NAV 2013 discontinued features and upgrade

Dear All,

With the release of NAV 2013 beta version, the features listed below are being discontinued and will no longer be available in the new version

•               Classic client

•               Native NAV database

•               Dataports

•               Forms

•               Classic reports

•               NAV Application Server (replaced by NAS Services in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server)

•               CFRONT

•               Business Analytics

•               Employee Portal

•               Mobile Integration

•               BizTalk Integration (Commerce Gateway)

•               Synchronization of users with SQL Server

•               Import of FBK or FOB files from previous versions not supported

•               SQL Collations no longer supported

•               COM is no longer supported on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server tier

 

Upgrade:

You can upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 from any version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, including the original version, the SP1 version, or the R2 version

Microsoft Dynamics NAV "7" - NAV 2013 features

The new release of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 will mark a significant milestone in Dynamics NAV product by

Ø  Adding new cloud deployment options and capabilities 

Ø  Enhancing the core functionality 

Ø  Making Rapid start for Microsoft Dynamics NAV available 

With the product stated to get released during late 3^rd quarter or early 4^th quarter of 2012, here are some of the key features of NAV 2013

·         The product is named as Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013.

·         Starting from NAV 2013 there will be NO Classic Client (No Forms & Classic Reports).

·         NAV 2013 comes up with Windows Client, Web Client & SharePoint Client.

§  Windows Client (Is now known as RoleTailoredClient): Having the Features of Debugging and Select all.

§  Web Client: Having the similar features of Windows Client but will not have client add-ins

§  SharePoint Client: adds more possibilities than Windows Client.

·         Deployment Option for NAV 2013 is Deployment on Premise, Partner Hosted & Microsoft Hosted.

·         NAV 2013 comes with a single Click Install.

·         NAV 2013 works only with SQL Server & only with 64- bit Server.

·         NAV 2013 will use RDLC 2008 for reports (Existing reports in 2005 can be upgraded at ease)

·         Three end user scenarios Gain Greater Control, Increase Margins & Drive Growth.

·         New charting capabilities.

·         Power Pivot Integration.

·         Generic Filters are fully customizable.

·         Posting in background via job queue.

·         Kitting updated and added with Navision. Show BOM in the order itself

·         NAS will no longer be supported in NAV 2013. The JOB Queue has been redesigned to support the new STARTSESSION feature that will create a new session on the service tier to execute a given task

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Dynamics NAV 7 and Improvements to RDLC Reporting

Article Posted by Alex Chow on May 30, 2011 (Confessions of a Dynamics NAV consultant)

Improvements
Having made a big deal about how bad the current RDLC for Dynamics NAV 2009 (Navision 6.0) has lead me to numerous disucssions with Claus Lundstrøm. For those of you who doesn’t know, Claus is the main guy behind the new reporting tool in Navision. He blogs regularly at the Dynamics NAV Team Blog on reporting and how to make it better.
Not being able to write too much on our discussion because of the NDA, Claus assured me that RDLC will not go away. It was important for everyone at Microsoft to emphasize that what partners had invested with learning the RDLC in NAV 2009 (Navision 6.0) will carry over to NAV ’7′ and beyond. The RDLC will NOT go away.
Initially hearing this, my heart sank to the floor. I could not believe how customers can be better served with the current RDLC tool. That is until Claus showed me some improvements with the new RDLC tool and additional improvements that’s been moved to high priority after our discussion. Again, not being able to disclose too much, I can only say that I’m very optimistic about the improvements that will be made in NAV 7 (Navision 7.0). If not, you bet I will have more long discussions with Claus again.
NAV 7 Classic Report to be Discontinued
As many of you know by now, in NAV 7, the classic report will be discontinued. That’s not to say you have to convert every report to RDLC right now. Classic client report will still work, it just will not work if you decide to convert the report in NAV 7. Yes, there’s a button that you push in NAV 7 to convert each report.
On the side note, even though Microsoft has said that the classic report will be discontinued in Navision 7.0, I wouldn’t be surprised if that support would be removed when NAV 7 actually hits the store shelves. I remember when Microsoft announced in version 5.0, the classic client will be discontinued, only to continue support to what we have now.
The point is, the product has to be ready before partners can safely say “ok, we’re ready to move our clients to the new environment”. The new technology has to make our lives easier, not just prettier. As to what kinds of improvements can be expected, at least on the reporting side, in NAV 7, I’m just as in the dark as you.
Jet Reports Express and ZetaDocs Express Now included in Dynamics NAV
In case you haven’t heard the announcement at Directions EMEA 2011, Jet Reports Express and ZetaDocs Express is now available for customers who are current on their enhancement plan. The draw back is that this is only applicable to customers who are on version NAV 2009 and later.
I’m pretty excite about this. Jet Report is a very good tool for generating quick reports in Excel. Perhaps, with this tool, we won’t need RDLC anymore to generate quick reports for the end users. Jet Report is also very trainable to the end users. The only drawback with Jet Reports is that for complex and reports with a lot of data, it’s very slow and consumes a lot of resource. For more complex reports, we still prefer to suffer through the RDLC.