Business Central · Upgrade from NAV
Move from Dynamics NAV to Business Central — safely
Most NAV versions are out of support or close to it. We plan the right path for your system, rebuild what matters and leave behind what doesn’t.
Sound familiar?
What we hear from customers
What we do
Two proven paths — we help you choose
Upgrade assessment
We review your NAV version, customisations, add-ons and data, then recommend a path with a fixed scope.
Technical upgrade
Your history comes with you. NAV is upgraded through the supported steps and migrated to Business Central online.
Clean start
Begin fresh with master data, open items and balances. Often faster and cheaper for heavily customised systems.
Customisations to extensions
Code that is still needed is rebuilt as upgrade-safe extensions; the rest is replaced by standard features or apps.
Trial migrations
Repeated test runs in a sandbox, so go-live weekend holds no surprises.
Retire the old servers
Decommission NAV infrastructure and archive historical data for reference.
Architecture
The upgrade path
NAV cannot move straight to the cloud. Every supported route passes through Business Central on-premises before migrating online.
Where AI helps
Practical AI, switched on with care
AI speeds up the rebuild and gives your team new capabilities once you are on Business Central online.
Development
AI-assisted code rework
AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot and Microsoft’s AL development tools help analyse and rebuild legacy customisations faster.
After go-live
Copilot in Business Central
Features such as suggestions, summaries and analysis assist become available — none of them exist in NAV.
Our approach
Human-reviewed
Every AI-assisted change is reviewed and tested by our developers before it reaches your system.
How it works
A clear path from start to finish
- Week 1AssessInventory of customisations, add-ons, data volumes and integrations. Recommended path and fixed scope.
- BuildRebuildRequired customisations rebuilt as extensions; add-ons replaced or upgraded.
- TestTrial migrationsData migrated to a sandbox and tested by your team until results match.
- Go-liveCutoverFinal migration over a planned window, training and post-upgrade support.
What you get
- Upgrade assessment and recommended path
- Customisation register: keep, replace or retire
- Extensions with source code
- Tested migration runbook
- Business Central online environment
- Decommissioning and archive plan
FAQ
Common questions
Can we go straight from NAV to the cloud?
No. Microsoft’s supported path goes through Business Central version 14 on-premises (and extra steps for older NAV versions) before migrating to Business Central online.
Will our customisations survive?
Only once they are rebuilt as extensions. In practice many are no longer needed, because standard Business Central or an AppSource app now covers them.
Do we keep our history?
Yes with a technical upgrade. With a clean start, only master data, open items and balances move, and older history is archived for reference.
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Find out your best upgrade path
Book a free consultation and we will review your NAV version and customisations.