We love Microsoft Dynamics NAV here at ArcherPoint, but we also love what we’re seeing in Business Central and strongly urge our customers to plan for an upgrade as soon as your schedule and budget permit. But there are so many questions and frankly, a lot of misinformation out there about moving from NAV to… Continue reading Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central: Moving Data
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Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central: What Will Happen with My Add-Ons?
At ArcherPoint, we love Microsoft Dynamics NAV, but we believe that a move to Business should be on everyone’s list. We understand you probably have questions about what it’s like to upgrade, and we want to help answer them. In this blog series, we answer the most frequently asked questions we hear from our NAV… Continue reading Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central: What Will Happen with My Add-Ons?
Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central: What are Events and Extensions?
Microsoft Dynamics NAV users looking to upgrade will want to consider upgrading to Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC), the latest version of NAV. But what does a move to BC look like? And how much will it cost? At ArcherPoint, we specialize in upgrades. We love NAV and believe that a move to BC is… Continue reading Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central: What are Events and Extensions?
Upgrade Impossible – How We Upgraded a 3.7 TB NAV DB in 47 Hours
This past weekend, the ArcherPoint upgrade team upgraded a 3.7 TB NAV DB for a customer from NAV 2009R2 to NAV 2018. Their GoLive runtime was 47 hours. Their DB is heavily customized with 1200 customized objects, 1544 custom fields and 9 add-ons. We did it for a fixed-fee in 9 months and…GoLive Monday was largely… Continue reading Upgrade Impossible – How We Upgraded a 3.7 TB NAV DB in 47 Hours
User Group Summit 2019 Reflections
When I was first asked to do a session on “Everything Decision Makers Need to Know About Upgrading to Business Central” at this year’s User Group Summit, my goal was to plant an idea in the attendees’ heads, both users and partners, that will change the way they think about upgrades forever. In retrospect, I… Continue reading User Group Summit 2019 Reflections
The Risks and Rewards of Upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: What Decision Makers Need to Know
Risk doesn’t bother me; I’m more passionate about the payout. People say I think outside the box. I don’t actually like that term. From my perspective, I’m simply not only looking at the easily measured, tangible metrics to make decisions, but I’m also observing the intangible. These are metrics that either some believe are non-measurable… Continue reading The Risks and Rewards of Upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: What Decision Makers Need to Know
Dynamics NAV Cumulative Updates Part 1 What You Need to Know
Confession: I was a pre-teen in the bellbottom-jean era. Now, don’t you dare look that up to see how old I am! In a short period of time, jeans went from fairly straight legged to big, wide openings at the bottom that honestly, I could probably have fit my then-tiny waist into! But there was… Continue reading Dynamics NAV Cumulative Updates Part 1 What You Need to Know
Why You Should Choose ERP in the Cloud
According to Aberdeen, more than 60% of businesses with at least one ERP solution still mostly rely on legacy on-premises systems. Why does that matter? The bottom line is that staying on premises is affecting their profitability. While development in ERP might be even between on-premises and cloud versions right now, that will change in… Continue reading Why You Should Choose ERP in the Cloud
Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central On Premises-A Paradigm Shift that Makes the Case for an Upgrade
As we all know, Microsoft Dynamics NAV is now Business Central on premises, so now, Dynamics 365 Business Central comes in either a cloud version (multi-tenant) or an on-premises version (the next version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018). A set of applications that have been revolutionizing how most organizations are doing business, Microsoft Dynamics 365… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central On Premises-A Paradigm Shift that Makes the Case for an Upgrade
Upgrades vs Re-Implementation when Updating Microsoft Dynamics
While technology is a crucial tool in our lives and businesses, the reality is that it frequently changes faster than we can keep up, and the ERP software industry is no exception. To many, it feels like once you have gotten the latest version, the next is already being developed or released. This likely explains… Continue reading Upgrades vs Re-Implementation when Updating Microsoft Dynamics