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From the Dynamics NAV Blogs: Creating New Windows Logins; Silent Installation; Form Transformation Tool Code Released; Data Compression

by Jared Berezin
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Creating New Windows Logins in NAV Through a SQL Sproc: Gaspode the Wonder Dog shares SQL code that enables those without a login to open the NAV database and create a SQL Backup to restore to a SQL Server: "I created the following SQL code to do this, but you may find it useful to be able to quickly add all of the Windows users for your team to a customer's database..."

Silent or Unattended Installation: The MS Dynamics NAV Team Blog explains silent or unattended installation and how to execute it properly: 

"Simply said silent install is installation without any UI. In this case it's about how to run "setup.exe" in silent mode. It's recommended that you only run "setup.exe" when you install a new NAV installation... it's no longer supported to install from the different msi files directly. This is true for all NAV 2009 releases. The major problem you may run into if you are installing directly from the msi files is that you will not get prerequisites (as .Net, Report Viewer and so on) installed and you will also miss out one some pre installs checks (validating that you have everything needed as outlook."

NAV Form Transformation Tool in Source Code Form Released: Earlier this month, 

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Jared Berezin serves as a contributing writer to MSDynamicsWorld.com. With combined interests in technology and science, Jared previously served as a writer for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, drafting scientific narrative reports on the latest advancements in cancer research. Jared has also served as associate marketing specialist for International Data Corporation (IDC), a market research firm. In this position, he planned and executed strategic marketing initiatives for IDC's software and services research programs, and wrote outbound communications to the press, existing clients, and prospects. Jared also has experience working for several local newspapers in eastern Massachusetts. Jared graduated with honors from Colby College with a BA in English and creative writing.
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