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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise - Fourth Edition

By : Roberto Stefanetti, Alex Chow
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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

Development methods – the CSIDE Development Environment and the New Modern Development Environment


It's possible to develop both with the CSIDE Development Environment and with the New Modern Development Environment in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 and in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise; for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS, it is possible to use only the New Modern Development Environment.

Working with the CSIDE Development Environment

Though it is still possible (at the time of writing this book) to develop with the CSIDE Development Environment. To open the Development Environment, you have to install Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment (or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Development Environment, the appearance and the name are similar). Open it and navigate to Tools | Object Designer (or press Shift + F12). The following window will open:

On the left-hand side, you will find a number of icons representing the different objects available. On...