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Mastering Dynamics 365 BC Security - License Security Groups

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:36:00 +0000

This short video is the 2nd in this Mastering Security for BC mini-series. Here I'm looking at the use of Entra Security Groups to manage license assignment. Not something restricted D365 BC licenses, but important to understand none the less!

Assigning Licenses in Business Central Using Security Groups

Managing user licenses efficiently is crucial for maintaining a streamlined Business Central environment.

In this short video I look at how to use security groups for license assignment, ensuring a controlled and scalable approach to user access management.

Dynamics 365 BC - Reduce risk when applying the latest release wave update

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:16:00 +0000

Since 2018 we have seen 2 major updates for Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) each year History of Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV | Dynamics 365 Lab (yzhums.com).

BC falls under the Modern Lifecycle Policy from Microsoft that basically states that customers must stay up-to-date (and be licensed to use the product, and Microsoft must support the product). Modern Lifecycle Policy - Microsoft Lifecycle | Microsoft Learn

The good news is that upgrading SaaS BC is a simple as a few clicks! And may only take a few minutes to complete.

Dynamics 365 BC - Transfer Environment - Tested & Timed

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:43:00 +0000

A new button on the top level BC admin portal menu is a rare event, on this post I run through the steps to test & time the transfer process.

Transfer an environment to another Microsoft Entra organization - Business Central | Microsoft Learn

Step 1: Initiate the transfer from source tenancy

Initiation of environment transfer

Step 2: Accept transfer on target tenancy

Accept incoming transfer

Step 3: Wait a moment

The source tenancy will show the queued operation log

In the time it too me to draft the above bit of this article the transfer had completed!

The target tenancy showing the creation of the transfer environment

Step 4: Complete post transfer steps

All the old users remain visible but will have no access. In the past I have simply disabled these.

The Admin accounts old tenancy (red) / new tenancy (green)

I did need to create a brand new admin account and grant the Azure role "Dynamics 365 Admin" as the existing admin account on the tenancy didn't get granted the SUPER permission for some reason.
Then I was able to run the Update Users action

You will need to check and add the security groups on the new tenancy, even if they are named the same, since BC tracked them by the GUID they will likely need to be removed and re-added from the BC Security Groups page. The page warns you with a notification bar.

Adding the new Azure Security Groups on the new tenancy in BC

In summary

Overall 5 stars to the Microsoft team that implement this new feature - its very easy to use and FAST.

In the past needing partner DAP/GDAP Global Admin access on both tenancies to request the transfer was a major issue!