Business Central – Licensing Guide
Looking for a basic, easy-to-understand guide to licensing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, either Cloud/SaaS or On Premise? This post explains key concepts.
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Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Prem Partner Licensing – Big Changes For the Better
So, as with all things tech, a Final Answer is subject to change. 😀 In a Microsoft Readiness newsletter today, I got some happy news (besides the huge 1:2 change to 1:3 for conversions of Full Users): Dynamics 365 Business Central External Accountant and System Administrator User Business Central on-premises customer licenses have been … Read more
Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Prem Partner Licensing – a Final Answer
Note: This was evolving information at the time and, thankfully, the policies have changed, making smarter options available for partners to access customers. If you’ve come here looking for information about licenses, please see our summary Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central License Guide! As we have multiple Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise customers coming … Read more
Dynamics 365 Business Central – On-Prem Partner Licensing – Still No Answers
Early last month, I had outlined my concern about the Licensing Guide (PartnerSource access required), particularly talking about Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise CAL licensing for Named Users. Partners need to access production environments for tasks on a regular basis. Under the Named User licensing, we need a Named User for that access. This appeared to … Read more
Dynamics 365 Business Central: Licensing Team Members
We have a customer coming online using Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise CU1 with a mix of Essentials Users and Team Members. While setting their staff up, we discovered an interesting trouble and I wanted to share a work-around in case anyone else has this pop up: You do not have the following permissions on … Read more
Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Prem Licensing: Partner Access Confusion
Note: This was evolving information at the time and, thankfully, the policies have changed, making smarter options available for partners to access customers. If you’ve come here looking for information about licenses, please see the License Guide! Disclaimer: I’m hopeful this is right, it’s a very confusing area of Licensing. Please contact me and let … Read more