What you need for this book
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium or Ultimate edition
Instead of Visual Studio 2012, you can use its free version, Visual Studio Code, to develop .NET code in C#
To design report layouts, Visual Studio is also required. VS report designer can be replaced with the free Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Report Builder
Microsoft Office 2016. The book covers different aspects of integration between NAV and Office applications.
Power BI is required for data analysis in Chapter 3, Reporting and Data Analysis.Â
The R language environment. Two recipes in Chapter 3, Reporting and Data Analysis, use R scripts for statistical analysis of NAV data. These will require R.
SharePoint Server 2016 or SharePoint Online subscription
Java SE Development Kit 8 and an IDE for Java development, for example, Eclipse.
Windows Management Framework 3.0 must be installed to use features of PowerShell 3.0. Installation is required on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008. In Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and higher versions, PowerShell 3.0 is integrated into the operating system.