NAV '7' Service tier most likely 64-bit ONLY

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I know there is not much that can be said about the upcoming version of Dynamics NAV .. or better .. there is not much that's allowed to be shared .. ;°).

Sandeep commented the following on my blogpost "New Statement Of Directions: Where is NAV '7' going to ...":

I was just reviewing the Service Tier (64 Bit) in SOD and saw "(Only)" written along with it. Will this mean that 32 bit service tier will be retired?

Interesting comment .. so I contacted Microsoft for this to be sure. After many weeks waiting (apparently (and understandable of course), this was not the most important issue to solve ;°) ), I got the answer that the upcoming service tier is INDEED going to be x64 ONLY.

In fact, when you look at the system requirements for Windows Server 2008 R2, you'll see that it's 64 bit only as well.. . Furthermore, AX 2009 is already 64 bit only, as you can read here.

X64, here I come...

We're moving into a dedicated x64-server-mode, people, so be ready ;°).

I think it's time to turn over my laptop to x64-mode as well, which I always tried to avoid because of the fact that most of the software I use is still 32-bit , and it would consume a rediculous amount of RAM on my laptop.. .

Earlier this week, I was planning to set up a demo about workflow on sharepoint and NAV2009 SP1 on my machine. What do you need? Windows 2008 R2 .. Which is x64. So no chance to run it in VPC, nor on my 32 bit laptop ..



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