Q. Microsoft recently released an update to Business Central. When will I receive the update; is there a way to schedule it?
A. You can see and schedule available updates to Business Central through the Dynamics 3655 Business Central admin center.
Major updates to Dynamics 365 Business Central online occur twice a year, introducing new features and enhancements. Minor updates occur monthly and focus primarily on critical improvements, although they often contain new functionality. Microsoft allows for a testing period to test new functionality and enhancements in sandbox environments to ensure compatibility of extensions and apps before loading them into a production environment. A grace period exists for rescheduling updates before an environment update is enforced.
The admin center is where you manage the updates to your Business Central environment.
Log into the admin center for your environment.
The admin center will list all of your environments and their version statuses. The Current Version, Available Update Version, and Scheduled Update Date values are also visible. The update window and date can be set on the environment page if an update is available.
To schedule an update to an environment, visit the environment page (click on the environment name).
The version management section of the pages is where the Scheduled Update Date and Update Window values are set. An environment’s update window defines the hours during the day for the selected time zone during which the environment can be updated. Many will typically set the update window to outside business hours to minimize the impact on business operations.
To specify the update date, click on Modify for “Scheduled Update Date” and, in the dialog, select the date that you would like the update to be installed in your environment. You can also specify whether the Update Window settings should be honored when setting the date.
To specify the update window, click on Modify for the “Update Window” and, in the dialog, select the time zone and hours in which the update can be applied.
Once an update is scheduled, the date is displayed in the admin center.
Let’s see it in action:
Read more about Business Central Major and Minor Updates here
Note: The code and information discussed in this article are for informational and demonstration purposes only. This content was created referencing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 online.
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