Stefano Demiliani is a Microsoft MVP on business applications, a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, and a long-time expert on different Microsoft technologies.
He has a master's degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico of Turin, he works as a CTO for EID/Navlab (one of the main Microsoft Partners in Italy), and he has recently moved many customers around the globe onto the cloud.
He has worked with Packt Publishing on many IT books, and he's the author of Building ERP Solutions with Microsoft Dynamics NAV (a hands-on guide on building enterprise architectures based on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP and Azure) and Implementing Azure Cloud Design Patterns. You can reach him on Twitter (@demiliani) or on LinkedIn.
We hope that this book will help you to be successful with this jump. Thanks to all the wonderful staff that has worked with me on this book (especially Duilio for consenting to be on board), and thanks also to my family (I'll return to you all the hours spent working on this project). I would like to dedicate this book to my little daughter, Sara: I love you. Maybe one day you will be proud of me for this.
Duilio Tacconi is a Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Escalation Engineer at Microsoft EMEA Customer Support and Services (CSS). He joined Microsoft in 2008 after working in a
customer IT department with a focus primarily on system administration and development.
Despite graduating with the highest score in Agricultural Science in 1996, he has been on the ERP circuit since 1998 as a developer and a system implementer for several companies with Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies.
Currently, he is a SME at EMEA and one of Microsoft EMEA CSS references for Managed Service for Partners
Three times Iron Man finisher, Duilio lives in Cernusco Sul Naviglio (Italy) with his beloved wife, Laura, and his son, Leonardo.
Born with the heart and soul of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has all the features, tools, and power needed to dominate the SMB market over the next few decades.Thanks to all the Packt guys for all the professional help, and a warm thank you to Stefano for dragging me into this project. I dedicate this book to Laura: my love, my life, and special half.
In 1999, Luc van Vugt stepped into the NAV world, training hundreds of developers, most of whom are still around.
After Microsoft acquired Navision, Luc joined the Dynamics localization team GDL as tester, UA specialist, and project lead. For 6 years, he was involved with all successive releases.
Since he left Microsoft, Luc has become an active community member by means of his blog, co-founder of the Dutch Dynamics Community, and a speaker at conferences. In 2014, he co-founded NAV Skills supporting NAV pros around the globe with, among others, webinars. Luc has also been awarded MS MVP since 2011.
In 2012, Luc started fluxxus.nl, doing miscellaneous projects including NAV development courses and workshops on design patterns and automated testing.
Next to my wife Saskia, our three great kids, and friends, who keep me growing as a human being, I would like to acknowledge Hardik Bhinde at Packt for very effective and efficient cooperation.
Eric is one of the founding partners of iFacto Business Solutions and Cloud Ready Software. With his 18 years of technical expertise, he is an everyday inspiration to its development teams. As development manager, he continually acts upon the technical readiness of iFacto and CRS.Apart from that, Eric is also very active in the NAV community, where he tries to solve technical issues and shares his knowledge with other Dynamics enthusiasts. Surely, many among you will have read some of Eric’s posts, which he invariably signs with waldo. Lots of people have been using and even contributing to tools he shares for free on GitHub.His proven track record entitled him to be awarded since 2007 as Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional).
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