Microsoft Dynamics NAV architecture
Before version 2009, Microsoft Dynamics NAV had a two-tier architecture.
In two-tier architectures (client/server data model), the data layers reside on the server and the application logic, presentation logic, and presentation layers reside on the client.
Starting from version 2009, Microsoft Dynamics NAV is composed of three major components (three-tier architecture), as follows:
- Data tier: A database (database server) where the data are stored. Actually Microsoft Dynamics NAV supports only Microsoft SQL Server as the database server.
- Middle or service tier: This is an application server. A NAV service that controls all the NAV business logic and operations.
- Client tier: This represents NAV clients and is the layer ...
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