Mainstream support for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 ends as of January 13, 2015. This includes service pack and intermediate versions - 2009 SP1 and 2009 R2. Customers who are on an active service plan will continue to get access to support, but for everyone else, this is the end of the product lifetime.

Good news, everyone - we have the "NAV 2015 What's New - Technical" workshop content ready.

In line with our previous workshops on NAV 2013, 2013 R2 and 2009, it will give you a crash course on platform, administration and development environment changes in the latest incarnation of NAV.

Yesterday, on September 14th, Microsoft has presented Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 to partner representatives at Directions US. The general availability of new Dynamics NAV version, previously known as NAV "Crete" will be October 1st, 2014. This is a major product release and the focus is divided into three areas:

Microsoft has put up a customer oriented survey on CustomerSource to collect information on the upgrade situation across companies that have NAV implemented. To quote Microsoft:

Our "NAV 2013 What's New" workshops have just been updated with R2 content. To learn where you can join an upcoming class, please contact PDC at our training partner, 1ClickFactory.

Directions EMEA, an NAV focused conference for Microsoft partners and ISVs this year will held on 8-10th October, 2014 in Poznan, Poland.

This is the event to get an insight on all things NAV - broaden the application and technical knowledge, network with partners, ISVs and other channel professionals - get to know the NAV community. The event has grown from a first US only conference in 2005 to the huge sold out conferences in the last couple of years and the trend will likely continue with Directions EMEA 2014 in Poznan.