Tag: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1

I have worked with and blogged about Microsoft Dynamics GP for the last 19 years, but have now started doing some work with Microoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. I am going to be doing some blogging about the latter system as I learn.

Early posts will be covering the basics of Dynamics BC, but will start to cover more complex topics as I learn more about Dynamics BC.

This series will likely be a long running one which serves as a repository for “how do I” posts on various elements of Dynamics BC, both technical and functional. The series index, below, will automatically update as each post in the series goes live so make sure you bookmark this post so you can see keep up-to-date with my journey into Business Central.

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This post is part of the Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo series in which I am creating a demo series for learning/demonstrating Business Central.

With the Business Central demo environment installed we can now log in for the first time which you will need to do using the account which did the installation.

While Business Central is not a desktop application, the server will have a shortcut added to the Windows Start menu for the web client:

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This post is part of the Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo series in which I am creating a demo series for learning/demonstrating Business Central.

Once you have downloaded the media, extract the files and launch the setup utility. On the Welcome step, click Next:

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This post is part of the Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo series in which I am creating a demo series for learning/demonstrating Business Central.

When I first downloaded Business Central, I had a false start as I found a page of download oinks on the Microsoft Docs website, but the latest version on there was 2020 Wave 2. I assumed this was the latest release avaiable as on-premise, but later found other download links which had the Release 2022 Wave 1 download.

I’m not sure why Microsoft switched the download locations, but the new location only appears discoverable via a web search and not browsing from the Microsoft Docs site where the rest of the Business Central documentation is located.

When you click download, you get to choose a language to download; I opted for the UK language version which is Dynamics.365.BC.38230.GB.DVD.zip.

This post is part of the Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo series in which I am creating a demo series for learning/demonstrating Business Central.

in this last post, I covered the system requirements for a demo/test system. Before getting started, I thought I would quickly post on the exact system configuration I am using for this demo system.

Firstly, I have a standalone active directory domain controller, although I don’t think it will actually be needed. I’m using it though, as I always connect my demo machines to an AD domain controller as I’ve been caught a few times needing one after initially thinking I would not.

Secondly, the Business Central server which will host all of the Business Central services. This is a server with a 100GB HDD, 4 GB RAM (below the system recommendations, but I can scale up if needed) and running Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (H21H2).

I have also installed Office 2019 Professional in order to have access to Excel and Word.

Other software requirements will be installed by the Business Central Setup utility.

This post is part of the Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo series in which I am creating a demo series for learning/demonstrating Business Central.

The full system requirements for Business Central are available on Microsoft Docs. In this post, I’m listing out the requirements for running Business Central in an offline learning/demo environment; I will be missing some functionality, such as that around email, but am concentrating on the core functionality.

The below is not the configuration you’d be using for a full production installation, but only for a more limited test/demo system.

Server

Specification	Requirement
Supported operating systems	Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit edition). Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit edition). Windows Server 2022 (Datacenter, Standard). Windows Server 2019 (Datacenter, Standard). Windows Server, version 20H2 or later (Datacenter, Standard).
Hardware resources	Hard disk space: 2 GB. Memory: 8 GB.
Additional software	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.
Additional information	Business Central Setup installs the following software if it’s not already present on the target computer: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 Windows Identity Foundation. Report Builder for SQL Server 2019.

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I’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

I’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