Upgrading from NAV to Business Central – Read this Guide

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

What is it?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a business management solution for small and mid-sized organisations that automates and streamlines business processes and helps you manage your business. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the new name for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018.

Why Sysco Software as a Partner?

Highly adaptable and rich with features, Business Central enables companies to manage their business, including finance, manufacturing, sales, shipping, project management, services, and more. Sysco Software Solutions help companies add the functionality they need, relevant to UK and Irish operations supporting even highly specialised industries.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central brings the full power of Microsoft Dynamics NAV to the cloud. As such, Business Central has at its foundation a set of trusted, proven technologies that have served 160,000 customers and millions of users worldwide.

We partner with best-in-class solution providers across document and expenses management, logistics management, warehouse management, reporting and in-depth budgeting and analytics data-warehousing to make your business operate like clockwork.

As a single, end-to-end application, Business Central offers:

• Business without silos. Unify your business, and boost efficiency with automated tasks and workflows—all integrated within familiar Office tools like Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Actionable insights. Achieve greater outcomes and gain a complete view of your business with connected data, business analytics, and guidance delivered by Microsoft’s leading intelligent technologies.
• Solutions built to evolve. Start quickly, grow at your own pace and adapt in real time with a flexible platform that makes it easy to extend Business Central based on your changing business needs.

Can I upgrade my existing version of NAV to Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Crucially, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central runs on exactly the same code base as a traditional on-premise NAV deployment. This ensures complete consistency between on-premise and cloud versions. What that means for you is that you can transition between NAV on-premise and Business Central with relative ease and access your information on any device.

What are the New Features?

We’ve put together a list of the greatest new features in Dynamics 365 Business Central that should make your decision a simple on when deciding if it’s the right time to upgrade from your existing version of NAV to the Dynamics 365 Business Central platform.