Upgrade To Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 - How Many Steps?

Upgrade To Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 - How Many Steps?

Hi Readers,

As Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 released, I am getting questions how many steps do we need to upgrade (Data migration & Object Merge) to NAV 2017.

This article just lists down No. of steps required to upgrade From Current Version 3.7 onward.

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Below is the list of No. of Steps required if you plan to Upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017.

From Version	To Version	No. of Steps
NAV 3.7	NAV 2017	3
NAV 4.3	NAV 2017	3
NAV 5.0 / 5.1	NAV 2017	2
NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2	NAV 2017	2
NAV 2013 / 2013 R2 / 2015 / 2016	NAV 2017	1

Wondering why these steps, below are the details of the no. of steps -

From Version	To Version	Step
NAV 3.7 /4.3	NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2	1
NAV 5.0 / 5.1	NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2 (No Upgrade Step)	0
NAV 6.0 / 6.1 / 6.2	NAV 2013 / 2013 R2 / 2015 / 2016	2
NAV 2013 / 2013 R2 / 2015 / 2016	NAV 2017	3

** If you are coming from 3.7 / 4.3 there may be so many functionalities that are either discontinued or re-engineered. So be ready for changes in system processes.

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Regards,
Saurav Dhyani
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