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When Dynamics NAV 2016 was launched, Extensions were introduced as the new way to build Add-Ons. At that time, Extensions had too many restrictions, so developers were playing around with them, but only the brave actually started developing real Extensions implementations.

With NAV 2017, the number of restrictions have significantly decreased. Now the Extensions Marketplace (App Source) is growing at a rapid pace.

Following 1ClickFactory‘s vision, all companies will someday run on the latest version(s) of their software(s), 1ClickFactory‘s NAV developers commenced several Extension development projects to make it easier to upgrade Add-Ons.  Through this work, a couple of peculiarities surfaced that you may want to make note of for your own Extensions development.

Along with being a reliable resource to help Dynamics Partners with deployment, upgrades, development, migrations and testing, 1ClickFactory is now becoming a Microsoft ISV Development Center to further assist Dynamics Partners with their add-on solutions.

Establishing your own Microsoft Azure infrastructure vs. collaborating with a Microsoft Azure infrastructure hosting provider. What risks do you face when setting up your own Microsoft Azure infrastructure in-house? In this blog post I’ll explain the 5 known risks you should consider when evaluating these two Dynamics NAV on Azure deployment options.

As an executive or manager, you know how important it is to have an accurate and timely information available to you when you need to make decisions, especially those critical to your company’s future. Most successful companies implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track and evaluate, making key decisions based on those. The easiest way to communicate and visualize KPIs is to have these displayed graphical with the ability to dive in deeper to a particular value.

It’s our pleasure to announce that we are participating in the NAVUG’s Summit EMEA 2017 event in Amsterdam, Netherlands on April 4, 2017. Summit EMEA is a peer-to-peer focused conference that educates and empowers Microsoft Dynamics NAV users. At this year’s event, 1ClickFactory, the leading Microsoft Dynamics upgrade factory in the world with 400+ upgrades performed, will deliver a detailed, instructional session to Microsoft Dynamics NAV customers: Smarter Options and Methods for Your Next Upgrade!

In this series of blog posts, we will dive deeper into the features that ensure a customer’s efficiency when using a NAV solution on Microsoft Azure. This blog will analyze the infrastructure backup processes by comparing two deployment alternatives.

Do you know all about the benefits, usage and functionality of a new feature in NAV 2017 – Task Scheduler to make the best of it? In this article we cover an overview of how the Task Scheduler functionality works, give example to showcase step-by-step actions in Task Scheduler and inform how already existing Job Queue functionality was improved with Task Scheduler.

Pagero Group’s cloud based network Pagero Online will be available for Microsoft Dynamic NAV’s client base globally, making it possible for them to send and receive order, invoice and payment files electronically directly to and from their ERP system. The solution was created together with 1ClickFactory. The first functionalities will be available as a downloadable Add-On/Extension to Microsoft Dynamic NAV from the next release in Q2 2017. 

Passing the Software Solution Test is not mission impossible. In 2016 alone 92% of ISVs successfully completed the Self-Test for NAV 2016. However, Partners make numerous time consuming mistakes before submitting their solution for testing. This results in a longer testing process, failure and difficulties of connecting to the testing environment.

Thus, in this blog post, we share the most common mistakes and how to avoid them for the requirements from the Software Solution Test Guidelines for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 to make the Software Solution Test experience for Partner easy and fast, while ensuring each Partner’s solution is of sound function and quality before being released to the market.