Learnings From Migrating to Business Central SaaS
- Mapping out a multi-step approach to mitigate risk
- Migration from C/AL to AL
- Data warehouse considerations – migrating to web services vs direct SQL access
- End-user change management – training users on the web client and other changes needed
- Data migration testing validation, including running SaaS in parallel with an “on-premise” install
- Sandboxes in SaaS, SQL database backups, and upgrade timing considerations
- Test suites as a way to build automation around upgrade testing
- Benefits of being on SaaS
