Thursday 26 April 2012

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 3rd quarter or early 4th 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