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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015: What's New with RapidStart

Written by Greg Miles | Tue, Apr 07, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015:  3 New RapidStart Upgrades

The release of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2105 shows the commitment to customers to protect their investment with the continual development  of this popular Enterprise Solution Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 is here with many new enhancements designed to help your small to medium sized business streamline day-to-day operations and get more from your ERP system. Quick to implement, easy to use and powerful functionality, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 is designed to help your company reach its goals. This brief post with discuss the RapidStart functionality that has been added to this new release. 

RapidStart is a tool that enables ERP consultants like our team at iCepts Technology Group, Inc. to help our Microsoft Dynamics NAV customers get up and running quickly. This tool helps save time in the implementation process and helps to increase a customer’s productivity by automating and simplifying repetitive tasks. Our consultants are armed with the tools they need to collect all the information critical to setting up, migrating data and fine tuning information that will populate into the customer’s new company.

What's New with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015: 3 New Upgrades RapidStart

1.    RapidStart Upgrade-Code:

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 includes several enhancements for upgrading solutions.  New Application merge utilities help you upgrade earlier solutions through application code and metadata-from one version to another, or from one cumulative update to another.  Microsoft has also introduced supporting tools for handling application files in general and for managing application languages and captions.

2.    RapidStart Upgrade-Data:

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 includes several enhancements for upgrading solutions.  The data upgrade was enhanced significantly to optimize the performance and provide developers with a more convenient way of defining, automating, troubleshooting and running on the data upgrade logic

Schema synchronization on demand allows the the data upgrade to become a much more convenient and flexible process. The development environment and the list of PowerShell cmdlets have been extended, so that you can easily get the full list of changes which require data upgrade instructions, choose how and when to sync table changes and instruct the Microsoft Dynamics NAV server how to handle data in the changed tables when performing the sync.

You can run the data upgrade functions for all companies at once, in parallel or in sequence; catch all the errors in one go, instead of having to re-run the entire process several times; resume after an error is detached and fixed; get a detailed overview of the progress of the data upgrade.

Windows PowerShell example scripts included with the new release can help you automate the entire data upgrade process end-to-end.

3.    RapidStart-Implementation:

RapidStart Services helps meet the needs for creating, setting up and initializing new Microsoft Dynamics NAV installations.  The release offers the possibility to map values from an existing ERP system into a new Dynamics NAV implementation during the migration of your data.

In addition, RapidStart tool support is provided to help you clean up and process the data that you want to import.  For example, you can easily convert dates and decimals to the format required by the regional settings on the user’s computer.

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About iCepts Technology Group, Inc. Middletown, PA

We are a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner offering implementation, service, and support for Microsoft Dynamics NAV in: PA, DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, VA, WV, and the entire Mid-Atlantic Region. We also offer implementation, service, and support for Accellos One Warehouse Management Systems in: PA, DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, VA, WV, and the entire Mid-Atlantic Region.

As experienced SCM, WMS and ERP consultants and value added resellers (VARs), we provide start to finish services for the solutions we represent Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Distribution and Manufacturing, Accellos Warehouse Management System (WMS), Server virtualization, open source VOIP phone systems and infrastructure and security. We provide services that cover process analysis, implementation, training, security and networking. Naturally, we also provide full ongoing support for years after implementation to help our clients succeed. We are your one stop shop for your business technology needs.

Phone 717.704.1000
Email info@icepts.com

Posted by Greg Miles with iCepts Technology Group, Inc.- A Pennsylvania Microsoft Dynamics NAV Reseller

Another version of this blog was previously posted on iCepts blog “Rapidstart Functionality within Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015