


An upgrade project from versions prior to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 can be an easy task or a large project. It really depends on the amount of modifications that are done and the version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV you are upgrading from. The basic principle is that the older the version, the more involved it will be for you and your company.

To summarize, the steps to upgrade versions prior to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 are as follows:

  1. Back up your existing database (of course)
  2. Compare and manually merge the codes that are modified to the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV
  3. Convert the database to the version you're upgrading to by opening it in the new version of the software
  4. Import the merged objects (new version objects with customizations) to your current database
  5. Run the processes to upgrade your data

Note

All of these steps are done manually and some steps are very time-consuming. There are horror stories of developers pulling all-nighters...