DYNAMICS GP & NAV TO NETSUITE
Microsoft Dynamics GP and Dynamics NAV both reach end of life on April 30, 2031 . After that, there will be no service plan renewals, no additional licenses, no security updates, and no regulatory or tax patches. Every year you wait narrows your window, increases your cost, and deepens your dependency on a platform with a known expiration date. Folio3 helps you migrate from legacy ERP systems to NetSuite.
The clock is already ticking, and the time to migrate from Microsoft Dynamics GP and NAV to NetSuite is now.
| Milestone | Dynamics GP | Dynamics NAV |
|---|---|---|
| New perpetual license sales ended | April 1, 2026 | April 30, 2021 |
| New subscription sales ended | April 1, 2026 | April 30, 2031 |
| Product support and updates end | December 31, 2029 | January 2028 |
| Security patches and updates end | April 30, 2031 | — |
| End of sale | April 30, 2031 | April 30, 2031 |
| Service Plan coverage ends | April 30, 2031 | April 30, 2031 |
If you’re migrating off Dynamics GP, the obvious question is why not just move to Microsoft’s recommended successor, Business Central.
For some organizations, Business Central is a reasonable destination. But being Microsoft’s recommended successor to GP doesn’t automatically make Business Central the right ERP for every organization.
For mid-market companies with increasingly complex operations, specialized industry requirements, extensive integrations, or ambitions to build a more sophisticated enterprise architecture, Business Central is not ideal.
NetSuite is the strategic destination for your business because it is built for continuous innovation, unified data, cloud-first operations, and AI-powered processes. On the other hand, Microsoft Dynamics GP and NAV were built for on-premises infrastructure.
NetSuite wasn’t assembled from a finance system plus a stack of add-ons. It was built on a single cloud platform from day one. Finance, CRM, inventory, order management, procurement, and reporting all live in one system.
NetSuite ships updates twice a year at no additional cost. AI is embedded across core workflows today, from AI-powered bank reconciliation, intelligent close management, Ask Oracle, to automated payment matching.
NetSuite handles complexity as a core feature. Subsidiaries, consolidations, currency transition, intercompany automation, and global reporting are native capabilities.
44,000+ global customers run their business on NetSuite. It’s the platform of record for mid-market and enterprise organizations across industries.
Our Dynamics to NetSuite migration methodology combines data assessment, business process review, mapping, transformation, validation, and controlled cutover to establish a reliable NetSuite environment without carrying legacy GP structures into the new platform.
We start by examining how Dynamics GP or NAV is configured and used across your organization. The assessment establishes the scope of the migration and identifies legacy functionality that needs to be redesigned in NetSuite.
We translate the assessment into a practical migration plan that accounts for both the source systems and the desired NetSuite operating model. The plan establishes how data will move from source systems to NetSuite, required reconciliation checkpoints, and more.
We review the source Dynamics GP and NAV modules individually to determine the appropriate NetSuite treatment, including General Ledger, Receivables Management, Payables Management, Sales Order Processing, Inventory Management, and more.
Before extracting information from GP or NAV, we assess whether the source data is suitable for conversion. Our review looks for customer and vendor records that can be consolidated, inactive items and discontinued products, unused dimensions, and more.
We use the migration as an opportunity to establish a NetSuite structure that supports the current business. We address NetSuite subsidiaries and organizational relationships, CoA, customer and vendor hierarchy, item and inventory organization, and more.
Source data is prepared according to the NetSuite target model. Transformation includes consolidating legacy accounts into a redesigned NetSuite CoA, reorganizing warehouse information, normalizing item identifiers, aligning customer naming conventions, etc.
Financial data conversion receives additional controls to establish an auditable financial starting point in NetSuite. We convert opening trial balances, GL history, open receivables, open payables, unreconciled bank items, inventory balances, historical journals, and more.
Our data migration experts review the migration requirements along with NetSuite configuration to ensure that converted data has an appropriate destination. We use standard NetSuite configuration, custom fields, custom segments, workflows, saved searches, etc.
We identify dependencies of Dynamics GP/NAV environments on CRM platforms, ecommerce applications, warehouse management systems, online marketplaces, and determine whether each integration should be replaced, rebuilt, retired, temporarily maintained, or reconfigured.
We perform test conversions before production migration. Testing includes master data validation, transaction validation, record count comparison, trail balance reconciliation, AP and AR reconciliation, inventory reconciliation, fixed asset validation, and more.
Your business users validate the converted NetSuite environment using realistic scenarios and representative data. This includes NetSuite navigation, financial transactions, customer and vendor management, approvals and workflows, reporting and dashboards, etc.
The production cutover is managed through a detailed sequence of activities. The cutover plan establishes final data extraction, final data cleansing and transformation, open transaction migration, opening balance conversion, NetSuite data loading, and more.
We perform a structured validation of the NetSuite environment against Dynamics GP/NAV source data and the approved migration scope. Validation includes master data completeness, record counts, opening balances, trial balance, AP and AR balances, etc.
We develop a detailed mapping framework before conversion.
| Dynamics GP | Dynamics NAV | NetSuite |
|---|---|---|
| Customers | Customers | Customer |
| Vendors | Vendors | Vendor |
| Items | Items | Item |
| Sales Orders | Sales Orders | Sales Order |
| Sales Invoices | Sales Invoices | Invoice |
| Receivables Credit Memos | Sales Credit Memos | Credit Memo |
| Purchase Orders (POP) | Purchase Orders | Purchase Order |
| Payables Invoices | Purchase Invoices | Vendor Bill |
| Account Format | Dimensions | Classifications |
| Main/Natural Account | Chart of Accounts | Account |
| General Journals | General Journals | Journal Entry |
| RM Transaction History | Customer Ledger Entries | Transaction History |
| PM Transaction History | Vendor Ledger Entries | Transaction History |
| Contacts | Contacts | Contact |
| Employees | Employees | Employee |
| Currencies | Currencies | Currency |
Businesses trust Folio3 for Dynamics to NetSuite migration because we offer end-to-end migration expertise, a dedicated pool of NetSuite data migration specialists, and other reasons.
We support your business throughout the ERP transition lifecycle, from migration to NetSuite implementation, customization, integration, and support. We also assess AI readiness and identify opportunities to introduce AI-driven workflows.
Our team includes 30+ NetSuite migration data specialists with experience working across legacy ERP systems, including Microsoft Dynamics GP and NAV, and understanding the complexities involved in moving data to NetSuite.
We use structured data extraction, cleansing, mapping, test migrations, reconciliation, and validation processes to help ensure your Dynamics GP or Dynamics NAV data is migrated completely and accurately into NetSuite.
Folio3 has helped growing businesses upgrade to NetSuite through end-to-end NetSuite migration services.
No matter which platform you migrate from, Folio3 is a trusted NetSuite implementation partner, and we have a proven track record.
Successful
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Go-live success rate
Award-winning implementations
NetSuite Partner of the Year awards
Folio3 has won NetSuite Spotlight awards for multiple NetSuite migration projects.
Connect with our data migration experts to plan your Microsoft Dynamics to NetSuite migration, no matter whether you’re on Dynamics GP or Dynamics NAV.
Dynamics GP ends product enhancements, tax updates, and technical support on December 31, 2029. Security patches will be available until April 30, 2031, after which all support stops.
For the NAV product line, end of sale is April 30, 2031. After that date, customers cannot renew service plans, renew subscriptions, purchase additional perpetual licenses, or use NAV through the SPLA channel.
Starting in 2026 gives you room for more thorough cleansing, testing, and user adoption. On the other hand, starting in 2029 compresses the timeline under pressure and forces compromises that undermine the value of your new system.
Business Central is built on a completely different architecture with different business logic compared to Dynamics GP. Moving to BC means a full reimplementation. Many GP users who migrate to NetSuite find themselves frustrated by dimensional accounting replacing account segments and other issues.
