All you need to know about SQL Server build numbers:

ukdynsupport — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:04:16 GMT

If you are using the SQL Server database option with any of the Microsoft Dynamics products you will know that the SQL Server engine is a critical component of the overall Dynamics solution. Many of the issues we work on can be traced back to the behaviour of SQL Server rather than anything specific to the Dynamics product. Therefore, the version and build number of SQL Server deployed at your customer site can be just as important as the Dynamics product version details. The easiest way to establish the SQL Server build number is to simply run the following TSQL statement and include the result with any Service Request placed with Microsoft: SELECT @@VERSION.

The result will look something like this:

In fact, the only part we need to know from the above information is the number in bold, ie: 9.00.3200.00. Including this detail when opening a service request can expedite the response significantly. We can tell a lot from this build number; see below for the corresponding SQL version information for all major releases of SQL Server going back to version 7.0:

Please note that the above is a simple list of all the major builds of SQL Server since version 7.0 and does not show what builds are supported for each Dynamics product and version. Such details will be the subject of future blogs and can be found in product documentation and Knowledge Base articles in the meantime.

See the following KB article for more details about recent SQL Server version history: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/en-us

I hope you find the above information helpful.

Best regards,

Gerard Conroy
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Support Engineer

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 SP3 / Dynamics NAV 5.0 Business Analytics Configurator for Microsoft Windows 64-Bit Architecture

ukdynsupport — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:25:00 GMT

Since the release of Intel and AMD multi-core processors it has become increasingly affordable for small and mid-sized businesses utilizing Dynamics NAV to harness the power of the 64-bit architecture for their Business Intelligence needs through Microsoft Dynamics NAV Business Analytics. This has revealed a problem with the current Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 SP3/Dynamics NAV 5.0 - SQL 2005 configurator (available on PartnerSource).

The issue is that when attempting to import the FIN.FLF license through the new configurator to initiate the Business Analytics Advance offering on a 64-Bit Windows, you would get the error "BA Advanced has wrong version."

The product team has released a new configurator to resolve this Business Analytics configurator 64-bit architecture incompatibility issue. Please review the KB article id 943150 on PartnerSource >> Knowledge Base or the direct link below to read more about it:

https://mbs.microsoft.com/knowledgebase/KBDisplay.aspx?WTNTZSMNWUKNTMMYVLXUZLWUKKQPOVRVKULWTSLNNOSUXPOTXVUYNPKUZPXQYQRU

To resolve this issue please create a Support Request through PartnerSouce >> Support >> New Support Request and request the new configurator as stated in this KB article. The Support Request will be free of charge. This configurator is not available for public download because it is intended to resolve this specific issue. I would personally not recommend that you run this configurator on the 32-Bit environment.

Best Regards,

Zeeshan Mehdi

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Support Engineer

UK Microsoft Dynamics Support Team Blog : Business Analytics

All you need to know about SQL Server build numbers:

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 SP3 / Dynamics NAV 5.0 Business Analytics Configurator for Microsoft Windows 64-Bit Architecture