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• Customizable, Role-Based User Interface — Microsoft Dynamics NAV 6.0 provides a more intuitive and customizable user interface (UI) called the RoleTailored client, which you can modify to support the job functions of different work roles in your organization. For each role that you support, you can create a customizable Role Center that displays key information that is required by that role and makes their day-to-day tasks easier to complete. For example, you can customize the sales order processor Role Center to display an interactive list of customers, daily activities, and sales information and also give users easy access to their Microsoft Office Outlook® e-mail, tasks, and calendar. Partners, administrators, and super users can customize the UI for specific roles, and individual users can also further personalize the UI to meet their specific needs

• Same Data, Different Clients — Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 includes a new object called a page. Pages are used in the same way as forms. However, unlike forms, pages can be displayed on multiple clients, including the RoleTailored client and a Web browser that displays Microsoft SharePoint® Services. This lets you display the same information from a Web site as you can display from a desktop client without writing additional code.

• Improved Report Design and Functionality — Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 offers an improved reporting experience. You can now create interactive reports to which you can add charts, graphs, tables, and other data presentation elements that were not available in previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. You can also save your reports in .pdf or .xls file formats.

• Business Connections with Web Services — Web services are a standard, widely used method for integrating applications and are supported in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009. By implementing Web services, you can access Microsoft Dynamics NAV data and business logic from outside the product in a standard, secure way. This enables you to connect Microsoft Dynamics NAV to other systems within an organization.

In the white paper, the following major areas are described:

• Architectural changes from a two- to a three-tier architecture, including a discussion of the new RoleTailored client and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server with Web services support.
• Development improvements and benefits for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, including the introduction of the new Page Designer, changes in Object Designer, and enhanced reporting using SQL Server® Reporting Services.
• Functionality that needs to be redesigned from a previous version to work in Microsoft Dynamics NAV ―6.0.
• Step-by-step walkthroughs that demonstrate new development features, including creating and modifying pages and creating a report.
• Appendix with a list of elements that have changed in the three-tier architecture.