Dynamics NAV Upgrading Dynamics Nav 2009 R2 Version to Dynamics Nav 2016 Version Part 1

How we can upgrade an obsolete version i.e the 2009 R2 version of Microsoft Dynamics Navision to an upper version that is Navision 2016 Version is a big question for everyone, Microsoft has published various blogs for upgrading the versions of their software’s. As everyone knows that Microsoft has shut the operational support for Microsoft Dynamics Navision versions earlier than 2013 version. And it is highly recommended by Microsoft that the obsolete versions should be upgraded to the latest versions. Steps on “How to Upgrade Nav 2009 R2 to Nav 2013 Version” Step 1 – Removing / Converting the obsolete NAV objects Microsoft 2009 R2 has Dataport & Form objects which are not supported by versions from NAV 2013 and later, this objects can be converted to supported versions by using Upgrade Toolkit & Transformation toolkit by Microsoft Step 2 – Deleting Old Objects Objects that are converted from Forms to Pages , Dataports to Xmlports, next should be deleted from 2009 Version to make it compatible with upper version. Step 3 – Converting Database Once step 1 & 2 are completed, the database of 2009 R2 version can directly be opened in upper version which should be Nav 2013 in this case. Step 4 – Compiling objects in Nav 2013 During step 3 the inbuilt process of the upper version software will automatically alter, update all the formats supported in upper version and will provide a summary of conversion. Once Converted Compile All the objects. Step 5 – Fixing CAL Code by Removing Form References This is the main step for developers, once the database is converted, there could be uncompiled objects with message of unsupported form reference, This “Form::” references should be replaced by Page references, as “Form Objects” are not supported in any upper version. Visit: https://www.paragyte.com/blog/upgradi...