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Upgrade To Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 - How Many Steps?

Hi Readers,


As Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 released, I am getting questions how many steps do we need to upgrade (Data migration & Object Merge) to NAV 2017.

This article just lists down No. of steps required to upgrade From Current Version 3.7 onward.

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Below is the list of No. of Steps required if you plan to Upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017.

From Version
To Version
No. of Steps
NAV 3.7
NAV 2017
3
NAV 4.3
NAV 2017
3
NAV 5.0 / 5.1
NAV 2017
2
NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2
NAV 2017
2
NAV 2013 / 2013 R2 / 2015 / 2016
NAV 2017
1

Wondering why these steps, below are the details of the no. of steps -

From Version
To Version
Step
NAV 3.7 /4.3
NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2
1
NAV 5.0 / 5.1
NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2 (No Upgrade Step)
0
NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2
NAV 2013 / 2013 R2 / 2015 / 2016
2
NAV 2013 / 2013 R2 / 2015 / 2016
NAV 2017
3

** If you are coming from 3.7 / 4.3 there may be so many functionalities that are either discontinued or re-engineered. So be ready for changes in system processes.

Hope you find the post useful. Let me know the feedback.

Stay tuned for more.

Regards,
Saurav Dhyani
saurav-nav.blogspot.com

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