Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise

Now, let's discuss how to migrate from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise.

On-premises versus online environments – differences

In upgrades with an on-premise architecture, you have complete control over your infrastructure's upgrades (hardware and software), and you can decide on what type of upgrade to apply and when to apply it. In an online architecture, you could have some aspects of the infrastructure where upgrades are not completely under your control, but they can be deployed globally from the solution provider (in this case, Microsoft) and the upgrades are managed automatically (a continuous upgrade detected).

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Here's a comparison between the different types of Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise installations (pros and cons). We will talk about these differences in Chapter 13, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business...