Upgrading Business Central on-premises means going online or configuring your set-up on-cloud. Data can be migrated from the earlier versions of Business Central such as 14, 15, 16, and 17. Current users can also switch to cloud from version 19.
To upgrade Business Central on-premises, you are required to set up a connection between your Business Central on-premises wherein you can manage cloud migration by going through Cloud Migration Management Page.
The next step is to manage data migration by running the migration tool. This process goes can be performed in a single step but with limited options of migration troubleshooting. To run customized migration suited to your specific data transformation needs, experts at Dynamics Square can help.
You can run on-premises data migration in two steps:
Data Replication
This is the step that starts when you allow 'Set Up Cloud Migration'. Once the process reaches to end, you will have the backup or copy of the on-premises data through you can very whether the migration went successful or not.
Data Upgrade
This is the process that starts when you allow 'Run Data Upgrade Now' using the 'Cloud Migration Management Page' in your Business Central account.
After a successful migration, you are needed to test the performed data migration. To perform so, you need to run the data replication and then create a 'Sandbox' environment to ensure a safer data upgrade.
To run data migration, you are required to have hard-core technical expertise in Business Central Data Migration. At Dynamics Square, we can perform such data migration as customized as suited to your current as well as futuristic business needs while applying secure, and productive methodologies.