Microsoft Dynamics NAV Financial Management by Packt Publishing

This is my 3rd NAV book from Packt Publishing. Packed with only 112 pages of contents, this book gives a very good overview of what's available in NAV Financial Management Module. The coverage is broad but not depth in details. It touches all important functionalities that Finance users need to know with "just enough" information to understand and get started.

I would recommend this book to Finance users who are currently working on NAV. During project implentation, NAV Consultant may have skipped some functionalities which are not required at that time. This book will tell you the leftover. This book can also be used as a reference as and when needed.

This book is also useful for NAV consultant who are not specialized in Financial Management. Technical Consultant and Functional Consultant who specialized in modules other than Financial Management can use this book to get an overview what's in NAV Financial Management. It's always useful for all NAV Consultants to know Financial Management because it is the core module of ERP.

This book is also useful for NAV Finance Consultant who just get started on NAV. Experienced NAV Finance Consultant won't get much from this book.

Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV

This is the only Nav programming book available in the market. If this book was released a few years earlier, I think my experience in learning Navision will be much easier. I am the type who can learn best from book compared to other learning material. When I first started to learn Navision in Year 2005, I tried to get myself a book on Navision programming, but unfortunately, I was not able to find any book regarding Navision programming. Lacking of book in the market makes my Navision learning horrible compared to other programming tool that I have learned.

Programming Microsoft Dynamics Nav covers all the bolts and nuts that you need to get started on Navision programming. You don't need any prior Navision knowledge to read this book. This book is more suitable for beginners compared to experienced developers. Experienced developers should already know most of the stuffs in the book, but still can get some tips and trick from the book. This book was written based on Dynamics Nav 5.0 but you won't have much problem following the example in the book with Navision 4.0. The interface will be different and some of the advanced features such as XML Port may not be available if you are using versions older than Navision 4.0.

If you are not willing to invest on the book, the Application Designer Guide that comes together with Navision CD can be a good start. I learned Navision from the Application Designer Guide as well because I have no choice at that time. If David Studebaker has released the book earlier, I definitely won't mind to invest $59.99 for the book. What is $59.99 if it can help me learn Nav faster and easier.