Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo: Series Index

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralI’ve recently started doing some work with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and need access to a demo/test system . While the online version of Dynamics BC is probably the most commonly used and I do have access to an online demo/sandbox environment, I am sometimes working where I do not have an Internet connection and therefore decided that having an on-premise version installed in a demo VM would be a good way of managing this.

in this short series of posts, I’m going to step through creating a Business Central demo system.

If you’re reading this post directly on azurecurve | Ramblings of an IT Professional the series index will automatically update as each post in the series goes live; if you’re reading elsewhere check back to the original post.

Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo
System Requirements
Selected Server Configuration
Download Software
Server Installation
Client Login

Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC Table Reference Website Updated to 2022 Wave 1

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralI created the azurecurve | Dynamics 365 BC Table Reference a few weeks ago to the latest version I could find which was 2020 Wave 2.

It turns out that Microsoft are inconsistent with where they put versions of the on premise release of Dynamics BC. I have now found the download for the 2022 Wave 1 version and have updated the BC Table Reference site to that version.

If you see any errors or omissions, or have suggestions as to how the site can be improved, please contact me with details and I’ll see about making an update.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 Plan Announced

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralA few days Microsoft announced the plans for the 2022 Wave 2 version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The plan includes the priorities and areas of focus which are expected to start rolling out to production in October.

There are two documents available from Microsoft on what’s coming in 2022 Wave 2. The first is an overview of what’s new and planned, including areas of investment, and the second is the detail of what’s new and planned.

On the overview Microsoft break the updates down into several key areas:

  • Seamless service: No matter the industry type of a small or midsized business (SMB), business users expect a dependable service and platform that they can run their business on.

  • Administration: Business Central delivers a set of features for better and improved communication about the health of each environment.

  • Application: We will continue to improve the application to support integration with Shopify. The finance and supply chain capabilities in Business Central are improved with several optimizations and enhancements so that users can run their business processes more efficiently.

  • Better with Microsoft 365: We improve the efficiency of collaborative business processes in Microsoft Teams. Users can pin cards inside Teams, and delegated admins can now use the Excel add-in.

  • Country and regional: In 2022 release wave 2, Business Central is generally available in more countries and regions.

  • Onboarding: Organizations can get to productive usage faster because it’s easier to discover and install apps.

  • Development tools: We have moved entirely to Visual Studio Code where we continue to invest in areas that enhance the productivity for developers.

  • Power Platform: More efficient automation with Power Automate so that users can set up workflows for the specific needs of their organization.

The overview gives a gist of the upcoming changes, but you need to read the detail of what’s new to understand the changes.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Posts Syndicated to Dynamics Community

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralI’ve long had part of this blog syndicated to the Microsoft Dynamics GP Community, but have just requested and been given syndication of my Dynamics 365 Business Central posts.

This means that any post I do for Dynamics BC will be syndicated and available on that site as well as here.

I am quite new to Dynamics BC so my early posts will use an approach of “how do I…” covering topics such as transaction entry or admin/setup tasks. Through time as I become more experienced I’ll cover a broader range of topics as I have been for Dynamics GP over the last 11 years I’ve been running this blog.

Hopefully, my posts will be found useful; I’m happy to take feedback and requests for areas on which people would like to see posts.

The syndicated Dynamics BC posts are here

Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC Table Reference Website Now Available

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralA few years ago there was a GP Table Reference website which disappeared with no warning; it had been very helpful, so I created my own version of it.

Well, we’ve recently started doing work with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and there didn’t seem to be a similar website freely available, so I have created my own. The main reason for creating the site is that it will help me understand data structures which in turn should help my understanding of data entry through the front end. As I expect to be using Jte Reports with Dynamics BC at some point, knowing how data hangs together will help me there too.

The azurecurve | Dynamics 365 BC Table Reference is, and will remain, free to use. It is currently up-to-date as of 2020 Wave 2 and will be kept up-to-date for new releases (updates may not be immediate, but will happen).

I’ve started adding table joins and will continue to do so; when a join exists, an example SQL statement will be available showing how the tables are joined.

If you see any errors or omissions, or have suggestions as to how the site can be improved, please contact me with details and I’ll see about making an update.