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From the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blogs: 2017 Upgrade; Functionality improvements; Notifications how-to; NAV developer help

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

A selection of the latest insight from the Dynamics NAV blogs:

  • How I upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Functionality Improvements in NAV 2017
  • Develop Notifications-NAV 2017
  • Dynamics NAV and Help: A New World

How I upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017

On Waldo's Blog, Eric Wauters, aka Waldo, explained how he successfully upgraded his company's Microsoft Dynamics NAV app to NAV 2017.

In his blog post, he pointed the issues he faced during the upgrade.

First step for me always is an ‘upgrade' in the pure sense of the word. No redesign, no refactoring, no new features. Just the customized code transferred to the new version of NAV. That's what this post is about. Next step (and release) for us is going to be incorporating the new features that Microsoft brings us.

Wauters stated that he was able to do the upgrade in less than 12 hours, but that is four times as long as he spent upgrading last year. He said that was because of the significant refactoring that Microsoft has been doing.

You can learn how he did the upgrade and find out about the challenges he faced here.

Functionality Improvements in NAV 2017

On his Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blog, Olof Simren stated that he has installed Dynamics NAV 2017 and poked around in the new functionality a bit. And there are some awesome improvements and new features in the new product, according to Simren.

In his blog post he offered his thoughts on some of the new functionality. According to Simren, when you first launch ...

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About Linda Rosencrance

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years.

She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP, and enterprise IT.

Rosencrance is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.

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