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Automation and Connectivity: The Role of Microsoft Business Solutions– Navision Application Server White Paper nd Published: May 2003 (2 edition) Contents Introduction 1 Why Did We Create Navision Application Serv er? 2 Starting Navision Application Server 2 Navision Application Server in Navision E-business Solutions 8 Why Does E-business Matter? 8 Navision Application Server in Commerce Gateway 10 Navision Application Server in Commerce Portal 14 User Portal 18 Other Ways to Use Navision Application Server 19 Report Printing Server 19 Posting 22 About Microsoft Business Solutions 24 Introduction This white paper gives a technical description of how to start up Microsoft Business Solutions–Navision Application Server (NAS) and the activities it performs in the e -business solutions. It also gives technical information on how the application server acts as a posting and printer service, separate from the e-business solutions. Navision Application Server is a middle-tier server that runs as a service. It is designed to provide access from external clients to the Navision database. Navision Application Server can do this because it runs key components of the business logic of Microsoft Business Solutions– Navision, so it is able to initiate processes to produce refined results in the same way as if one were requesting information from a Navision client. The key role of the application server is in the e-business solutions. For example, Navision Application Server provides connectivity between a Web client (such as Navision Commerce Portal) and Navision Database Server; between an external application (such as Microsoft Business Solutions–Axapta) or a Navision client and the database; and between third-party devices (such as Automatic Data Capture System) and Navision. The application server can also serve the Navision client itself, with automated posti