upgrade-paths.md

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Supported upgrade paths to Business Central on-premises	Provides an overview of the different upgrade paths for Business Central on-premises across versions.	jswymer	conceptual	jswymer	03/07/2024	jswymer

Supported Upgrade Paths to [!INCLUDEprod_long] Releases

[!INCLUDEprod_short] 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 [!INCLUDEprod_short] 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 [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2024 Release Wave 1 (v24)

Source version	Path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] (version 8) [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] (version 9) [!INCLUDEnav2017] (version 10) [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] (version 11) [!INCLUDEprod_short] October 2018 (version 13)	[!INCLUDEprod_short] Spring 2019 (version 14) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2024 Release Wave 1 (version 24) This path requires you convert your application from C/AL to AL.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] Spring 2019 (version 14) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2019 Release Wave 2 (version 15) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2020 release wave 1 (version 16) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2020 release wave 2 (version 17) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2021 release wave 1 (version 18) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2021 release wave 2 (version 19) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2022 release wave 1 (version 20) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2022 release wave 2 (version 21) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2023 release wave 1 (version 22) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2023 release wave 2 (version 23)	Direct to version 24

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2023 Release Wave 2 (v23)

Source version	Path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] (version 8) [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] (version 9) [!INCLUDEnav2017] (version 10) [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] (version 11) [!INCLUDEprod_short] October 2018 (version 13)	[!INCLUDEprod_short] Spring 2019 (version 14) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2023 Release Wave 2 (version 23) This path requires you convert your application from C/AL to AL.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] Spring 2019 (version 14) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2019 Release Wave 2 (version 15) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2020 release wave 1 (version 16) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2020 release wave 2 (version 17) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2021 release wave 1 (version 18) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2021 release wave 2 (version 19) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2022 release wave 1 (version 20) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2022 release wave 2 (version 21) [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2023 release wave 1 (version 22)	Direct to version 23

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2023 Release Wave 1 (v22)

Source version	Path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v15 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v16 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v17 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v18 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v19 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v20 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v21	Direct

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2022 Release Wave 2 (v21)

Source version	Path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v15 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v16 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v17 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v18 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v19 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v20	Direct

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2022 Release Wave 1 (v20)

Source version	Path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v15 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v16 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v17 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v18 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v19	Direct

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2021 Release Wave 2 (v19)

Source version	Upgrade path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v15 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v16 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v17 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v18	Direct

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2021 Release Wave 1 (v18)

Source version	Upgrade path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v15 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v16 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v17	Direct

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2020 Release Wave 2 (v17)

Source version	Upgrade path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v15 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v16	Direct

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2020 Release Wave 1 (v16)

Source version	Upgrade path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 [!INCLUDEprod_short] v15	Direct

[!INCLUDE upgrade-16]

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] 2019 Release Wave 2 (v15)

Source version	Upgrade path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	Indirect. Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] v14 first.
[!INCLUDEprod_short] v14	Direct

[!INCLUDE upgrade-15]

Upgrade to [!INCLUDEprod_short] Spring 2019 (v14)

[!INCLUDE upgrade-14]

Source version	Upgrade path
[!INCLUDEnavcrete] [!INCLUDEnavcorfu] [!INCLUDEnav2017] [!INCLUDEnav2018_md] [!INCLUDEprod_short] v13	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

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