Move from Dynamics NAV to Business Central — without the risk.
Microsoft's support for Dynamics NAV is running out: NAV 2016 left extended support in April 2026, with NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 following in January 2027 and 2028. Business Central is NAV's direct successor — the same product DNA, re-engineered for the cloud. We've moved hundreds of companies across with zero data loss, minimal disruption, and a timeline measured in weeks, not months.
Microsoft
Solutions Partner
20+ yrs
of NAV & Business Central experience
Hundreds
of migrations completed
Zero
data loss guarantee
Sound familiar?
Still Running Dynamics NAV? The Clock Is Now Real
This isn't a soft 'you should upgrade eventually.' Microsoft has published the end-of-support dates, and every month on legacy NAV adds risk that has nothing to do with features.
Support has run out — or is about to
Dynamics NAV 2016 left extended support on April 14, 2026, with NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 reaching end of life in January 2027 and January 2028. Once a version's date passes, security patches stop — a compliance and audit exposure for the system holding your customer, employee, and transaction data.
The NAV talent pool is shrinking
Most partners and developers have moved on. Finding someone who still speaks C/AL and understands your version gets harder and more expensive every year you wait.
Years of aging customizations
Undocumented C/AL modifications have piled up since go-live. Nobody fully remembers why half of them exist — and they quietly block every upgrade you consider.
On-prem cost and fragility
Servers to patch, backups to babysit, and a version that never updates itself. The total cost of standing still is higher than teams realize until something breaks.
Reporting still means exporting to Excel
Month-end runs on spreadsheets pulled out of NAV and stitched together by hand. Leadership decides on numbers that are already stale, and nobody has one live, trusted picture of the business.
Falling further behind every release
Business Central ships twice a year. A frozen NAV version doesn't — so the gap between what your system does and what your team needs widens with every wave you sit out.
The platform
Business Central Is NAV's Successor — Modernized, Not Replaced
Business Central isn't a rip-and-replace to a foreign platform. It's the same product lineage as Navision and Dynamics NAV, re-engineered for the cloud with a modern extension model. Your team keeps the concepts and workflows they already know and gains continuous updates, real-time reporting, and a system that stops getting harder to upgrade. The move preserves what works and retires what doesn't.
The Same Product DNA
General ledger, dimensions, posting logic, and the roles your team already knows carry forward. This is an upgrade of a familiar system, not a leap to something unrecognizable.
Cloud With Continuous Updates
No more version freezes. Business Central updates itself twice a year with no server to patch, so you never fall this far behind again.
Modern Extensions, Not Bolted-On Code
AL extensions and AppSource apps replace fragile C/AL modifications, so future upgrades stay clean and low-risk instead of getting harder every year.
Real-Time Reporting
Power BI reads your ERP data directly for live, drillable dashboards — one trusted set of numbers instead of a dozen conflicting month-end spreadsheets.
Lower Cost, Lower Risk
Cloud SaaS retires the servers, patching, backups, and aging customizations NAV demands — and puts you back inside Microsoft's supported lifecycle.
Future-Proof, AI-Ready
Copilot is built into Business Central and grounded in your own data, so AI assistance is there to adopt on your schedule — upside you grow into, not another project to buy.
Core capabilities
What a NAV → Business Central Upgrade Involves
An upgrade is more than a version bump. It's an honest readiness check, a clean data move, a plan for every customization and add-on, and a cutover your business barely feels.
Assessment & Readiness
The first job is understanding exactly what you're upgrading from — every object, modification, and integration point, documented before anyone touches anything.
Outcomes
What Upgrading Off NAV Delivers
The point isn't just to beat a deadline — it's to come out the other side on a supported, modern platform that costs less to run.
data loss at cutover
Full history preserved and provably reconciled.
of legacy customizations retired
Technical debt shed instead of carried forward.
typical upgrade timeline
Weeks, not months — with a phased plan up front.
lifecycle, for good
Two automatic releases a year keep you current.
Why Qixas
Why Qixas for Your NAV Upgrade
A lot of firms will happily 'move you to the cloud.' Very few still genuinely understand the system you're leaving. Qixas has spent 20+ years inside Navision and Dynamics NAV — from the 3.x days through NAV 2018 — with hundreds of migrations completed. That depth is what turns a risky, drawn-out NAV upgrade into a predictable one.
Deep, current NAV expertise — Navision 3.x through NAV 2018 and C/AL, so nothing about your source system is guesswork
Customization rationalization, not lift-and-shift — most clients eliminate 40–60% of legacy modifications instead of carrying debt forward
Finance-led migration with reconciliation gates — balances, subledgers, and dimensions provably tie out before cutover
Parallel running with a real rollback path — we cut over around your quiet periods with a documented safety net
ISV add-ons mapped, not migrated blindly — legacy bolt-ons replaced with native BC features or modern AppSource apps
Set up to modernize — we configure the foundation so reporting, automation, and Copilot deliver real value after go-live
Client stories
NAV Upgrades, Completed With Zero Data Loss
Mid-market companies that moved off legacy Dynamics NAV onto Business Central with Qixas — history intact, business uninterrupted.
“The migration from NAV was seamless. Zero downtime, zero data loss — and the team was productive on Business Central almost immediately.”
COO
National Distributor
“We'd been stuck on an old NAV version for years because every upgrade looked terrifying. Qixas mapped every customization and got us onto Business Central without the drama.”
Finance Director
Health Food Retailer
“Half the add-ons we'd stacked on NAV over the years simply weren't needed anymore — Business Central does it natively. Fewer vendors, one platform, a lower monthly bill.”
Operations Director
Pet Food Distributor
NAV support is running out. Your options aren't.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions, Answered
When does Dynamics NAV actually reach end of support?
Is Business Central really the same product as NAV?
What happens to our NAV customizations?
How safe is our data during the migration?
How long does a NAV to Business Central upgrade take?
Get a Clear, Week-by-Week Path Off Legacy NAV
Start with a free NAV upgrade readiness assessment. We'll inventory your system, map every customization and add-on, and give you a realistic timeline and budget range — with zero data loss and no commitment.