Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment Requirements

The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment.

Supported operating systems	Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (32-bit and 64-bit editions). Windows 8.1 Professional or Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit editions). Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit editions). Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit editions). Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition). Windows Server 2012 Standard or Essentials (64-bit edition).
Hardware resources	Hard disk space: 200 MB. Memory: 1 GB.
Reports	Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 to run reports that use RDLC report layouts. Microsoft Visual Studio or SQL Server Report Builder for creating and editing RDLC report layouts. The following versions and editions are supported: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium, or Ultimate edition. Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Professional, Premium, or Ultimate edition. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Professional or Enterprise edition with SQL Server Data Tools installed. Important Before you install Visual Studio, install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6; otherwise, an error will occur when you compile or run RDLC reports. For more information, see Report error “Visual Basic Command Line Compiler has stopped working”. SQL Server Report Builder 3.0 for Microsoft SQL Server 2014, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1, or Microsoft SQL Server 2012. SQL Server Report Builder 3.0 for Microsoft SQL Server 2014, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1, or Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to upgrade reports. Word 2013 to create Word report layouts.
Additional software	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2.
Additional information	Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Setup installs the following software if it is not already present in the target computer: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2. SQL Server Native Client 11.0. Microsoft Report Viewer 2015. SQL Server Report Builder 3.0 for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. This is not installed if a version of SQL Server Report Builder or Microsoft Visual Studio is already present on the target computer If the development environment and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server are on the same computer, then only a 64-bit operating system is supported.

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