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Availability of NAV2009 (Advanced) extended

waldo — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:01:01 GMT

This is an example of “double ethical ambiguity” (like we called it in school – a long time ago (in a galaxy..)). As NAV2013 is the best release ever (which I really mean in many ways) .. and can even sometimes called “the...(read more)

NAV 2013: RTC crashes because of language NAS user

waldo — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:01:31 GMT

I use the Jobqueue as much as I can for automating jobs. It’s decent, stable, good, flexible. It makes sense, doesn’t it? But after installing a language pack (NLB and FRB – quite common in Belgium :-/) .. it didn’t seem the most...(read more)

New NAV 2013 Localizations: Iceland, Switzerland and Norway

waldo — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:47:03 GMT

After the announcement of the Dynamics NAV 2013 release in Austria .. and as expected .. now also Iceland, Switzerland and Norway has their localization of NAV2013! Way to go! You can download it here These localizations are available at the moment...(read more)

The power of Variants

waldo — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:41:37 GMT

This blogpost of Arend Jan Kauffman reminded me of a topic that I wanted to write a very long time now. Namely working with Variants. Sometimes I get the remark: “what the hell are they useful for? “. And to be honest: Variants could be bloody...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Now Available in Austria

waldo — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:05:00 GMT

After a very early release in Belgium (whoop whoop ) I’m happy to see that now NAV 2013 was also released in Austria . And the news gets even better: also the Icelandic , Swiss and Norwegian markets are planned for this month! Is there only...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Feature Comparison Tool

waldo — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:00:37 GMT

I first heard about it on Facebook from Jörg Stryk. And now I got the same “announcement” by Microsoft .. so let’s share it for you: Microsoft has developed a “Feature Comparison Tool” where you can compare different versions...(read more)

How Do I Video’s on Microsoft Dynamics NAV

waldo — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:01:05 GMT

Some of you might already have read it on some blogposts or found it through some other channels .. but I didn’t mention it yet. So let’s do so . Microsoft has initiated a really great initiative (please notice the huge alliteration .. )....(read more)

NAV 2013: Certification requirements updated!

waldo — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:00:27 GMT

Do you remember this post: NAV 2013: Certification overview ? Well, there is a small update that I would like to share with you. Today Microsoft confirmed that the necessary SQL 2012 certification is only needed from October 2013 (instead of May 2013...(read more)

Pre-Configuration in NAV2013 (Profile Metadata)

waldo — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:01:50 GMT

Configuration, Personalisation, .. . Terms that were introduced in NAV2009, and that we all know by now, don’t we? It gives us a great flexibility of the behaviour of the clients: Flexibility to the user: they can add, remove, change, .. The pages...(read more)

Interesting Links for Dynamics NAV

waldo — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:01:54 GMT

Together with the platform updates, I have been sending a list of interesting links in PartnerSource and other sites. By splitting up the platform updates .. I decided to maintain this list separately as well. Below you can find a list of links which...(read more)

Platform updates overview – NAV2009

waldo — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:01:41 GMT

As mentioned earlier, I have split up the Platform Updates list into the different versions of NAV. Here is the NAV2009 version. When going through the KB articles, I also found this one quite interesting: A costing hotfix rollup is available for...(read more)

Platform updates overview – 3.70 – 5.0SP1

waldo — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:01:04 GMT

To complete my split-up list of Platform Updates, here is the rest .. . Obviously, nothing has been changed on this, as it involves unsupported versions of NAV. But still, it's interesting to know what has been solved in the past.. ....(read more)

Platform updates overview – NAV2013

waldo — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:22:39 GMT

Hey there .. Finally an updated list. A very new list this time, because I decided to split it into different parts - it was just becoming too big for one blogpost (it was even influencing the performance of my Wordpress-site ;-)). The title should give...(read more)

NAV 2013: Implementing the Application Test Toolset

waldo — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:20:17 GMT

As you probably know, since NAV 2009, there is some kind of framework built in the C/SIDE environment that can deal with application testing. Usually referred to as “Testing Framework” or “Test codeunits” or “Test Toolset”...(read more)

25 years of NAV(ision)

waldo — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT

I had missed this, but in December 2012, “Henning” posted this on the blog of “Partner Power international”: http://www.partnerpowerinternational.com/blog/nav-turned-25-years-congratulations This is something to give lots of attention...(read more)

NAV 2013: Certification overview

waldo — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:00:20 GMT

NAV 2013 has been there for a while now. And as expected .. there is an updated requirement for the “ERP Competency” for partners. You can find all information here: https://mspartner.microsoft.com/nl/be/Pages/Membership/enterprise-resource...(read more)

Importing a filtered set of objects from fob

waldo — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:34:00 GMT

I noticed that a number of people just didn’t know this .. so let’s give it some attention. In one sentence: it is possible to import a filtered set of objects in stead of always importing all objects from a .fob file by using and filtering...(read more)

Is my FactBox visible?

waldo — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT

As mentioned here , my blog has moved. Because of the fact that many things are not in place yet (like the Microsoft Community that still has to link up with the new location), allow me to post this reference to my new blogpost on www.waldo.be about...(read more)

New webhosting for waldo’s blog – moving day!

waldo — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:16:07 GMT

Some of you already noticed: if you go to www.waldo.be , you get a new look&feel for “waldo’s blog”. Why? Well, not that I didn’t like my old blogging location. Really! I have been blogging at DUG from the start! From...(read more)

New webhosting for waldo's blog

waldo — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:15:38 GMT

Some of you already noticed: if you go to www.waldo.be , you get a new look&feel for "waldo's blog". Why? Well, not that I didn't like my old blogging location. Really! I have been blogging at DUG from the start! From April...(read more)

Moving to my own webhosting

waldo — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:41:10 GMT

If you’re searching for waldo’s blog about “Microsoft Dynamics NAV”, then you might be at the right place. As you can see, I’m working on having my webhosting into place. You can find my old blog(s) here: http://dynamicsuser...(read more)

NAV2013: (Some?) Group 2 Countries are available to download!

waldo — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:03:38 GMT

This day started out a little bit disappointing: I should have had a meeting with my PRS buddies today (Mark, Gary and Vjeko), but things got cancelled due to sickness :(. BUT When I arrived at the office, I was reminded of an informal "promise"...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Compatibility with Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Windows Server 2013

waldo — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:45:12 GMT

Support engineer "Zeeshan" pointed my attention to this Team Blog : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nav/archive/2013/01/28/microsoft-dynamics-nav-2013-compatiblity-with-microsoft-windows-8-and-microsoft-windows-server-2013.aspx . I just decided to...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Compatibility with Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Windows Server 2012

waldo — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:45:00 GMT

Support engineer “Zeeshan” pointed my attention to this Team Blog : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nav/archive/2013/01/28/microsoft-dynamics-nav-2013-compatiblity-with-microsoft-windows-8-and-microsoft-windows-server-2013.aspx . I just decided...(read more)

Platform updates overview - 3.70.B - NAV2013 (Updated 3)

waldo — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:33:00 GMT

Finally a new release of "the list". Not an easy one once again, especially because about all the KB articles of this year are not accessible (at least not for me…). So this is not a complete list. I've sent the problem to Microsoft...(read more)