Why to Upgrade Microsoft Dynamics NAV?

Microsoft is constantly improving Dynamics NAV. When customers remain current with each product release, they not only get to take advantage of the new features in the product along with all regulatory fixes from Microsoft, but the cost of the upgrade itself is lower. The older the version from which you are upgrading, the higher the cost of performing the upgrade.

Refer the below link:

http://www.archerpoint.com/blog/Posts/when-do-you-need-to-upgrade-microsoft-dynamics-nav

Thanks & Regards,
Sathish

Business Intelligence Comes Standard in Dynamics NAV

http://www.erpsoftwareblog.com/2016/06/business-intelligence-comes-standard-dynamics-nav/

The Object File cannot be used with this version of the program

If you are working on different versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV at a same time and if you have a one common location to save all your objects, Then I am pretty sure you have seen below error message. 

"The Object File cannot be used with this version of the program."

Many of will know how to overcome this issue however this blog post is for the new people who still haven't face the issue. 

Reason : Microsoft Dynamics NAV does not allow you to save FOB objects of a lower version if the location contain higher version FOB files. As an example you will not be able to export and save 2009 version of FOB files when 2013 version FOB files are present in the same location. 

Resolution : You have two options in here. First one is save the files in .txt format and you will not face the issue. Second one is most common method many people follow is change the export location. 
                                                          (or)
Choose the file path where other version's object should not there. Means no other version's object not in the selected path.

Good News : Microsoft has corrected this issue in KB 2837147 / Build 34589.

Dynamics NAV Performance Testing Is Now Available.

Till Now it was kind of impossible to measure the Performance of Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

With Introduction of Role Tailored Client in Microsoft Dynamics NAV it is now possible to write these Test cases in Visual Studio to simulate scenarios.

The Video Series in Available in Microsoft Partner Source with HDI Series Dedicated for Same.
 
 Performance Testing White Paper

This white paper provides detailed insight into the concepts and principles that support performance testing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

HDI SERIES -

​How Do I: Run NAV Performance Tests Using Visual Studio in Microsoft Dynamics NAV -

This video explains the basic concepts of Load Testing with Visual Studio and shows how to download the NAV Load Test solution and run a NAV Load Test against a local NAV Server

How Do I: Write Microsoft Dynamics NAV Load Tests Scenarios Using Visual Studio: Part 1 -

This video demonstrates how to create a simple test to open and close a page in Dynamics NAV and how to create a Load Test Scenario using the test

How Do I: Write Microsoft Dynamics NAV Load Tests Scenarios Using Visual Studio: Part 2 - 

This video demonstrates how to create a test that creates a new Purchase Invoice in NAV and how to use the test to create a Small Business User Load Test Scenario

How Do I Simulate Users When Load Testing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015​

This video demonstrates how to create 100 NAV Test Users for the purpose of load testing and how to configure the Load Test to connect using the unique test users.

Coming soon: **
How Do I Use Visual Studio Online to Load Test Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015


For More Details Please refer Below Links - 

Partner Source

GitHub

The Microsoft Dynamics NAV Team Blog.

Blog about Performance Testing. 

Cumulative Update 19 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 has been released

Cumulative Update 19 includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2.
 The cumulative update includes hotfixes that apply to all countries and hotfixes specific to the following local versions:

•   AU - Australia
•   AT - Austria
•   BE - Belgium
•   CH – Switzerland
•   CZ – Czech Republic
•   DE - Germany
•   DK - Denmark
•   ES - Spain
•   FI  - Finland
•   FR - France
•   IS - Iceland
•   IT - Italy
•   NA - North America
•   NL - Netherlands
•   NO - Norway
•   NZ - New Zealand
•   RU – Russia
•   SE - Sweden
•   UK - United Kingdom

Where to find Cumulative Update 19

You can download the cumulative update from KB 3058010  – Cumulative Update 19 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 (Build 40941). 

Additional Information

For more information about cumulative updates for this version, see Announcement of update rollups for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2.
For a list of all cumulative updates for this version, see Released Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2. 
For a list of all hotfixes included in cumulative updates for this version, see the following CustomerSource and PartnerSource pages:
CustomerSource:

• Overview of Released Application Hotfixes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2
• Overview of Released Platform Hotfixes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

PartnerSource

• Overview of Released Application Hotfixes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

Overview of Released Platform Hotfixes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

Cumulative Update 7 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 has been released

Cumulative Update 7 includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015. 
 The cumulative update includes hotfixes that apply to all countries and hotfixes specific to the following local versions:

•   AU - Australia
•   AT - Austria
•   BE - Belgium
•   CH – Switzerland
•   CZ – Czech Republic
•   DE - Germany
•   DK - Denmark
•   ES - Spain
•   FI  - Finland
•   FR - France
•   IS - Iceland
•   IT - Italy
•   NA - North America
•   NL - Netherlands
•   NO - Norway
•   NZ - New Zealand
•   RU – Russia
•   SE - Sweden
•   UK - United Kingdom

Note: You must convert the database if you are upgrading to this cumulative update from a cumulative update earlier than Cumulative Update 4 (build 39663). For more information, see Converting a Database in Help for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. 

Where to find Cumulative Update 7

You can download the cumulative update from KB 3058000 – Cumulative Update 7 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 40938). 

Additional Information

For information about how to install the cumulative update, see How to Install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 Cumulative Update. 
For information about how to work around a recent process change, see How to Get Back the 'Hotfix Directories' from NAV 2015 Cumulative Update 1.
For a list of all cumulative updates for this version, see Released Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015