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// NAV to Business Central upgrades

Upgrade Dynamics NAV or C5 to Business Central.

Move from NAV 5.0, NAV 2009, NAV 2013 to 2017 or Danish C5 to Business Central online or on-premises. Customisations are rebuilt as extensions and your history comes with you.

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  • NAV 5.0 – 2017
  • C5
  • C/AL → AL
  • Data migration
  • SQL
  • PowerShell
// what's covered

From NAV or C5 to Business Central.

Dynorbit has delivered 15+ upgrade and migration projects, from NAV 5.0 to current Business Central versions, including Danish C5.

NAV 5.0NAV 2009NAV 2013NAV 2015NAV 2016NAV 2017C5→Business Central online or on-premises
// process

How an upgrade runs.

Every upgrade is different, but the order of work stays the same.

  1. Assess

    Review your current version, customisations and data, and decide what to keep, rebuild or drop.

  2. Convert

    Rewrite C/AL customisations as AL extensions, replacing changed base objects with events.

  3. Migrate

    Move data and history across, using SQL and PowerShell for the data upgrade steps.

  4. Test

    Your team tests real processes in a sandbox copy before anything is switched over.

  5. Go live

    Cutover at a time that suits you, with support through the first weeks.

// why upgrade

Why move off NAV now.

  • Support. Older NAV versions are out of Microsoft support, so fixes and security updates have stopped.
  • Cloud option. Business Central online removes servers, SQL maintenance and manual upgrades.
  • Cleaner customisations. Moving to extensions means future updates no longer break your custom code.
  • Modern integrations. Business Central's APIs make e-commerce, Power BI and Power Automate connections far simpler.
// case studies

Related work.

Upgrade

NAV 2009 and 5.0 to Business Central

Customisations rebuilt as extensions, data migrated with SQL and PowerShell.

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AL extension development

How customisations are rebuilt to survive future updates.

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Reports and layouts

Moving NAV reports to Business Central layouts.

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// faq

Questions about nav upgrade.

Can you upgrade very old NAV versions like NAV 5.0 or 2009?

Yes. Dynorbit has upgraded systems from NAV 5.0 and NAV 2009 to current Business Central. Older versions take more steps but are fully possible.

Do we have to move to the cloud?

No. You can upgrade to Business Central online or stay on-premises. We'll help you weigh the trade-offs for your setup.

What happens to our customisations?

Each customisation is reviewed. Some are no longer needed because Business Central does it as standard, and the rest are rebuilt as extensions.

Can you migrate from Danish C5?

Yes. C5 to Business Central migrations are part of the upgrade work Dynorbit has delivered.

// next step

Have a Business Central task in mind?

Book a free 30-minute call, or email your Business Central version and what you need. You'll get our proposed approach and a fixed estimate, usually the same day.

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