How toupgrade dynamics NAV 2009 R2 to NAV 2013?

jamieb

I have started upgrading my current version of Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 to Dynamics NAV 2016, I have visited many blogs to find an exact set of procedure that I can adopt for upgradation & Migration of entire database to a new version. The one that I found says 2009 R2 should be first moved to 2013 which acts as an intermediate version. I cannot find the minimum requirement and a set of step by step process on moving from 2009 R2 to 2013. Any help would be appreciated.

postsaurav

For Upgrading From NAV 2009 R2 To NAV 2016, its a two step process.

With Two step process means that you have to follow like this (Microsoft Decide this)-
1. NAV 2009 TO NAV 2013 / NAV 2013 R2 / NAV 2015
2. From NAV 2013 / NAV 2013 R2 / NAV 2015 TO NAV 2016.

For Upgrade, you need to do two steps -
1. Do an Object Merge for moving customization to Target Version.
For the Intermediate version, you can only merge tables (To hold data during data migration).

2. Do a Data Migration from NAV 2009 R2 To Intermediate Version and then from Intermediate Version to NAV 2016.

You can find Upgrade Toolkit objects in Product DVD -
Refer the product DVD Upgrade Toolkit.
For Steps, you can refer MSDN or any blog which list down steps which are standard.

** All these steps are only applicable if you are not using any addons. If there are any then the process may change based on changes in Add-on.

zohaibu95@hotmail.com

I have upgrade NAV 4.0 to NAV 2016 a month ago. I have prepared a guide. Have a look on it.

Basically to upgrade from 2009 to 2016 you have to follow the following path:
1. 2009 - 2013 - 2013R2 - 2016

There are 3 major steps of upgrading Dynamics NAV.
1. Upgrade the Database.
2. Compare and Merge the Application Code
3. Upgrade the Data.

I have used Merge tool for the upgrade process. Have a look on the guide and let me know if you need any help.

Please verify my answer if its help you.

virajc

Here are the steps to upgrade dynamics NAV 2009 R2 to NAV 2013.

Step 1 – Removing / converting the obsolete NAV objects
Microsoft 2009 R2 has Dataport & Form objects which are not supported by versions from NAV 2013 and later, this objects can be converted to supported versions by using Upgrade Toolkit & Transformation toolkit by Microsoft

Step 2 – Deleting Old Objects
Objects that are converted from Forms to Pages, Dataports to Xmlports, next should be deleted from 2009 Version to make it compatible with upper version.

Step 3 – Converting Database
Once step 1 & 2 are completed, the database of 2009 R2 version can directly be opened in upper version which should be Nav 2013 in this case.

Step 4 – Compiling objects in Nav 2013
During step 3 the inbuilt process of the upper version software will automatically alter, update all the formats supported in upper version and will provide a summary of conversion. Once Converted Compile all the objects.

Step 5 – Fixing CAL Code by Removing Form References
This is the main step for developers, once the database is converted, there could be uncompiled objects with message of unsupported form reference, This “Form::” references should be replaced by Page references, as “Form Objects” are not supported in any upper version.

Also check this video on Upgrading Dynamics Nav 2009 R2 version to Nav 2016 version

postsaurav

For Upgrading From NAV 2009 R2 To NAV 2016, its a two step process.

With Two step process means that you have to follow like this (Microsoft Decide this)-
1. NAV 2009 TO NAV 2013 / NAV 2013 R2 / NAV 2015
2. From NAV 2013 / NAV 2013 R2 / NAV 2015 TO NAV 2016.

For Upgrade, you need to do two steps -
1. Do an Object Merge for moving customization to Target Version.
For the Intermediate version, you can only merge tables (To hold data during data migration).

2. Do a Data Migration from NAV 2009 R2 To Intermediate Version and then from Intermediate Version to NAV 2016.

You can find Upgrade Toolkit objects in Product DVD -
Refer the product DVD Upgrade Toolkit.
For Steps, you can refer MSDN or any blog which list down steps which are standard.

** All these steps are only applicable if you are not using any addons. If there are any then the process may change based on changes in Add-on.

zohaibu95@hotmail.com

I have upgrade NAV 4.0 to NAV 2016 a month ago. I have prepared a guide. Have a look on it.

Basically to upgrade from 2009 to 2016 you have to follow the following path:
1. 2009 - 2013 - 2013R2 - 2016

There are 3 major steps of upgrading Dynamics NAV.
1. Upgrade the Database.
2. Compare and Merge the Application Code
3. Upgrade the Data.

I have used Merge tool for the upgrade process. Have a look on the guide and let me know if you need any help.

Please verify my answer if its help you.

kriki

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virajc

Here are the steps to upgrade dynamics NAV 2009 R2 to NAV 2013.

Step 1 – Removing / converting the obsolete NAV objects
Microsoft 2009 R2 has Dataport & Form objects which are not supported by versions from NAV 2013 and later, this objects can be converted to supported versions by using Upgrade Toolkit & Transformation toolkit by Microsoft

Step 2 – Deleting Old Objects
Objects that are converted from Forms to Pages, Dataports to Xmlports, next should be deleted from 2009 Version to make it compatible with upper version.

Step 3 – Converting Database
Once step 1 & 2 are completed, the database of 2009 R2 version can directly be opened in upper version which should be Nav 2013 in this case.

Step 4 – Compiling objects in Nav 2013
During step 3 the inbuilt process of the upper version software will automatically alter, update all the formats supported in upper version and will provide a summary of conversion. Once Converted Compile all the objects.

Step 5 – Fixing CAL Code by Removing Form References
This is the main step for developers, once the database is converted, there could be uncompiled objects with message of unsupported form reference, This “Form::” references should be replaced by Page references, as “Form Objects” are not supported in any upper version.

Also check this video on Upgrading Dynamics Nav 2009 R2 version to Nav 2016 version

jamieb

Thank you all