Employee Portal for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 benefits
Published: October 13, 2005
Employee Portal for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 (formerly Microsoft Navision) gives your staff easy access to the critical business information they need to get their jobs done—even if they are not rich-client Microsoft Dynamics NAV users. Using Microsoft SharePoint, employees can work with real-time data directly from Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0, including sales orders, invoices, customer information, and reports.
This fact page offers an overview of the key benefits, features, and system requirements of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Employee Portal.
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Key benefits
This cost-efficient Web interface enables you to make Microsoft Dynamics NAV data available to employees through your corporate intranet with minimal effort. Some additional benefits of implementing this employee Web portal follow.
Increases employee productivity
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Employee Portal saves your employees time by granting them immediate access to analytical reports, up-to-date integrated data, and sales and service tools stored in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. With the critical enterprise data they need just a mouse click away, employees can make better informed busines decisions.
Easy to use
Developed with the user in mind, Employee Portal is both intuitive and simple to use. Employees who have used a Microsoft program or the Internet before have the experience they need to begin working in this Web interface. Rather than trying to learn a new system, employees can focus on the tasks at hand.
Simple to set up
The Employee Portal framework requires minimal programming. This toolkit comes with out-of-the-box Microsoft .NET–based Web parts that your system administrator or Microsoft partner can easily configure on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 back end. Data modified through Microsoft Dynamics NAV Employee Portal is immediately updated directly in your Microsoft Dynamics NAV business system.
Reduces training time and costs
Your employees can start working with this integrated Web portal immediately, just by browsing to your organization's Microsoft SharePoint intranet site. Because there's no user ramp up time, you save on training costs. And because Microsoft SharePoint is included in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you don't have to purchase any additional software.
Portal features
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Employee Portal, included with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Service Pack 1, was designed to help your employees perform their jobs more efficiently. This toolkit offers a number of key features.
Integration with Microsoft SharePoint
By integrating with SharePoint, the Microsoft intranet standard, Employee Portal helps members of your staff who aren't Microsoft Dynamics NAV users share data and documents over your corporate network. Microsoft SharePoint can scale to thousands of sites within an organization. In addition, it offers encrypted communication and detailed security options for easy management.
Out-of-the-box Web parts
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Employee Portal includes three Microsoft .NET Web parts:
| • | List Web part. Ideal for displaying data in a tabular manner, such as a list of customers or vendors. |
| • | Header-line Web part. Shows items with both header and line information, such as orders or price quotes. |
| • | Card Web part. Gives a more detailed view of data in a card-like manner, such as a customer card. |
By setting up these Web parts in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and dragging them to the desired page in Microsoft SharePoint, your system administrator or Microsoft partner can integrate your company intranet with your Microsoft Dynamics NAV business system. This allows users to view up-to-date sales, customer, and other business-critical information.
Multilanguage capability
Information can be made available in multiple languages to meet the needs of your users.
Secure Web access
Employees can work with data from Microsoft Dynamics NAV directly on the corporate intranet, without having to be set up and trained in the business software system. The system encrypts communication to secure your data.
User and group-based access control
The Web interface lets you manage content and access by user or group. For example, you can create workgroup intranets that filter information by specific interest, such as a portal focused on the launch of a new product. In addition, users can personalize their intranet settings and default properties.
System requirements
To obtain all the features mentioned on this page, several modules and technologies are required.
Server environment
| • | Microsoft Windows Server 2003, including: | • | Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack (SP) 1 | | • | Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 | | • | Microsoft J# Redistributable Package 1.1 (plug-in) | | • | Microsoft Message Queuing | | • | Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.01 Database Server or SQL Option |
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| • | Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.01 Application Server |
Client
| • | Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.01 |
Web client
| • | You must be running one of the following browsers with Microsoft Dynamics NAV Employee Portal: | • | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 with SP 2 | | • | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 with SP 2 | | • | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 with SP 2 | | • | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 | | • | Netscape Navigator 6.2 or later | | • | Mozilla 1.4 or later |
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