Supported Upgrade Paths to Dynamics 365 Business Central Releases
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.
- Starting in 2025 release wave 1 (v26), the direct upgrade from Business Central 2019 (v14) to the latest release will no longer be supported. The supported upgrade path will be through 2024 release wave 2 (v25).
Upgrade to Business Central 2024 Release Wave 1 (v24)
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Direct to version 24 |
Upgrade to Business Central 2023 Release Wave 2 (v23)
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Direct to version 23 |
Upgrade to Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1 (v22)
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
Upgrade to Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2 (v21)
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
Upgrade to Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1 (v20)
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
Upgrade to Business Central 2021 Release Wave 2 (v19)
Source version | Upgrade path |
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
Upgrade to Business Central 2021 Release Wave 1 (v18)
Source version | Upgrade path |
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
Upgrade to Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 (v17)
Source version | Upgrade path |
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
Upgrade to Business Central 2020 Release Wave 1 (v16)
Source version | Upgrade path |
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
Note
Version 16.17 (published October 2021) is the last update for Business Central 2020 release wave 1.
All version 16 updates are compatible for upgrade with Business Central 2022 release wave 1 (version 20) and later release waves.
Upgrade to Business Central 2019 Release Wave 2 (v15)
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Indirect. Upgrade to Business Central v14 first. |
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Direct |
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Version 15.18 (published in April 2021) is the last update for Business Central 2019 release wave 2.
All version 15 updates are compatible for upgrade with Business Central 2021 release wave 2 (version 19) and later release waves.
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. However, mainstream support for version 14 ends in October 2023, and minor updates to the version are no longer available. New customers can't use version 14 in production, but only as a path for upgrading to latest version. Existing customers on version 14 remain supported by Microsoft as defined in the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.
All version 14 updates are compatible with any update version of Business Central 2024 release wave 1 and later release waves.
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Direct |
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