New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1: Set Up And Sync Master Data Across Companies

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1.

The ninth of the new functionality in the Application section is Set Up And Sync Master Data Across Companies.

Business Central makes it easy to move one company’s setup to another company in the same environment. You can also synchronize master data between the companies.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Mar 2023
General Availability: Apr 2023

Feature Details

This feature is intended for scenarios in which you want to move the setup in one company to another company in the same environment. It’s also built as a data synchronization engine that lets you keep data in the companies synchronized after the initial move.

The following capabilities are added for managing master data:

• Moving master data works when a company subscribes to data from another company.
• You can define the tables and fields to synchronize. For more control over the synchronization, you can filter on table records. You can also set up more advanced synchronization couplings.
• Changes in the main company are immediately pulled to the receiving companies by the job queue.
• Users in the receiving company can review synchronization logs.

My Opinion

This sounds quite interesting, depending of course on which master data can be synchronised and how it works, but I have in the past spoken to a number of clients who want to maintain a set of core master data in one compny and have it available in others (e.g. a unified chart of accounts). I’m interested in getting hands on with this one in April (possibly March in a sandbox).