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Introduction: After the Business Central On-Premise is ready with the Customization and Data, it's time to migrate the Business Central On-Premise Environment to Business Central Online(Cloud). The end goal in mind is to migrate to Business Central Online(Cloud) Pre- requisites : - Microsoft Dynamics Business Central(On-Prem & Online) - SSMS - Microsoft Azure Data Factory Runtime - Basic understanding of SQL Server and Azure Data Factory Books & References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/migrate-data Demonstration: 1. Setup SQL Server Authentication: Setup the SQL Server Authentication to SQL Server Authentication as follows. Enable Windows and SQL Server Authentication Mode Right Click on SQL Server Instance > Properties > Security > Server Authentication as SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode SQL Server Authentication Set to Windows and SQL Server Goto Security > Logins > <Username> > R...

Introduction: Now that NAV 2017 Database is upgraded to Business Central v14 (Refer link ), it's time to connect your AL Development with your Business Central environment. One of the issues with this approach is that NAV Database does not have the symbols generated. Pre- requisites : - Upgraded DB from NAV to BC - VS Code & AL Language Extension - finsql.exe - Business Central On-Premise with Windows Client Books & References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-running-cside-and-al-side-by-side https://olisterr.blogspot.com/2020/04/resolving-tenant-default-is-not.html Demonstration: 1. Connect VS Code to Business Central Database: - Ensure that in Business Central Administration > Development > Enable Development Service Endpoint and Enable Debugging and Enable loading application symbol references at startup. Enable Development in Business Central Administration  - Ensure that the launch.json file in your project...

 Introduction: Now that the first step of the problem preprocessing of the NAV Database to make it ready to be migrated to BC is done(refer Part 1 ), we can now proceed further with connecting the database in Business Central On-Premise. Pre- requisites : Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft Dynamics for NAV Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Powershell ISE Understand NAV to BC Upgrade Considerations -  Click here Understand Upgrade Path -  Click here Books & References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/upgrade/upgrade-considerations#online https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/upgrade/upgrade-paths https://www.sauravdhyani.com/2018/10/msdyn365bc-data-upgrade-to-microsoft.html https://olisterr.blogspot.com/2022/03/how-to-upgrade-data-from-microsoft.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/upgrade/upgrade-permissions Demonstration: 1. Ins...