The following sections list the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018. Minimum means that later versions (such as SP1, SP2, or R2 versions) of a required software product are also supported.
Note
Dynamics NAV Setup installs some software if it is not already present in the target computer. For more information, see the "Additional Information" section for each component.
Client Components
Dynamics NAV Windows Client Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client.
Item
Requirements
Supported operating systems
Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (32-bit and 64-bit editions). Important: Windows 10 S is not supported.
Windows 8.1 Professional or Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit editions).
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server, version 1809 or later
Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, or Datacenter.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition).
Windows Server 2012 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition).
Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office 2016, or Microsoft Office 2013 SP1.
Email logging
Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server 2019, Exchange Server 2016, or Exchange Server 2013.
Microsoft Exchange Online, or Exchange Online as part of a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Additional software
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 or 4.8.
Additional information
Dynamics NAV Setup installs the following software if it is not already present in the target computer:
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.
The Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client is available in a 32-bit version and 64-bit version. On a 32-bit Windows operating system, the 32-bit version is run. On a 64-bit Windows operating system, the 64-bit version is run by default; however, you can also run the 32-bit version if it is required.
Dynamics NAV Setup can only install the Excel Add-in if Excel is present on the target computer.
Outlook synchronization is not supported on 64-bit versions of Office.
Dynamics NAV Development Environment Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment.
Item
Requirements
Supported operating systems
Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (32-bit and 64-bit editions).
Windows 8.1 Professional or Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit editions).
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server, version 1809 or later
Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, or Datacenter.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition).
Windows Server 2012 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition).
Visual Studio 2015 Professional or Enterprise edition with SQL Server Data Tools installed. Important: Before you install Visual Studio 2015, install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7; otherwise, an error will occur when you compile or run RDLC reports. For more information, see Report error "Visual Basic Command Line Compiler has stopped working".
For upgrading reports:
Report Builder for SQL Server 2016
For creating Word report layouts:
Word 2013 or later
Additional software
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 or 4.8.
Additional information
Dynamics NAV Setup installs the following software if it is not already present in the target computer:
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.
SQL Server Native Client 11.0*.
Report Builder for SQL Server 2016 (cumulative update 40 and earlier). Report Builder 15.0 for SQL Server 2019 (cumulative update 41 and later)
This is not installed if a version of SQL Server Report Builder or Microsoft Visual Studio is already present on the target computer.
If the development environment and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server are on the same computer, then only a 64-bit operating system is supported.
* Starting with cumulative update 41, SQL Server Native Client is no longer be installed by Setup or included on the installation media (DVD). This change doesn't affect the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment installation if you upgrading from an earlier version, because the prerequisite should already have been installed. However, for a clean installation of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment, you'll have to manually install the SQL Server Native Client; otherwise, you may experience problems connecting the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment to the database. For more information about how to install this prerequisite, see Installation Notes.
Dynamics NAV Web Client Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Dynamics NAV Web client.
Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, or Microsoft Microsoft 365.
Printing reports to Excel or Word
Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, or Microsoft Microsoft 365.
Additional information
If you experience problems using the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client, you can try to turn off browser tools, such as translator tools that may run in the background. Similarly, if you use zoom functionality in your browser or from a third-party tool, then elements may appear (or disappear) depending on screen size.
Dynamics NAV Tablet Client and Phone Client (in a Browser) Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Phone client running in a browser when used for development and testing purposes.
Item
Requirements
Server component
Identical to the Dynamics NAV Web client.
Supported browsers
The following desktop browsers are supported:
Microsoft Edge
Internet Explorer 11 (build 11.0.9600.17239 or later) for Windows 10 and for Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
Dynamics NAV Setup installs the following software if it is not already present on the target computer:
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.
Windows Identity Foundation*.
Report Builder for SQL Server 2016 (cumulative update 40 and earlier). Report Builder 15.0 for SQL Server 2019 (cumulative update 41 and later)
This is not installed if a version of SQL Server Report Builder or Microsoft Visual Studio is already present on the target computer.
* Starting with cumulative update 41, Windows Identity Foundation is added to the product by Nuget. It's not installed by Setup.
Dynamics NAV Web Server Components Requirements
Item
Requirements
Supported operating systems
Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit edition)
Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit edition).
Windows Server 2022 Standard or Datacenter.
Windows Server 2019 Standard, Essentials, or Datacenter.
Windows 8.1 Professional or Enterprise (64-bit edition).
Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, or Datacenter.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition).
Windows Server 2012 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition).
Web server
Internet Information Server 10, Internet Information Server 8.5, or Internet Information Server 8.0.
Additional software
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 or 4.8.
Windows PowerShell 4.0.
Additional information
Dynamics NAV Setup installs the following software if it is not already present on the target computer.
Microsoft .NET Core 1.0 Windows Server Hosting. This is installed by Dynamics NAV Setup if not already present.
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.
Internet Information Server 10, Internet Information Server 8.5, or Internet Information Server 8.0, depending in the operating system, with the required features enabled.
Unless explicitly stated, all released Service Packs and Cumulative Updates of the above Microsoft SQL Server versions are supported. It is recommended to always be on the latest released Service Pack and Cumulative Update.
Additional information
Dynamics NAV Setup installs the following software if it is not already present on the target computer:
SQL Server 2016 Express (64-bit edition). If the operating system on the target computer does not support SQL Server 2016 Express, Setup displays a pre-requisite warning. In this case you should exit Setup and then update the operating system on the computer to one that does support SQL Server 2016 Express. Then run Setup again.
Dynamics NAV Help Server Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Dynamics NAV Help Server.
Item
Requirements
Supported operating systems
Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit edition)
Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit editions).
Windows 8.1 Professional or Enterprise (64-bit edition).
Windows Server 2022 Standard or Datacenter.
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server, version 1809 or later
Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, or Datacenter.
Windows Server 2012.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials.
Hardware resource
Hard disk space: 500 MB.
Memory: 2 GB.
Web server
Internet Information Server 10, Internet Information Server 8.5, or Internet Information Server 8.0.
Additional software
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 or 4.8.
Additional information
Dynamics NAV Setup installs the following software if it is not already present on the target computer.
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.
Internet Information Server 10, Internet Information Server 8.5, or Internet Information Server 8.0. depending on the operating system, with the required features enabled.
Windows Search must be enabled on the computer that you install the Dynamics NAV Help Server on. If you install on Windows Server 2012, and Windows Search is not enabled as a file service, Dynamics NAV Setup adds the service. However, the changes do not take effect until the computer has restarted.
Additional Components and Features
Automated Data Capture System Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for Automated Data Capture System (ADCS) for Dynamics NAV.
Item
Requirements
Additional software
MSXML version 6.0.
Telnet or Microsoft Windows HyperTerminal.
VT100 Plug-in for each computer on which you install ADCS.
Microsoft Loopback Adapter.
Additional information
HyperTerminal is no longer included with Windows. For more information, see What happened to HyperTerminal? in the Windows Help.
VT100 Plug-in acts as a virtual Telnet server.
Business Inbox in Microsoft Outlook Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for using Dynamics NAV as your business inbox in Outlook.
Item
Requirements
Supported Outlook Applications
Outlook 2013 or later
Outlook Web App
OWA for iPad
OWA for iPhone
OWA for Android.
Supported Exchange Servers
Exchange Online
Exchange Server 2019
Exchange Server 2016
Exchange Server 2013. In deployments that use Exchange Server, the Exchange PowerShell endpoint must be accessible by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server.
Supported Authentication
The Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server must be configured to run with NavUserPassword, ACS, or AAD Credentials Type. Also, the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client must be configured for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
Supported Browsers
When using the Outlook Web App (OWA), your computer must be running a supported browser listed in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client Requirements.
Supported Operating Systems
When using OWA for iPad, OWA for iPad, or OWA for Android, your mobile device must use a supported Operating System listed in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Universal App Requirements.
Microsoft Outlook Add-In Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Dynamics NAV Add-In for Outlook for synchronization with Outlook.
Item
Requirements
Supported Outlook Applications
Outlook 2019
Outlook 2016
Outlook 2013 SP1
Outlook 2010 SP2 (32-bit edition).
Supported Exchange Servers
Exchange Server 2019
Exchange Server 2016
Exchange Server 2013
Exchange Online.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales Integration Requirements
The following table shows the system requirements for integrating Dynamics NAV with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales.
Item
Requirements
Microsoft Dynamics CRM versions
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 or Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Note: AD, IFD and Claims authentication types are supported for above editions.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1, or Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update 1 or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Note: Oauth and Office365 authentication types are supported for these editions.
Dynamics NAV as an App for SharePoint Requirements
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for Dynamics NAV as an App for SharePoint.
Item
Requirements
Supported operating systems
Windows 8.1 Professional or Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit editions).
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server, version 1809 or later
Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, or Datacenter.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter (64-bit edition).
Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter (64-bit edition).
Additional software
SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1.
SharePoint Online.
Automated Deployment on Microsoft Azure Requirements
Automated deployment of Dynamics NAV on Microsoft Azure by using the provisioning tools is only supported on Azure virtual machines that are running Windows Server 2012. For additional requirements for specific Dynamics NAV components, refer to the other sections in this topic.