About the Book
A quick guide to install, configure, deploy, and administer Dynamics NAV with ease
Key Features
Install, configure, deploy and administer Dynamics NAV with ease
Install Dynamics NAV Classic Client (Dynamics NAV C/SIDE), Dynamics NAV Role Tailored Client (RTC), and Dynamics NAV Classic Database Server on your computer to manage enterprise data
Connect Dynamics NAV clients to the Database Server in the earlier versions and also the latest Dynamics NAV 2009 version
A step-by-step guide filled with examples to help you to accomplish administrative tasks such as securing and maintaining databases using Dynamics NAV
Book DescriptionMicrosoft Dynamics NAV is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software product that integrates financial, manufacturing, supply chain management, sales and marketing, project management, human resources, and services management information from across your organization, into a centralized database. It can take hours to browse through documentation and references available online to learn how to install, configure, deploy and administer Dynamics NAV. This book aims to offer quick-start information in one place.You will be amazed to find out how easily you can administer Dynamics NAV using this quick step-by-step guide. This book also has recommendations for software and hardware requirements including operating system considerations and hardware considerations for administering Dynamics NAV to your advantage. It covers some advanced functions to set up periodic activities, common batch jobs, and create object files. It will also guide you to secure your database by creating backups and improving performance with practical examples.First you will look at the considerations for deploying Dynamics NAV and best practices and the most important aspects of every ERP installation. Then you will install Dynamics NAV—client and server components and use Dynamics NAV with the Microsoft Stack.We discuss the Dynamics NAV Security Architecture including security recommendations and best practices. You will then create and restore backups. This book covers some recommendations about performance tuning—using appropriate code syntax, proper hardware sizing, and considerations for writing customized C/AL code while using SQL Server database.Finally, you will set up procedures for scheduling pre-defined reoccurring processes, error and exception handling procedures, and provide mechanisms for automatic data processing on the server. Also, you will learn different methods used in handling, promoting to the database, and creating object files—tables, reports, codeunits, forms, pages, dataports and XMLports.What you will learn
Understand various user requirements and how Dynamics NAV will fit into your business needs
Implement Dynamics NAV on a secure internal company network
Define user access policies and Windows network access policies and extend them to the Dynamics NAV security system as well
Create and restore backups using Dynamic NAV Classic Client option
Implement the RIM (Rapid Implementation Methodology) approach to import and set up data in a simple and easy way by using predefined templates and questionnaires
Use Job Queue to set up periodic jobs that run automatically at the scheduled time
Attain flexibility by modifying existing sets of objects—tables, reports, codeunits, forms, pages, dataports, and XMLports
Implement virtualization in Dynamics NAV on Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2
Who this book is forIf you want to get started in administering Dynamics NAV, this book is for you. Readers do not need any previous experience with Dynamics NAV.
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About the Author :
Amit Sachdev works as a Technology Advisor for Dynamics products and the lead for SureStep methodology programs at Microsoft Canada. He is responsible for “Dynamics” product awareness, strategic engagement with Microsoft partners, building successful Dynamics practices, and ensuring use of best principles for partners around delivery and implementation methodologies.Amit has diverse professional experience and in the past has worked in various capacities including advisory consulting, management, designing and implementing business solutions in many countries, spanning across various industries and market segments.He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics, various awards and certifications in both Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies. Apart from his eminence as a seasoned “Dynamics” professional, Amit has also been instrumental in providing strategic direction to various start-ups and sits on the board and advisory panels of various non IT and IT related companies. Sharan Oberoi is a seasoned Microsoft Dynamics professional and has more than 11 years of experience working as an architect, consultant, and business leader for Microsoft Dynamics products. He works for Tectura in an advisory role.He has helped various organizations with large scale, global, successful implementations of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Sharan has also built and grown high performing, culturally diversified, and geographically dispersed consulting teams. At the start of his Microsoft Dynamics career, Sharan was an instrumental startup team member for Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) in India. He led a small team to localize and release Microsoft Dynamics NAV in India and subsequently evangelize Microsoft Dynamics NAV across the newly established partner channel in India.Sharan worked as a consultant for a few US end clients before moving to New Zealand. He gained his big four consulting experience while working for Ernst & Young in New Zealand for a few years. In 2007, he moved to Vancouver, Canada with his family and started working as a team leader for Tectura. Whilst at Tectura, Sharan has handled diversified roles and has been involved in various product teams and global clients, with, complex, high-risk product implementations and application roll outs.Having worked for organizations like Tectura, Ernst & Young, and Navision (now Microsoft) Sharan has worked in a dozen or more countries, touching almost every continent. He has worked with clients from diversified industries including Ports, Financial services, Agri businesses, Energy and Power Generation, Shipping, and more.
