Dynamics NAV 5.0: a revolution?

It's a common question that comes from many customer in these days: all are worried about the coming of Dynamics NAV 5.0 and the impact that it can give to their actual applications.

Is maybe the time to say something about this "myth"?

As I've said many months ago, Microsoft has decided to "split" the Dynamics NAV 5 platform under two releases: 5.0 (it's available for testing in these days) and 5.1 (end of 2007).

Dynamics NAV 5.0 will introduce some new features (links to record, new C/AL functions, new business functions, improved integration with Office tools etc.) but it's not a platform revolution. Dynamics NAV 5.0 client is still based on the "old" 4.x technology, so no changes on the backend technology and the old C/SIDE client is still supported.

The real platform improvement will be in the next 5.1 release, so an application upgrade to the 5.0 release will be treated as usual. Don't be worried about the 5.0 coming and prepare your customers for the migration...

Print | posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 7:04 PM

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# re: Dynamics NAV 5.0: a revolution?

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Defintely I agree with Stefano, by no means is 5.0 a revolution, its just the next step.

I have written about this in my blog. I would think of 5.0 as two things:

1/ It is a clean up; a lot of functionality in Dynamics NAV that had oddities has been fixed. Inventory now has proper reconciliation to GL, as well as proper control over posting. Jobs now have those silly budgets gone, and a much cleaner interface is available with Task tracking.

2/ Is a step to get ready for 5.1 a lot of the stuff needed for 5.1 is already in 5.0 so the VARs will have 6 months with a product before having to move to 5.1.

I think very few clients will upgrade to 5.0 objects, but nearly everyone will be runnign 5.0 executables.

Left by David Singleton MVP Dynamics NAV on Jan 16, 2007 1:21 AM

# re: Dynamics NAV 5.0: a revolution?

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Thanks a lot for your precisations and your news David.
I totally agree with your last sentence: maybe the upgrade to 5.0 objects could not be so immediate for customers, but the executables upgrade is a must.
Left by Stefano Demiliani on Jan 16, 2007 5:54 AM

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