Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015

RapidStart Upgrade
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 includes several enhancements for upgrading solutions.


RapidStart Upgrade - Code
New application merge utilities help partners upgrade their solution - application code and metadata - from one version to another, or from one cumulative update to another. We also introduce supporting tools for handling application object files in general, and for managing application languages and captions.


RapidStart Upgrade - Data
We have introduced a new way of running the data upgrade logic. The data upgrade was enhanced significantly to optimize the performance and provide developers with a superior tool for testing, automating, tracking progress, troubleshooting and running of the data upgrade code. With schema synchronization on demand, the data upgrade becomes a much more controllable process. The development environment has been extended so that you can now choose how to sync each change in a table. The data upgrade in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 allows you to catch all the errors, but also to resume after an error. At the same time you get a detailed overview of the progress of the data upgrade


RapidStart Implementation
RapidStart Services helps meet the needs of Microsoft partners responsible for creating, setting up, and initializing new installations of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. This release offers the possibility to map values from an existing ERP system into your Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementation during the migration of your customer's data. In addition, tool support is provided to help you clean up and process the data that you want to import. For example, you can easily convert dates and decimals to the format required by the regional settings on a user's computer





Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Tablets
Dynamics NAV for tablets allows users in small and midsized businesses to get access to the data they need from the device they prefer. With a fresh and modern interface designed exclusively for touch, it provides the familiar RoleTailored experience so that users can get real work done at home, at work or on the go.


Dynamics NAV for tablets leverages the complete Microsoft Dynamics NAV architecture and investments you've already made. Customizing and role-tailoring your customer’s tablet experience becomes a simple task, using the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment and the Tablet client running in the browser. Download and install the app today from the Windows Store, App Store or Google Play and connect to your Dynamics NAV 2015 Server.




User Experience enhancements Making Microsoft Dynamics NAV more intuitive for the end-user by making data entry on pages faster by showing mandatory input fields (Mandatory Fields). Faster processing by automatically filling in document numbers (Auto-fill No. field). Easier review of documents such as orders, invoices and credit memos by having totals shown on the page (Total section on document pages). Increased productivity by only showing what is relevant to the user, depending on users permission sets and license (UI Elements Removal).



To present striking operational BI dashboards, that improves decision making and focused actions the Role Center now can show special cue tiles that apply custom formatting to any computed numerical value. It can also show an indicator that changes color based on the data values that the tile reflects (Enhanced Cues).





Simplification
Simplification is a foundation for building solutions with a simpler user experience which focus on basic sales and purchase scenarios for small business solutions. It consists out of a set of ~100 objects including 60+ pages that have been simplified plus one new Role Center for small business. These pages have been localized for each supported market, and the underlying tables are the standard Microsoft Dynamics NAV tables.





Office 365 integration
Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides interoperability with Office 365, which enables customers to drill down, analyze, share and collaborate with peers. And with new usability enhancements that make their solution easier and more familiar to use, customers will enjoy working seamlessly and effortlessly across all applications..




In Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 we continued investing in the integration with Office 365 by supporting: - Simplified email messaging via SMTP including Office 365 - Sign in to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client using your Office 365 account

Document Reporting
We are introducing Microsoft Word as a layout editing option for document reports. A single report can now have many layouts, either RDLC, Word, or both. In a scenario where you are running multiple customers in a multitenant setup you can have as many tenant-specific customizations as needed, stored in the business data database. End users can control which layout for a given report in a solution is the active one.


Report Scheduling
You can schedule any report to run on the server, now or scheduled later. Reports will be bundled in a repository in your Role Center.






Cash Management
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 delivers several Cash Management enhancements.


Bank integration - simple and uniform across borders
With the new Bank Data Conversion Service feature users get electronic bank statement files converted into data that can be imported into Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Reversely, users can also use the conversion service to export payment information to electronic payment files in the format that their bank requires. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 supports electronic bank files of major banks in over 25 countries. Incoming and outgoing bank payments – fast and reliable automatic registrations A new feature called Payment Reconciliation Journals enables users to import bank transaction data into a dedicated UI and automatically apply to open entries representing customer and vendor documents. The features includes advanced record matching, strong review tools and the possibility to freely define the payment match tolerance and to modify the generic matching algorithm.


Create and Manage Electronic Payments – more information and better control
Improvements in the Payment Journal and the Credit Transfer Registers enable users to better manage the payment creation and export process and to track the payment history. Users that do not want to post payments until they have actually been processed at the bank can more efficiently control which open vendor documents to pay and avoid paying vendors wrongly or paying duplicate amounts. Also, the information about previous payment exports makes partial-payment scenarios easy to manage. Finally a new function allows users to create payments where posting date (execution date in the bank) is automatically calculated with point of departure in due date for the underlying documents.


Social Listening


Your customers and stakeholders are talking about you somewhere on Facebook, Twitter, or blogs. How do you learn about it? Well, you can get powerful social insights by connecting Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to Microsoft Social Listening. Microsoft Social Listening collects data from social media websites and presents it to you in easy-to-consume charts and graphs that you can use to spot emerging trends in people’s comments, whether they’re positive, negative, or neutral.

You can drill down into the data and see who is mentioning you, where they posted the comment, and exactly what they said. Armed with these insights, you can pinpoint what you’re doing right, and address potential issues before bigger problems arise With one of the first cumulative updates, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 will include a control Add-in, which will enable you to embed cloud hosted services, like Microsoft Social Listening, into Microsoft Dynamics NAV pages


POWER BI
Microsoft Power BI for Office 365 is a collection of features and services that enable you to visualize data, share discoveries, and collaborate in intuitive new ways. Self-Service BI features in Excel – such as Power Query, Power Pivot, Power View and Power Map – extend the data-specific features and capabilities of Excel 2013.

Through the use of ODATA web services, these Power BI features can integrate with data in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015. Visualizing and sharing your Microsoft Dynamics NAV data using Power BI will give you a better overview of your business and will result in better decision taking