Dynamics 365 Business Central’s evolution
The application’s core code and business processes come from the evolution of over thirty years of feature development of Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly known as Navision): one of the most solid pieces of on-premises ERP software in the SMB domain.
As an example of this evolution, let’s look at how Dynamics 365 Business Central has become more internationally available over time.
If you get the chance to read the first edition of this book, at that time of writing, in 2018, Dynamics 365 Business Central was officially localized by Microsoft in just 18 countries. Starting from the October 2018 update, CSP partners can create their own localized versions for countries where Dynamics 365 Business Central has not been released officially or is not on the radar as a Microsoft localization.
These localizations start with the worldwide standard application base (so-called W1) and are distributed as extensions through...