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You're reading from Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise Explore the capabilities of Dynamics NAV 2018 and Dynamics 365 Business Central and implement them efficiently

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789133936

Length 764 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Tools

Dynamics 365

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Authors (2):

Roberto Stefanetti

Alex Chow

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Exploring Dynamics NAV and MSDYN365BC – Overview

2. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 – An Overview FREE CHAPTER

3. General Considerations

4. Implementation Process – Partner's Perspective

5. Implementation Process – Customer's Perspective

6. Migrating Data

7. Upgrading to Dynamics NAV and MSDYN365BC

8. Development Considerations

9. Implementing Functional Changes

10. Data Analysis and Reporting

11. Debugging with Dynamics NAV and MSDYN365BC

12. Popular Reporting Options

13. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

14. Working and Developing with Docker and Sandboxes

15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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The upgrading-process checklist

As mentioned previously, using the PowerShell upgrade is only supported from Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 forward. There are ways to use the PowerShell upgrade if you're running earlier versions, but that is outside the scope of this book. So, the simple rule is to get to at least Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 to make upgrading easier in the future.

If you are on older versions, the official documentation tells you to follow the Microsoft Dynamics NAV upgrade guide for the respective versions for details. Essentially, if you are coming from versions previous to X, you will have to follow guide Y, and so on. If you follow all the steps detailed in all the guides, it will take a long time—hence the rule that the older the version you're on, the more time-consuming and more complex the upgrade.

But there is some good news: if you are planning to upgrade from the older versions, you can skip some steps since the ultimate goal is to get to the latest version.