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Supported Upgrade Paths to Dynamics 365 Business Central Releases

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Business Central on-premises is available in several release versions. You can upgrade an existing Dynamics NAV or Business Central solution to any of these releases. Depending on your solution's current version, it might not be possible to upgrade directly to a particular release. You might have to upgrade indirectly through an intermediate release, before upgrading to the target release.

The following sections provide the supported upgrade paths to the different Business Central releases.

Note

Minor updates are regularly made available for each release wave. Not all minor updates between two releases are compatible. Make sure you upgrade to a release update that's compatible with your current version. Otherwise, you might encounter problems upgrading the application. For more information, see Dynamics 365 Business Central Upgrade Compatibility Matrix.

Upgrade to Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2 (v21)

Source version Path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central
 Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first.
  • Business Central v14
  • Business Central v15
  • Business Central v16
  • Business Central v17
  • Business Central v18
  • Business Central v19
  • Business Central v20
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Upgrade to Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1 (v20)

Source version Path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central
 Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first.
  • Business Central v14
  • Business Central v15
  • Business Central v16
  • Business Central v17
  • Business Central v18
  • Business Central v19
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Upgrade to Business Central 2021 Release Wave 2 (v19)

Source version Upgrade path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central v13
 Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first.
  • Business Central v14
  • Business Central v15
  • Business Central v16
  • Business Central v17
  • Business Central v18
 Direct

Upgrade to Business Central 2021 Release Wave 1 (v18)

Source version Upgrade path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central v13
 Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first.
  • Business Central v14
  • Business Central v15
  • Business Central v16
  • Business Central v17
 Direct

Upgrade to Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 (v17)

Source version Upgrade path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central v13
 Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first.
  • Business Central v14
  • Business Central v15
  • Business Central v16
 Direct

Upgrade to Business Central 2020 Release Wave 1 (v16)

Source version Upgrade path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central v13
 Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first.
  • Business Central v14
  • Business Central v15
 Direct

Note

As of October 2021, Business Central 2020 Release Wave 1 is no longer being updated.

Upgrade to Business Central 2019 Release Wave 2 (v15)

Source version Upgrade path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central v13
 Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first.
  • Business Central v14
 Direct

Note

As of April 2021, Business Central 2019 Release Wave 2 is no longer being updated.

Upgrade to Business Central Spring 2019 (v14)

Note

If you're coming from version 13 or earlier, Business Central Spring 2019 (v14) is a required step to upgrade to the latest version of Business Central. As of October 2021, new customers cannot use this version in production. Existing customers on this version remain supported by Microsoft as defined in the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.

Source version Upgrade path
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018
  • Business Central v13
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See Also

Upgrading to Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2
Upgrading to Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1
Upgrading to Business Central 2021 Release Wave 2
Upgrading to Business Central 2021 Release Wave 1
Upgrading to Business Central Spring 2019
Migrate to Business Central Online from Business Central On-premises
Migrating On-Premises Data to Business Central Online