The Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central database
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 stores its data in a Microsoft SQL Server database or a Microsoft Azure SQL database. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 and earlier versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV used either a Microsoft SQL database or a native database for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The native database has been discontinued and is no longer available.
Now let's talk about the databases for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS is only deployed using Microsoft Azure SQL databases for both tenant and application databases. The on-premise fall 2018 update release for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central will have the same database version support it currently has Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018. Therefore, it will support Microsoft SQL Server—whether on-premises, virtualized, or hosted in Azure IaaS—and Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
The database topology used by Microsoft Dynamics...