Backup and Restore Company in NAV 2013 R2

Hi all,

The most awaited feature in NAV 2013 R2 by most of the consultants around the globe have been finally come as a work around. All Thanks to Microsoft Product Team.

In this post we will see the various ways of taking the Backup of the Database available in NAV 2013 R2 and in subsequent posts we will see how to take backup using Powershell and Windows Client.

** The NAV 2013 R2 Should Have the Build 7.1.36987 (Rollup 8).

Following 2 object use for import and export data

Export the Data using export data page:

Saves the export (*.NAVDATA) file

Once the export is done use the import data page to import company

(Note: if the import company already exists in current database than you need to rename/delete existing company)

Import Data:

Browse the (*.NAVDATA) file and import the company in database.

It will take some time to import new company. it is depends on your database size.