Sofia Event Center May 2014 Aleksandar Totović ERP Consulting Director, NPS Serbia Deploying Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 ’ON’ Windows Azure

Agenda What is Microsoft Dynamics NAV What is Windows Azure? How to sign-up? Preparing for NAV Deploying Network Topologies Deploying NAV on Windows Azure Administration Tools Management & User Experience Why?

Enterprise Resource Planning Microsoft Dynamics Family What’s Microsoft Dynamics NAV?

What is Windows Azure? Microsof t Cloud Platform Open Flexible Scalable

“The sky's the limit.” Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote, 1605 “The sky's No limit at all, be a dreamer.” Jeanne Tessier Barone 1996.

How to sign-up? 1 minute 1)Windows Azure Management Portal 2)Sign-up with: a)Windows Live ID (MS Account) b)Organizational Account

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Preparing for Deploying 1)Install Windows Azure Cmdlets module 2)Configure Link with Windows Azure 3)Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile 4) px 5)Follow Instructions 6)Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile C:\.publishsettings

Preparing for Deploying Prepare NAV installation DVD Change Actual License on Installation DVD Change Database (*.bak) on Installation DVD Copy WindowsPowerShellScripts folder Scripts Customization We use only PowerShellWe use only PowerShell

PowerShell Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Administration Shell Windows PowerShell ISE – easier! Import commands from NAV module

PowerShell – scripts 1.We use following PS scripts: a)Set-PartnerSettings->Set-PartnerSettings- CUSTOM b)Example-1VM c)Example-2VM 2.Customization only in new folder

Network Topology Types Two topology types:

NAV Deploying Process on Azure Import Set-PartnerSettings-CUSTOM Run Example-1VM or Example-2VM Waiting minutes

Results 1.Website on IIS; NAV Web client instance; https 2.NAV Server instance connected with NAV database 3.NAV database: a)License Configured b)Company Created c)One User with SUPER role 4.NavUserPassword authentication type 5.NAV Windows Client available through ClickOnce 6.NAV Web Client available through Web Browser

What Missing? 1.SOAP a)Port Assign b)Service Activate 2.OData a)Port Assign b)Service Activate

Administration Tools Windows Azure Management Portal Only PowerShell by default There are other tools by additional installation o Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Administration o Visual Studio...

User Experience Demo

Multi-tenancy What is Multi-tenancy? Why use Multi-tenancy? Topology Changes

Network Topology Types Single-Instance Multiple-Company Multiple-InstanceMulti-Tenants

Migration on Multi-Tenancy Initial Database Creation App Database Export App Tables Removing from Initial Database Mounting Tenants with App Database

Migration on Multi-Tenancy Initial Database Creation App Database Export App Tables Removing from Initial Database Mounting Tenants with App Database

Why? Simple Administration Knowledge Not Needed Security Possible Mix of Topologies Lower Cost at Start Predictable Operating Costs...

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