It did not seem that long ago that I discovered the small neighboring town of Chanhassen, MN. Home to the legendary Purple Rain artist, Prince, the suburb has a lot to offer. However, my reason for heading to Chanhassen wasn’t Prince. It was something (much) cooler… ArcherPoint’s intern program! After my first of many long… Continue reading Sorry Prince: It’s Not You, It’s ArcherPoint
Month: May 2017
ArcherPoint Dynamics Developer Digest – vol 141
The NAV community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff, is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are constantly communicating, with the common goal of sharing helpful information with one another to help customers be more successful. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them… Continue reading ArcherPoint Dynamics Developer Digest – vol 141
Create a Test Company in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
There are some very good reasons why you would want to have a test company setup for Dynamics NAV, including new employee training, exploring process changes, or before adding new, or updating existing, functionality. Having a test company allows you to examine the cause and effect of making changes to your master data (customers, items,… Continue reading Create a Test Company in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Events and Extensions
Being a non-technical person in a Dynamics NAV world, I have never really understood the difference between Events and Extensions that first became available in Microsoft’s version, NAV 2016. Sure, I get the implications: customizations AND easy upgrades. The beauty of Dynamics NAV (Navision) is that it IS customizable. Businesses are unique and run their… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Events and Extensions
User Group Focus Event Recap
The second annual User Group Focus conference is in the books. Here’s what went down for the two days ArcherPoint was there for NAVUG and PBIUG conference. The Sessions Users took deep dives into topics for NAV developers, administrators, and CFO/Controllers. The favorites I heard about were: Ask the Experts Forward to the Future Are… Continue reading User Group Focus Event Recap
Three Keys of Go-Live Success
Throughout my years as a developer, I have learned how to best prepare for a Dynamics NAV upgrade and go-live. I have dubbed this the three keys of go-live success: testing, training, and transitioning. Testing Test the system thoroughly. If you invest time testing the system before you go live, you should find issues. If testing does… Continue reading Three Keys of Go-Live Success
What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
There are many great new features in the latest release from Microsoft, Dynamics NAV 2017. We recently showed some of these features in a webinar that I will highlight here. Look for a link to access the recording below. Integration with SharePoint and Office365 When accessing email (Outlook) from Office 365, you will now see… Continue reading What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
ArcherPoint Dynamics Developer Digest – vol 140
The NAV community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff, is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are constantly communicating, with the common goal of sharing helpful information with one another to help customers be more successful. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them… Continue reading ArcherPoint Dynamics Developer Digest – vol 140
Top Three Reasons to use Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-computing infrastructure and platform is an ideal tool for building, deploying and managing applications through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. There is a myriad of reasons to adopt Azure, the three most compelling being: savings, security, and scalability. Savings and Microsoft Azure Azure has simplified the process of getting up and… Continue reading Top Three Reasons to use Microsoft Azure
NAV Coffee Break: Dynamics NAV 2017 Database Locks Viewer Page
How many times has this happened to you…you are working in Dynamics NAV 2017 and ready to save the customer record you have been editing and NAV gives you an error message? It says it cannot save the record because that record is locked. It can be maddening. This short video walks you through how… Continue reading NAV Coffee Break: Dynamics NAV 2017 Database Locks Viewer Page