Changes to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Administration Shell and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Development Shell cmdlets
Changes to Microsoft Dynamics NAV Cmdlets from Previous Release
The following sections provide an overview of the new, changed, and removed cmdlets in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Administration Shell and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Development Shell since the previous release.
Changes to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Administration Shell Cmdlets
New Cmdlets
The following table includes the new cmdlets in the current release.
| Cmdlet | Description |
| Export-NAVEncryptionKey | Exports an encryption key from a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server instance to a password protected file. |
| Get-NAVTableConnection | Gets a list of connections to external database tables from a Microsoft Dynamics NAV application. |
| Import-NAVEncryptionKey | Imports an encryption key from a password protected file to a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server instance. |
| New-NAVEncryptionKey | Creates an encryption key in a password protected file. |
| New-NAVTableConnection | Registers a connection to an external database table so the table can be used by the Microsoft Dynamics NAV application. |
| Remove-NAVTableConnection | Removes a connection to an external database table from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV application. |
| Remove-NAVWebServerInstance | Removes a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Server instance on IIS. |
Changed Cmdlets
The following table includes the cmdlets that have changed in the current release.
| Cmdlet | Description |
| Dismount-NAVTenant | ApplicationDatabaseCredentials parameter added.
ApplicationDatabaseName parameter added. ApplicationDatabaseServer parameter added. InputTenantRuntimeSettings parameter added. InputTenantSettings parameter added. InputObject parameter removed and replaced by InputTenantRuntimeSettings and InputTenantSettings parameters. DoNotSaveConfiguration parameter removed. |
| Export-NAVData | ApplicationDatabaseCredentials parameter added.
DatabaseCredentials parameter added. |
| Get-NAVCompany | FileName parameter changed to FilePath. |
| Get-NAVDataFile | FileName parameter changed to FilePath. |
| Get-NAVTenant | ApplicationDatabaseCredentials parameter added.
ApplicationDatabaseName parameter added. ApplicationDatabaseServer parameter added. |
| Import-NAVData | ApplicationDatabaseCredentials parameter added.
DatabaseCredentials parameter added. |
| Mount-NAVApplication | DatabaseCredentials parameter added. |
| Mount-NAVTenant | ApplicationDatabaseCredentials parameter added.
ApplicationDatabaseName parameter added. ApplicationDatabaseServer parameter added. AzureKeyVaultSettings parameter added. DatabaseCredentials parameter added. DefaultTimeZone parameter added. EncryptionProvider parameter added. NasServicesEnabled parameter added. RunNasWithAdminRights parameter added. |
| New-NAVServerInstance | DatabaseCredentials parameter added.
Multitenant parameter added. |
| Set-NAVServerInstance | DatabaseCredentials parameter added. |
| New-NAVServerUser | ContactEmail parameter added. |
| Set-NAVServerUser | ContactEmail parameter added. |
Removed Cmdlets
The following table includes the removed cmdlets in the current release.
| Cmdlet | Description |
| Save-NavTenantConfiguration | Saves the current tenant configuration on the specified Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server instance. Tenant information is now stored in the database. |
Changes to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Development Shell Cmdlets
New Cmdlets
The following table includes the new cmdlets in the current release.
| Cmdlet | Description |
| New-NAVCrmTable | Creates Microsoft Dynamics NAV table objects that are based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM entities. |
Changed Cmdlets
The following table includes the cmdlets that have changed in the current release.
| Cmdlet | Description |
| None |
Removed Cmdlets
The following table includes the removed cmdlets in the current release.
| Cmdlet | Description |
| None |
