We move Dynamics NAV and Navision to Business Central online. C/AL customisations are rewritten in AL, integrations move to APIs, and you decide whether the history comes along.
- Every NAV version, Navigator too
- C/AL rewritten in AL
- Our own conversion servers
- Reconciled before go-live
- Navigator 3.56
- Navision Financials
- Dynamics NAV 2018
- Business Central 14
- Business Central online
NAV to Business Central migration: two things decide the project
If you are moving from Dynamics NAV or Navision to Business Central, your customisations and your history decide the work. C/AL code cannot be moved as it is; it has to be rewritten as AL extensions. And Microsoft's own cloud migration tool requires Business Central on-premises version 25 or later before data can be lifted to the cloud.
If you are on NAV 2009, 2016 or 2018, the database has to be upgraded step by step, or you re-implement with master data and open entries. We do both. We run our own conversion servers that can start the old versions, so the history can come along, however old it is.
Where it usually goes wrong
It is rarely the go-live weekend that fails. It is whatever nobody got round to mapping.
C/AL can't be converted at the press of a button
Customisations have to be rewritten as AL extensions. It is also the chance to drop what was built for a process you no longer have.
Microsoft's tool starts at version 25
The cloud migration tool requires Business Central on-premises version 25 or later. Older NAV versions have to be upgraded or re-implemented first.
NAS jobs and network folders
Jobs that ran on the NAS have to be recreated in the job queue. Direct SQL access, .NET components and files on a network drive don't work in Business Central online.
Integrations on SOAP and user logins
Webshop, warehouse, bank and EDI that talk to NAV through old web services have to move to Business Central's APIs with OAuth via an app registration in Entra ID.
Users and permissions don't come along
They are created again, ideally through security groups in Entra ID. And the printer in the basement can't be seen from the cloud: printing goes through Universal Print or email.
The history needs a plan
Either it is converted across or it is archived. Danish bookkeeping law (bogføringsloven) requires accounting records to be retrievable for five years, also after NAV is shut down.
From NAV database to Business Central online
You approve each step before we take the next, and it is the same people all the way.
- Mapping
Version, customisations, integrations, reports and how many years of history sit in the database.
- Choosing the route
Master data migration or full conversion. We tell you what we would choose, and why.
- Conversion and AL
The database is lifted step by step on our own servers, and the customisations become one PTE app (a Per-Tenant Extension, just for your Business Central) in AL.
- Trial migration and testing
A sandbox with your real data, reconciliation, and integrations tested with real orders.
- Go-live
Final migration, reconciliation of balances and open entries, and we are by your side for the first days.
Good to know
- We only rewrite the customisations you still use. The rest we document and leave behind.
- If the history doesn't need to come along, a master data migration is the cheapest route. The price range is below.
- A full conversion doesn't get a figure until we have seen your solution. The number of customisations and integrations sets the price.
The package that fits
Two routes from NAV. The difference is history, customisations and integrations.
All prices exclude VAT. Business Central and Microsoft 365 licences come on top.
What people often ask us
Can we go straight from NAV 2009 to Business Central online?
Not with Microsoft's tool alone; it requires version 25 or later. We upgrade the database step by step on our own conversion servers, or we re-implement with master data and open entries if the history doesn't need to come along.
What happens to our C/AL customisations?
The ones you still use are rewritten in AL and gathered in one PTE app, so Business Central can update without them breaking. The ones no longer used we leave behind.
Does all the history have to come along?
Your choice. It can be converted across in a full conversion, or archived so it can be retrieved for the five years Danish bookkeeping law requires.
What about our own reports?
Your own reports are upgraded to RDLC, so the layout users know stays the same.
What does it cost to move from NAV?
A master data migration falls within the price range on this page. A full conversion is priced after an analysis, because the customisations and integrations decide the work.
Tell us which NAV version you run
Then we look at customisations and integrations and tell you which route we would take.
30 minutes on Teams with Sten or Lauge. You talk to the person who builds it.