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Retiring Dynamics GP or Dynamics NAV: the guides
Practical answers for controllers, CFOs, IT providers and migration teams preparing to leave Microsoft Dynamics GP.
01 — Start here
Plan the retirement
Dynamics GP end of life: dates and decisions
What Microsoft has announced, what still works, and what needs a plan now.
DecommissionHow to retire the GP server
A preservation, cutover, verification and shutdown checklist.
Project planDynamics GP migration checklist
Decisions and evidence to collect before, during and after go-live.
02 — Choose a strategy
Keep the records usable
Ways to keep GP history
Live read-only GP, backups, flat files, subscription tools and purpose-built archives.
Read-only GPKeeping GP running after migration
Costs, access, security, licensing questions and an exit plan.
SQL backupIs a SQL backup enough?
What a backup preserves, what users cannot do with it, and how to test recovery.
CostDynamics GP archive cost
Five-year cost categories and questions to ask each vendor.
ComparisonSubscription viewer or one-time archive?
Five-year cost, ownership and exit risk — and when each is genuinely the right answer.
ExportHow to export Dynamics GP data
SmartList, Integration Manager, SQL, CSV services and archive exports compared by purpose.
Search and queryHow to query old GP data
Ways controllers and analysts can answer historical questions after GP is gone.
03 — Migration and compliance
Prepare the data for real requests
Apply the guides to your own database.
The free assessment reports the companies, modules, dates, volumes and custom tables in your GP environment.
Dynamics NAV
Retiring Navision
NAV 2018 was the final release. Support for NAV 2017 ends January 2027 and NAV 2018 ends January 2028 — earlier deadlines than Dynamics GP.
Dynamics NAV end of life
The support dates, what actually stops working, and what to decide.
Business CentralNAV history after a BC migration
What moves, what stays behind, and where the rest of the history can live.
OptionsWays to keep NAV history
Dormant VM, SQL backup, Azure copy, subscription viewer or archive, compared.