If you are hosted on-premise or in a private cloud, it is easy to continue with business as usual and allow new updates to Business Central to pass you by. As new versions are released, you will find yourself more and more versions behind and a growing investment is needed to catch up.
With Microsoft updating Business Central every 6 months, the support lifecycle of Business Central is now around 560 days. We will always continue to support you, but being on an updated version allows you to take advantage of the latest features and ensure you don't get left behind.
With our Evergreen service, we plan a yearly upgrade as part of your BAU management of Business Central. The process involves:
- A proactive meeting to plan your upgrade
- Node4 will create an upgraded sandbox environment
- Managing any errors and fixing any issues
- Providing you with a list of areas to test as part of UAT
- Once your testing is completed, we schedule the live upgrade
- After the upgrade is completed, we will provide you with a full report on the new features, what major features will be deprecated in later versions and a roadmap containing a list of future recommendations
The aim is to ensure you are never more than two versions behind, so you can take advantage of new features, including any statutory requirements, and make the most of your Business Central investment.
