Microsoft Dynamics ERP is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software primarily geared

toward midsize organizations as well as subsidiaries and divisions of larger organizations. Its applications are part of Microsoft
Dynamics, a line of business management software owned and developed by Microsoft.

Microsoft Dynamics ERP comprises four primary products: Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics
NAV, and Microsoft Dynamics SL.

Products[edit]
Microsoft Dynamics ERP includes five primary products:

 Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta) is designed to help organizations do business across locations and countries by
standardizing processes and helping to simplify compliance. The latest version is Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
 Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains Software) can help companies adapt to new opportunities and growth by
managing changing markets, enabling unique business requirements, and connecting business processes across the
organization. The latest version is Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (version 11.0).
 Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) is designed to help organizations streamline specialized and industry-specific
business processes. The latest version is Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013.
 Microsoft Dynamics SL (formerly Solomon IV) can help project-driven organizations obtain reports and business analysis and
automate projects across company divisions and locations. The latest version is Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0.
 Microsoft Dynamics C5 (formerly Concorde C5) can assist with finance, manufacturing, supply chains, analytics and electronic
commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. The latest version is Microsoft Dynamics C5 2010.
Capabilities[edit]
Microsoft Dynamics ERP applications are designed to help customers:

 Connect the entire supply chain.

 Make current financial data and reports accessible for business planning and regulatory compliance.
 Automate repetitious and routine functions so that employees can focus on more critical tasks.
 Minimize the cost and complexity of administering salaries, benefits, recruiting, and performance management.
 Provide greater visibility into key performance factors, such as profitability and potential issues.
 Meet industry-specific needs with functionality for vertical business processes.
 Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a customer relationship management software
package developed by Microsoft. Out of the box, the product focuses mainly on Sales, Marketing, and
Service (help desk) sectors, but Microsoft has been marketing Dynamics CRM as an XRM platform and
has been encouraging partners to use its proprietary (.NET based) framework to customize it to meet
many different demands.

The Microsoft Dynamics family of business applications includes other related products such as Microsoft
Dynamics AX(ERP application), Microsoft Dynamics GP, (ERP application) Microsoft Dynamics
NAV (ERP application), and Microsoft Dynamics SL (ERP Application) and also Microsoft Dynamics
Retail Management System; also known as Dynamics RMS.

Dynamics CRM is a server-client application, which, like Microsoft SharePoint, is primarily an IIS-based
web application which also supports extensive web services interfaces. Clients access Dynamics CRM
either by using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later web browser or by a thick client plug-in to Microsoft
Outlook. The most recent release added full support for the Chrome and Firefox browsers, and limited
support for Safari.

The current version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is 2011.[2]

Contents

 1 History

 2 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

o 2.1 Versions

o 2.2 Licensing

o 2.3 Updates

o 2.4 Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

 3 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

 4 See also

o 4.1 MSSolve

o 4.2 MIMOS

 5 References

 6 External links

History[edit]

 Microsoft CRM 1.0

Microsoft CRM 1.0 launched in January 2003.

 Microsoft CRM 1.2

Microsoft CRM 1.2 was released December 8, 2003.[3] Microsoft CRM 1.2 was not widely adopted
by industry.[citation needed]

 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0

The second version was rebranded as Microsoft Dynamics 3.0 (version 2.0 was skipped entirely)
to signify its inclusion within the Dynamics product family and was released December 5,
2005.[4] Notable updates over version 1.2 are the ease of creating customizations to CRM, the
switch from using Crystal Reports to Microsoft SQL Reporting Services, the ability to run on
Windows Vista and Outlook 2007, and support for Exchange 2007.
Significant additions released later by Microsoft also allowed Dynamics CRM 3.0 to be accessed
by various mobile devices and integration with Siebel Systems.
This was the first version that saw reasonable take up by customers. [citation needed]

 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Dynamics CRM 4.0 introduced in December 2007.[5] It features multi-tenancy, improved reporting
security, data importing, direct mail merging and support for newer technologies such as
Windows 2008 [6] and SQL 2008 (Update Rollup 4).[7]
Dynamics CRM 4.0 also implements CRM Online, a hosted solution that is offered directly from
Microsoft. The multi-tenancy option also allows ISVs to offer hosted solutions to end customers
as well.
Dynamics CRM 4.0 is the first version of the product which has seen significant takeup in the
market and passed the 1 million user mark in July 2009.[8]

 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

Dynamics CRM 2011 was released to open Beta in February 2010
It then went into Release Candidate stage in December 2010
The product was then released in February 2011
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0[edit]
Versions[edit]
Microsoft Dynamics CRM comes in 4 versions for
installation by a partner/customer; these versions can be
highly customized using advanced extensions. The CRM
Online version cannot be extensively customized
because of security issues.[citation needed]

- Workgroup Edition
This edition is only allowed 5 CALs maximum, it is not
possible to add more CALs. If more CALs are needed, an
upgrade to Professional or Enterprise should be done.
Also all the server roles are installed on 1 machine and
cannot be separated. You can only create 1 organization
in this version and the use of external connectors is not
allowed. This version is ideal for small organizations that
can use it with the SQL Server Workgroup Edition and on
a Windows Small Business Server.

- Professional Edition

The Professional Edition has the same functionality as

the Workgroup Edition except there is no limit on the
CALs. If the installation profile calls for supporting either
multiple organizations or servers, the Enterprise Edition is
required.

- Enterprise Edition

Has the same functionality as the Professional Edition but

without limits. This version is to be used when multiple
divisions should be accessing CRM from one platform.

- Service Provider Edition

This edition is actually an Enterprise Edition that is

configured to accept Internal user requests from AD and
external user requests through IFD (Internet Facing
Deployment). This version is mostly implemented by
Microsoft Partners that offer Hosted CRM functionality,
when letting external users connect to this CRM version
through the Internet.

Licensing[edit]
Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers two types of licenses:
Server license and Client Access License (CAL). Each
deployment should have at least one server license and
one CAL. CAL is also known as a user license.

There are two types of Client CAL:

- Named User CAL: This is tied with the user name i.e.
the user can access MSCRM from any computer.

- Device CAL: This is tied with the Device (i.e., CRM can
be accessed from only one device). This model is useful
in environments such as Call Centers.

Read Only Licenses

New in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 are readonly
licenses. Users that do not have to have write
permissions can be assigned Read Only licenses. These
licenses are cheaper because they do not allow any write
operations on the records. If later a user should be able to
perform a write operation, a step-up license can be
bought to upgrade the Read-Only license to a Full Client
Access License.

Full Use Licenses Full Use Licenses are licenses where

the client (user / device) has read, write and update
permissions.

External Connector Licenses

Whenever an application (windows or web) reads or

writes data from/in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, an external
connector license is required. External Connector
licenses are only valid when bought for a Professional or
Enterprise edition. It is not allowed to use them with a
Workgroup Edition.

These also come in 3 forms:

- External Connector : Is a combination of the Limited

External Connector (that provides Read Only
functionality) and the Full Use Additive External
Connector (that provides Write Only functionality)

- Limited External Connector: Provides Read Only

functionality for the external application. This license can
be upgraded to an 'External Connector License' when the
Full Use Additive External Connector is bought.

- Full Use Additive External Connector: Provides the Write

functionality to a "Limited External Connector" license.

Dynamics CRM version 4.0 adds a number of new

features, including support for duplicate data detection
and other enhancements. Perhaps most importantly,
CRM 4.0 provides true multi-tenancy, which will allow the
creation of multiple organizations on a single server. CRM
4.0 was released with the following improvements:

 More powerful and easier to configure Reporting and

BI (now based on SSRS instead of Crystal)
 More powerful data import tools, de-duplication
capability now included
 Enhanced entity relationships – many to many, self-
referential
 Improved programmability - enhanced Web Services,
unified event model, plug-ins to replace callouts
 Light enquiry user license now available - potentially
reducing the costs associated with rolling out across
larger organizations
 Multi Tenancy - One server can host more than one
business organization
 Multi Currency
 Multi Lingual
 Microsoft Office Communicator / Windows Live
Messenger presence integration support
 cloud computing with Microsoft Online Services
Updates[edit]
Microsoft publishes updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
(called Rollups) every two months. At the time of writing,
CRM 4.0 Rollup 21 is available. For CRM 2011, rollup 13
is available.

Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics

CRM[edit]
In order to maximize the integration with other products
and to enable basic templating, Microsoft released the
Accelerators, a set of basic vertical solution templates
that can be used to extend Microsoft Dynamics CRM in a
few directions. These accelerators can be downloaded
(for free) from the CodePlex website and adapted by the
organization itself.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011[edit]

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is available as a cloud
offering or an on-premises installation by a
partner/customer. As in CRM 4 these versions can be
highly customized using advanced extensions. New
feature set includes – Visualizations, Dashboards,
Document Management, Grid Filters, Dialogs, Recurring
Appointments, Custom Activities, Goal Management,
Fetch based Reports, MAPI based Outlook clients, FLS
etc.

 Native integration with SharePoint 2010

 Ability to create a query behind a look-up
 Placing of a grid with child records on the parent
record
 Auto filter sorting capability like in Microsoft Office
Excel
 Microsoft Office Ribbon interface replaces menus
 OData endpoints
 LINQ programming API in the SDK
 WCF services
 Customization can be packaged as solutions
 CRM Online supports plugins in sandboxed mode
 Multiple forms per entity
 Dashboard designer
 Yammer integration
 Lync integration
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 RTW/RTM is
available since January and mid February 2011
respectively. 41 languages are supported.
 Microsoft Dynamics AX
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Microsoft Dynamics AX is one of Microsoft's enterprise resource planning software products. It is part of
the Microsoft Dynamicsfamily.

Contents

[hide]

 1 History

o 1.1 Development Centers

 2 Versions

o 2.1 Damgaard

o 2.2 Navision-Damgaard

o 2.3 Microsoft (current)

 3 Features (modules)

o 3.1 Traditional core (since Axapta 2.5)

o 3.2 Extended core

o 3.3 External components

 4 Architecture

 5 MorphX and X++

o 5.1 Code samples

o 5.2 Future

 6 Presence on the World Wide Web

 7 References

 8 External links

History[edit]

Microsoft Dynamics AX was originally developed as a collaboration between IBM and Damgaard as IBM
Axapta. Axapta was initially released in March, 1998 in the Danish and U.S. markets. IBM returned all rights in
the product to Damgaard shortly after the release of Version 1.5 before Damgaard was merged with Navision
Software A/S in 2000. The combined company, initially NavisionDamgaard, later Navision A/S, was acquired
by Microsoft in July 2002.[4]

In September, 2011, Microsoft announced the release of new version AX 2012.[5] Today, it is available and
supported in 25 countries and 23 languages.
Development Centers[edit]

MDCC or Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen was once the primary development center for Dynamics
AX.[6] MDCC is located in Vedbæk and also houses Microsoft Dynamics NAV and several other Microsoft
Dynamics family products. MDCC employs about 900 people of around 40 different nationalities.

In addition to MDCC, AX development is now performed in two additional sites in Bellevue,

Washington and Fargo, North Dakota.

Versions[edit]

The early versions (from 1.0 to 3.0) were called Axapta, while the later versions (from 3.0 SP6 to AX 2012) are
called Dynamics AX.[7]

Damgaard[edit]

Development of Axapta began in 1983 at Danish company Damgaard Data A/S. The software was mainly
targeted at the European market, though the North American market grew rapidly following the release of
Axapta 2.1 in 2000.

Version Date Description

Axapta Mar The first version of Axapta was released in the US and in Denmark in March 1998 by Danish company Damgaard A/S. It
1.0 1998 supported both Microsoft SQL Server andOracle database servers. Notable features were financial, trade, inventory
management, logistics and production.

Axapta Nov The second major version of Axapta was released in Norway, Sweden, Germany, UK, Netherlands,
1.5 1998 Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and the European Union in November 1998.

Axapta Jul The third major version of Axapta was released to customers in July 1999. Notable new features were the Project Accounting
2.0 1999 module, Warehouse Management (WMS), External OLAP, Option Pack concept, ActiveX support, COM-connector and an early
release of the Axapta Object Server which allowed offloading of some operations from the clients onto a separate server.

Axapta Jan This release stemmed from market demands from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain. It was the fourth major version of
2.1 2000 Axapta and was released in January 2000. The most notable new feature was the addition of a Web tool called the Customer
Self-Service (CSS) which is the precursor to today's Enterprise Portal. With Axapta 2.1 SP3 (Service Pack 3), the AOS (Axapta
Object Server) was introduced making Axapta the first fully three-tier ERP-system in the market.

Navision-Damgaard[edit]

Following the merger of the two Danish companies Navision and Damgaard, Axapta was to be known as
Navision Damgaard Axapta for versions 2.5 and 3.0 (up until 3.0 SP5).
 Version Date Description

Axapta 2.5 Dec As the fifth major release, Axapta 2.5 brought with it a complete web applications development environment, the
2000 Project module, Banking and OLAP. It was released first to Denmark, Austria and United Kingdom in December 2000.

Axapta 2.5 Oct This market pack was released for Axapta 2.5 in October 2001 in France and Italy. This new application layer contained
Market Pack 2001 the Customer Relationship Management module (CRM or Marketing Automation), Commerce Gateway and Product
Builder (both Client-side and CSS-side (Web)).

Microsoft (current)[edit]

Microsoft acquired Navision Damgaard during the summer of 2002. Navision Damgaard Axapta was first
renamed to Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta, then to Microsoft Dynamics AX for versions 3.0 SP6, 4.0 and
2009.

Version Date Description

Axapta 3.0 Oct The sixth major Axapta release brought with it the Microsoft Axapta Enterprise Portal, new intercompany collaboration
2002 functionality, actualized and rebuilt user security and system configuration, expanded geographical reach (more
countries), demand planning and enhanced partner productivity tools.

Dynamics AX Mar The seventh major Axapta release brought with it an updated look and feel. As the first version that Microsoft was
4.0 2006 involved in from the beginning it attempted to integrate better with existing Microsoft technologies. For example, the
AOS became a true Windows service, a .NET business connector was provided, CLR interoperability was introduced
and XML data exchanges were supported through a set of code classes (Application Integration Framework),
full Unicode support was introduced[8] and a new Service Management module.

Dynamics AX Jun Originally named AX 4.1, later renamed to AX 5.0 (and finally AX 2009), the eighth major release of Axapta brought more
2009 2008 improvements to the UI. It added role-based concepts to both the Enterprise Portal and Windows clients, support for
timezones (UTC), a new Site inventory dimension, and Enterprise Portal development through Visual Studio projects.[9]

Dynamics AX Aug Known as AX 6 during development, AX 2012 was released in August 2011. It included improvements to the user
2012 2011 interface, general application and developer enhancements, and added industry-specific solutions for Process
Manufacturing, Professional Services, and Public Sector organizations. The release also included support for SharePoint
2010, Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2.

Dynamics AX Feb Released soon after AX 2012, the feature pack added a Retail solution in addition to the previously released industry-
2012 Feature 2012 specific solutions.
Pack
Dynamics AX Q4 Announced at the Convergence 2012 conference, AX 2012 R2 is due to ship in late 2012 and is expected to include
2012 R2 2012 enhanced support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 as well as support for additional languages and markets.

It has been released in December 2012.

Features (modules)[edit]

Microsoft Dynamics AX contains 19 core modules:[10]

Traditional core (since Axapta 2.5)[edit]

 General Ledger, composed of ledger, sales tax, currency and fixed assets features

 Bank Management, where cash is received and paid out

 Customer Relationship Management (CRM), where Business Relations (customers, vendors, and leads)
are contacted and maintained

 Accounts Receivable, where orders are entered, shipped and invoiced

 Accounts Payable, where purchase orders are issued and goods received into inventory

 Inventory Management, where Inventory is valued and managed[11]

 Master Planning, where purchase and production planning takes place

 Production, where bill of materials is defined and manufacturing is tracked

 Product Builder, where product models are created and maintained

 Human Resources, where employee information is kept

 Project Accounting, where projects are created and tracked primarily from an accounting perspective

 Basic, where data configuration is performed

 Administration Module, where system configuration is performed

Extended core[edit]

The following modules are part of the core of AX 2009 (AX 5.0) and available on a per-license basis in AX 4.0:

 Shop Floor Control

 Cost Accounting

 Balanced Scorecards

 Service Management

 Expense Management

 Payroll Management[12]

 Environmental Management[13]
External components[edit]
Several external components are also available:

 Enterprise Portal for Dynamics AX (built on Sharepoint Services)

 Microsoft SQL Reporting Services integration

 Microsoft SQL Analysis services (KPIs)

 Project Server Integration

 WorkFlow

 Application Integration Framework (Webservices + Biztalk adapter)

 A .Net Business Connector for third-party software (A COM adapter is also available)

 Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 1.5 development tools

Architecture[edit]

The Microsoft Dynamics AX software is composed of four major components:

 The Database Server, a database that stores the Microsoft Dynamics AX data

 The File Server, a folder containing the Microsoft Dynamics AX application files (in AX2012 application
files are stored in the database)

 The Application Object Server(s) (AOS), a service that controls all aspects of Microsoft Dynamics AX's
operation

 The Client(s), the actual user interface into Microsoft Dynamics AX

See also the book Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0[14]

MorphX and X++[edit]

"MorphX" redirects here. For the video game, see MorphX (video game).

Custom AX development and modification is done with its own IDE, MorphX, which resides in the
same client application that a normal day-to-day user would access, thus allowing development to take place
on any instance of the client. Since the Dynamics AX 2012 version, development can also be performed
in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 through a Visual Studio plugin.

MorphX is an integrated development environment in Microsoft Dynamics AX that allows developers to

graphically design data types, base enumerations, tables, queries, forms,menus and reports. In addition to
design of application objects, it also allows access to any application code by launching the X++ code editor.

Because MorphX uses referencing to link objects together, changes in, for example, datatypes of fieldnames
will automatically be reflected in all places where they are used (such as forms or reports). Furthermore,
changes made through MorphX will be reflected in the application immediately after compilation.
Microsoft Dynamics AX also offers support for version control systems (VCS) integrated with the IDE, allowing
collaboration in development. There is also a tool for reverse-engineering table structures and class structures
to Visio. The actual implementation limits the practical use of both these features.

X++ itself is the programming language behind MorphX, and belongs to the curly brackets and .-operator class
of programming languages (like C# or Java). It is an object-oriented,class-based, single dispatch language.
X++ is a derivative of C++ (both lack the finally keyword for example) to which garbage collection and
language-integrated SQL queries were added.

Code samples[edit]

X++ integrates SQL queries into standard Java-style code. Following are three equivalent examples (result-
wise), though the first one has generally better performance. Samples #2 and #3 hint at an object-like behavior
from table buffers.

Sample #1

/// <summary>
/// This job is used as an X++ sample
/// </summary>
public static void xppTest1(Args _args)
{ //rajeev singh(ATS)
UserInfo userInfo;
update_recordset userInfo
setting enable = NoYes::No
where userInfo.id != 'Admin'
&& userInfo.enable;
}

Sample #2

/// <summary>
/// This job is used as an X++ sample
/// </summary>
public static void xppTest2(Args _args)
{
UserInfo userInfo;
ttsbegin;
while select forupdate userInfo
where userInfo.id != 'Admin'
&& userInfo.enable
{
userInfo.enable = NoYes::No;
userInfo.update();
}
ttscommit;
}

Sample #3

/// <summary>
/// This job is used as an X++ sample
/// </summary>
public static void xppTest3(Args _args)
{
UserInfo userInfo;
ttsbegin;
select forupdate userInfo
where userInfo.id != 'Admin'
&& userInfo.enable;
while (userInfo)
{
userInfo.enable = NoYes::No;
userInfo.update();
next userInfo;
}
ttscommit;
}
Future[edit]

The LINQ library was first used in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 for out-of-the-box SSRS reporting. It is
expected that Visual Studio and the LINQ library will be used more extensively in future versions of AX.

Presence on the World Wide Web[edit]

One of the most notable sources of information with regards to Axapta (prior to the Microsoft purchase) was
technet.navision.com, a proprietary web-based newsgroup, which grew to a considerable number of members
and posts up until 2002.

Following the incorporation of Axapta into Microsoft's Business Solution suite, the newsgroup's content was
transferred over to the Microsoft Business Solutions newsgroup.[15] The oldest Axapta Technet post that can be
found today dates back to August 2000.[16] During the Axapta 3.0 era, this newsgroup in conjunction with
secured official Microsoft websites (Partnersource for Microsoft Partners and Axapta resellers and
Customersource for licensed Axapta customers) accounted for most of the official documentation sources on
Axapta. During this time freely accessible documentation remained scarce. Following Microsoft's release of
Dynamics AX 4.0, Axapta's presence on the World Wide Web greatly improved through heightened interest
from professional blogs as well as a continually improving presence on MSDN. Though MSDN contained
mostly placeholders immediately following the release, it now contains a wealth of information from a complete
SDK to white papers and code samples.
 Microsoft Dynamics NAV
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software product from Microsoft.

The product is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist
with finance, manufacturing, customer relationship management, supply chains, analytics and electronic
commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. Value-added resellers (VAR)s can have full access to the
business logic source code, and it has a reputation as being easy to customize.[1]

For modifications of the system, the proprietary programming language C/AL is used.

Contents

[hide]

 1 History

o 1.1 Versions

 2 Features

 3 Architecture

 4 Licensing Model

 5 Add-ons

 6 Utilities

 7 Criticism

 8 References

 9 External links

History[edit]

The company was founded in 1983 in Denmark as PC&C A/S (Personal Computing and Communication).[2] In
1984 they released their first accounting package called PCPlus. It was for its time a very user-friendly single
user package with all the basic accounting functionality. In 1987 the first version of Navision was
released.[3] This was also their first client/server based package allowing multiple users to access the system
simultaneous.

Until 1990 the system was primary sold in Denmark, Iceland and Germany. But with the release of Navision
version 3 (of the character-based system) a heavy international expansion was initiated and distributors and
localized versions became available in many other countries.

In 1995 their first Microsoft Windows 95 based version was released.

In 2000, Navision Software A/S merged with fellow Danish firm Damgaard A/S (founded 1983) to form
NavisionDamgard A/S.[4] Later the name was changed to Navision A/S.

On July 11, 2002 Microsoft bought Navision A/S to go with its previous acquisition of Great Plains. The new
division in Microsoft was named Microsoft Business Solutions and also included Microsoft CRM.[5][6]

In 2003 Microsoft announced their plans to develop an entirely new ERP system (Project green). But later it
was decided to continue development of all ERP systems (Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics GP and
Dynamics SL). All four ERP systems will be launched with the same new role based user interface, SQL based
reporting and analysis, SharePoint based portal, Pocket PC based mobile clients and integration with Microsoft
Office.

In September 2005 Microsoft re-branded the product and re-released it as Microsoft Dynamics NAV.[7]

In December 2008 Microsoft released Dynamics NAV 2009, which contains both the original "classic" client, as
well as a new three-tier GUI called the RoleTailored Client (RTC).[8]

The product itself has gone through several name changes over the time. Initially Navigator was used in
Denmark, although most Danes knew it as IBM-Navigator, as IBM was the distributor. Internationally it was sold
as Navision, except for the US where it was called Avista. The names "Navision Financials", "Navision
Solutions", "Navision Attain", "Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Edition", and the current "Microsoft
Dynamics NAV" (pronounced N-A-V, except in the U.S. where most customers simply say, "nav" which is short
for Navision) have all been used to refer to this product.

Versions[edit]

Windows based Navision versions from 1.00 onwards were:

 Navision Financials 1.00: 1.00, 1.00A, 1.00B, 1.10, 1.10A, 1.20, 1.30

 Navision Financials 2.00: 2.00, 2.00A, 2.00B, 2.00C, 2.01, 2.01A, 2.01B

 Navision Financials 2.50: 2.50

 Navision Financials 2.60: 2.60, 2.60A, 2.60B, 2.60C, 2.60D, 2.60E

 Navision Solutions 3.00: 3.00

 Navision Attain 3.01: 3.01, 3.01A, 3.01B

 Navision Attain 3.10: 3.10, 3.10A, 3.10B

 Navision Attain 3.60: 3.60, 3.60A

 Microsoft Business Solutions Navision 3.70: 3.70, 3.70A, 3.70B

 Microsoft Business Solutions NAV 4.00: 4.00, 4.00 SP1, 4.00 SP2, 4.00 SP3

 Dynamics NAV 5.00: 5.00, 5.00 SP1

 Dynamics NAV 2009: ("6.00") 2009, 2009 SP1, 2009 R2

 Dynamics NAV 2013: ("7.00") 2013
Features[edit]

Microsoft Dynamics NAV gives administrators the option of using either a Native database server or Microsoft
SQL Server, as the DBMS. SQL Server is better able to cope with large database sizes, but requires more
maintenance than the classic database. The original database server is often referred to as 'C/SIDE' which
refers to Client/Server Integrated Development Environment.

With NAV 2009, Microsoft introduced a completely new client interface which was named the RoleTailored
Client (abbreviated RTC). Instead of a common experience for all users, the RTC improves efficiency by
tailoring the NAV experience so users see only information pertinent to their role and day-to-day activities.
Other notable improvements include several visual improvements such as support for charts, colorful reports,
and adoption of a Microsoft Office style ribbon.

The NAV client interface previously available in versions 5 and older was retained in NAV 2009, but renamed
the Classic Client.

While the Classic Client supports both Native and SQL databases, the RoleTailored Client requires a SQL
database. Additionally, SQL database logins are not supported with the RoleTailored Client.

In October 2012, Microsoft released NAV 2013, which discontinued support for the Classic Client. The
RoleTailored Client has been renamed the Windows Client. Additionally, a built-in Web Client and SharePoint
Client were added. The Web Client does not require any special add-ins and works on computers and mobile
devices alike.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Web Client (Order Processor Role)

Relative to Microsoft's other 3 ERP products, Dynamics NAV's sector is distribution and manufacturing
companies that want more than "out of the box" functionality. The solution has a standard feature set, but it can
also be thought of as an "ERP System construction set". The Pascal-like development language is easily
accessible to appropriate developers and is designed for rapidly customizing the software. There is no need for
complex server side Transact-SQL stored procedures as the one language manages the application and
database.

As per July 2012 Dynamics NAV is being used by 92,500 companies globally.[9] The number of end users is
estimated approx. two millions throughout the world.

[10]
As a native International ERP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV is proposed with 43 official localizations and several
unofficial ones (provided by local partners).
These localizations ensure the full compliance of NAV with the local legal and fiscal rules.

The NAV solution is also compliant with IAS/IFRS.[11]

Microsoft Dynamics NAV delivers integrated functionality to provide support for:

 Financial management

 Supply chain management

 Manufacturing

 Distribution

 Customer relationship management

 Sales and marketing

 Service management

 Human resource management

Architecture[edit]

The Microsoft Dynamics NAV software is composed of three major components:

 The Database Server, a database that stores the Microsoft Dynamics NAV data (as of NAV 2013
only Microsoft SQL Server)

 The Application Server (starting from NAV 2009 RTC), a service that controls all aspects of Microsoft
Dynamics NAV's operation

 The Client(s), the actual user interface into Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Licensing Model[edit]

Microsoft Dynamics NAV uses a concurrent user licensing model.

In 2006, Microsoft introduced the "Business Ready License" (BRL) model. The customer purchases user
sessions, which have access to certain parts of the system included. There are two types of user - Business
Essentials (BE) and Advanced Management (AM); AM provides access to more functionality than BE. Under
the previous licensing model, "Module Based License" (MBL), users came with no functionality - this all had to
be bought separately. Microsoft offers a path for customers to transition from MBL to BRL licensing.

With the arrival of NAV 2013, Microsoft introduced a new licensing model called "Perpetual Licensing", which
considerably simplifies the pricing structure.

Add-ons[edit]

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Add-ons are software products supplementing NAV functionality. Add-on solutions
are developed and distributed by Microsoft Partners worldwide network as granules or modules to improve
functionality of NAV system or make it applicable in some business spheres. Microsoft Dynamics Solution
Finder is an online tool to search for solutions within vertical markets, with an up-to-date overview and
identifying solutions that are Certified for Microsoft dynamics.[12]

There are vertical and horizontal add-on solutions. Horizontal add-on solutions supplement one of the NAV
functions or add new function (e.g. financial management, human resources management etc.). Vertical (or
industry-specific oriented) add-ons expand NAV functionality to support some industry (e.g. health care,
brewery, financial services etc.) The majority of add-on solutions are multilingual with most supporting English.

Utilities[edit]

Microsoft Dynamics NAV utilities are small software modules for Microsoft Dynamics NAV improving
programmers and database administrators work convenience and effectiveness. Also it makes program
development and implementation processes faster and their cost lower. Eventually utilities will be developed by
the NAV developers/implementers for their own needs and will then be distributed as a commercial software
product.

Criticism[edit]

Software configuration management can be a time-consuming manual task, because Microsoft Dynamics NAV
does not integrate with any revision control system and stores code in a database. Also, integration with .NET
Framework code can be difficult, because Dynamics NAV C/AL programming language is not object-oriented.