5. NAV Update & Roadmap
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Roadmap
NAV “9”
NAV “8” Continued innovation
targeted at mid-market
NAV “7” with particular focus on:
Compelling Business
NAV 2009 R2 Functionality
Application enhancements More Users, More Simplicity
Integration to Microsoft SharePoint User Productive Productivity
Dynamics CRM Client Richness More Software + Services Dynamics User
Online Payments Service RoleTailored .NET Experience Leadership
Page Design/Debug
Role Tailored Client access Programming Environment Microsoft technology
Improved Reporting
for hosted, remote and w/in NAV Rapid Time-to-Value
Office 2010
roaming users Full .NET Runtime
Online Services
Windows 7 UX
Business Data Visualizations
MAJOR RELEASES
Q4 2010 2011-2012 2013-2014 2016-2017
SERVICE PACKS / MINOR RELEASES
Additional Additional Additional
SP’s SP’s SP’s
RTM RTM RTM
6. NAV Update & Roadmap
10. Improved Help and Documentation
9. NAV Update & Roadmap
7. Web Services
Easily create Web services that allow other
programs to extract data from NAV and run NAV
business logic, e.g.,
Interface programs.
Scheduled tasks.
Web-based clients (such as Stratus).
10. NAV Update & Roadmap
6. Improved Reporting
New report definition
tool allows better-
looking reports with
ability to use charts,
colour and to save as
Excel, or
PDF.
17. NAV Update & Roadmap
Key Features of NAV 2009 R2
Out-of-the-box integration with CRM
RoleTailored Client connecting over the internet
Online Payments Services (USA and Canada)
User experience enhancements for Windows 7
Business Data Visualisations
System Indicator
Ability to call .NET code and other programmer tools
22. NAV Update & Roadmap
NAV ‘7’
SharePoint client
Better Office Interaction
No more Classic Client Forms
Better reporting
More User Experience Enhancements
Azure (NAV in the cloud)
26. NAV Update & Roadmap
Jet Reports
Excel based reporting solution.
Jet Report Express for Microsoft Dynamics NAV will be
released in Q3 CY2011.
Jet Report Express is only available for Microsoft
Dynamics NAV 2009 or later.
Free for new or existing customers on current
enhancement plan.
Microsoft Excel 2007 or later required.
29. NAV Update & Roadmap
•Excel-Centric
•Design Reports
•Use Excel-type Formulas
•Run Reports
•Present information in a format which you
understand
30. NAV Update & Roadmap
Jet Reports solution thoughts
Free version has limited functionality
Users do require a good understanding of database
structures
Good option for limited IT team
32. NAV Update & Roadmap
Technology Introduction
Management Reporter is both the Microsoft FRx replacement
product, as well as the foundation for which future Microsoft
Dynamics performance management functionality will be built
Provides real-time financial reporting to achieve greater visibility
across the organization.
Empowers decision makers with streamlined reporting that
doesn’t require IT assistance
Direct Integration with Microsoft Dynamics ERP Solutions
Build custom reports based on GL data.
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33. NAV Update & Roadmap
Management Reporter Road Map
Management Reporter FP1 Management Reporter R2 Management Reporter V3
•Microsoft Dynamics AX •Dynamics NAV •Strategic and
integration integration operational
•Microsoft Dynamics SL •Richer report viewing budgeting/forecasting
integration experience •Budget reporting
•With Dynamics SL •Consolidate data from •Migration from
release other General Ledgers Forecaster
•Currency translation in •More flexibility in •Financial reporting
Microsoft Dynamics GP report output types enhancements
•Microsoft Forecaster and locations where
integration reports are stored,
including SharePoint
•Scheduled reports
2H CY2010 2H CY2011 2012+
34. NAV Update & Roadmap
Management Reporter Report designer
43. NAV Update & Roadmap
Dynamics NAV integration
Not licensed in Australasia for NAV
Requires purchase of AX License
Integration would be through Excel dumps
44. NAV Update & Roadmap
Solution thoughts
Tier 2 Budgeting tool
Good for organisations who want distributed budgeting
Currently stand alone solution