Building ERP Solutions with Microsoft Dynamics NAV by Stefano Demiliani

Key FeaturesIntegrate NAV with various offerings of the Microsoft stack to create enterprise-ready and service-oriented solutionsUse Power BI and Universal Windows Platform for effective data analysis and real-time tracking with NAVDiscover the services offered by Microsoft Azure and implement them in different industries using real-world case scenariosBook DescriptionImplementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV in the real world often requires you to integrate the ERP with external applications or solve complex architectural tasks in order to have a final successful project. This book will show you how to extend a Microsoft Dynamics NAV installation to the enterprise world in a practical way.The book starts with an introduction to Microsoft Dynamics NAV architecture and then moves on to advanced topics related to implementing real-world solutions based on NAV and external applications. You will learn how an enterprise distributed architecture with NAV at the core can be implemented.Through a series of real-world cases on every topic and every industry (sales, retail, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, and so on), youll see step by step how to efficiently solve a technical problem. These common problems encountered in a NAV implementation will be solved using the entire technology stack that Microsoft offers.By the end of the book, you will have the knowledge to efficiently solve certain scenarios, you will know which is the best solution architecture to propose to a customer and how to implement it.What you will learnConfigure NAV Web Services and create external applications with Visual Studio, .NET, and .NET CoreSolve technical architectural problems by implementing enterprise solutions with NAVDevelop applications and solutions with Microsoft Dynamics NAV and the Microsoft technology stackCreate a Power BI dashboard for rich reporting and NAV data analysisFind out how to transmit your device location from a UWP application to NAV in order to implement a distributed solution for managing couriers in a sales companyMake the most of Microsoft Azure and its servicesCreate enterprise solutions with NAV by using Azure App ServiceUse Azure Service Bus for managing distributed NAV applicationsAbout the AuthorStefano Demiliani is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), MCSA, MCAD, MCTS on Microsoft Dynamics NAV, MCTS on Sharepoint, MCTS on SQL Server, and an expert on other Microsoft-related technologies.He has a masters degree in computer engineering from Politecnico of Turin. He works as a senior project manager and Solution Developer for EID (http://www.eid.it), a company that is part of the Navlab group (http://www.navlab.it), one of the biggest Microsoft Dynamics groups in Italy (where hes also the chief technical officer).He has a lot of experience in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (from the first versions of the ERP). His main activity is architecting and developing enterprise solutions based on the entire stack of Microsoft technologies (Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Sharepoint, Azure, Cloud apps, and .NET applications in general and OLAP and BI solutions for data analysis) and hes often focused on engineering distributed service-based applications.He works as a full-time NAV consultant (with over 15 years of experience in handling international NAV projects) and is available for architecting solutions based on Microsofts ERP as well as for NAV database tuning and optimization (performance and locking management) and for architecting cloud solutions and applications.Hes the author of various Microsoft Certified NAV add-ons (for example, the first cost accounting NAV add-on). He has written many articles and blogs on various Microsoft-related topics, and hes frequently involved in consulting and teaching. He has worked with Packt Publishing for many books on Microsoft Dynamics NAV.You can find out more about Stefano and get in touch with him by visiting http://www.demiliani.com or via Twitter (@demiliani) or LinkedIn.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Microsoft Dynamics NAV ArchitecturesConfiguring Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web ServicesCreating an Application Using NAV Web ServicesUsing NAV Web Services with Microsoft Power BIIntegrating NAV Web Services and External ApplicationsExtending NAV Pages with Control Add-insProgramming Universal Windows Apps with NAV and DevicesExploring Microsoft Azure and its ServicesWorking with NAV and Azure App ServiceImplementing a Message-Based Architecture with Azure Service Bus and NAV