Administrating Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online : A Practical Guide to SaaS Administration and Migration From Your On-premise Business Central Environments to the Cloud

A hands-on guide to learning Dynamics 365 Business Central Admin Center to manage SaaS environments and set up cloud migration from an on-premise environment Key Features Manage and create Business Central environments of different types and plan your apps for future releases Set up the telemetry on a tenant and extension level and analyze it with different tools Set up cloud migration to move data from on-premise to the cloud and automate migration with PowerShell script Book Description This book features all the information you need to get started with administrating Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online. It contains detailed information about the admin portal and cloud migration process, all based on real usage experience. The book starts by covering the data migration process for developers, which will show you how to organize the data without code. You'll also learn how the admin portal can be useful if you want to export a database copy, restore a backup, and set up telemetry to get detailed information about the call stack and operation statuses. As you progress, you'll learn how to check your Business Central SaaS environment details, create new and different types of environments, and notifications, and keep your cloud data within limits. Later, you'll explore how to set up cloud migration from an on-premise environment to SaaS, run the migration, upgrade data, and fix problems if something goes wrong. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create new production and sandbox environments, restore them from backups, analyze environment telemetry, and confidently migrate your data to the cloud. What you will learn Manage different Business Central environments, their statuses, and updates, and create new environments Understand how to deploy a SaaS environment from a backup Analyze environment telemetry and its operation, and discover how to set up extended telemetry with Application Insights Explore how to get information about tenant capacity limits and their usage of resources Set up cloud migration and move your data from on-premise to SaaS Automate administration and migration processes with APIs Who this book is for This book is for business central developers, consultants, and customers who are involved in migration and administration processes. Those planning to move their on-premise solution to the cloud will also find this book helpful. Both developers and consultants will learn how to migrate data without a single line of code and use environment telemetry. Table of Contents An Overview of Dynamics 365 Business Central Admin Center Managing Business Central Environments Environment Details and Notification Setup Telemetry Setup and Analysis Reported Outages and Operations Tenant Capacity Management Admin Center API Cloud Migration Schema and Limitations Cloud Migration Setup Migration Process Real Migration Experience Cover Title page Copyright and Credits Dedications Contributors Table of Contents Preface Part 1: Dynamics 365 Business Central Admin Center Chapter 1: Overview of the Dynamics 365 Business Central Administration Center Technical requirements The Admin Center main page Accessing the Admin Center from the web client Accessing the Admin Center through a direct URL Accessing the Admin Center through the Partner Center Required roles Internal users Delegated admins Environment types and limits Overview Environments limitations Capacity limitations Summary Chapter 2: Managing Business Central Environments Understanding the Environments list Creating a production or sandbox environment Production Sandbox Creating a copy of the existing environment Summary Chapter 3: Environment Details and Notifications Setup Detailed information about your environment Action buttons Details Version management The security group setup Notification setup Notification recipients Upgrade scheduling Possible upgrade issues Apps and sessions Database export Backup restore Summary Chapter 4: Telemetry Setup and Analysis Environment telemetry in the Admin portal Environment telemetry in Application Insights Azure Application Insights Analyzing telemetry Custom events Summary Chapter 5: Reported Outages and Operations Reporting an outage Production outage Report issue Submitting a ticket through the admin portal Environment operations analysis Summary Chapter 6: Tenant Capacity Management Storage capacity usage Storage capacity by source Environments quota usage Storage usage by environment Some practical advice on how to keep your data within limits Cleaning up data Date compression Data retention policies Big customers Summary Chapter 7: Admin Center APIs Setting up API authentication Calling APIs PowerShell Postman Application APIs Installed apps list Installing an app Uninstalling an app Getting available app updates Updating an app Getting app operations Environment operations APIs Environment list Getting an environment Creating an environment Deleting an environment Copying an environment Renaming an environment Restoring an environment Getting available restore periods Getting used storage for all environments Getting used storage for a selected environment Getting quotas Getting environment operations Getting operations for all environments Getting environment database export numbers Getting environment database export history Creating a database export Environment settings APIs Getting an environment update window Changing an environment update window Changing the environment Application Insights key Getting an environment security group Setting an environment security group Deleting an environment security group Other APIs Notification settings list Creating a notification recipient Deleting a notification recipient Getting scheduled update information Rescheduling updates Getting active sessions Getting details about a selected session Killing a session Getting an environment support contact Setting an environment support contact Getting environment telemetry Summary Part 2: Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud Migration Tool Chapter 8: Cloud Migration Schema and Limitations Technical requirements Cloud Migration and how to use it Migration schema and the main nodes Migration limitation Summary Chapter 9: Cloud Migration Setup Prerequisite 1 – SQL Server setup Prerequisite 2 – Connection string construction Prerequisite 3 – Delegated admin consent Migration setup and the SHIR Running the cloud migration wizard Installing the SHIR Finalizing the cloud migration setup Cloud migration APIs Cloud migration setup API On-premise companies list Including the on-premise company in the cloud migration Summary Chapter 10: Migration Process Data migration Data upgrade Typical failures and how to resolve them Automating data migration Summary Chapter 11: The Real Migration Experience Cloud Migration – early beginnings and evolution Issues in the course of implementation First issue Second issue Third issue Extra issue Summary Index Other Books You May Enjoy A hands-on guide to learning Dynamics 365 Business Central Admin Center to manage SaaS environments and set up cloud migration from an on-premise environment * Manage and create Business Central environments of different types and plan your apps for future releases * Set up the telemetry on a tenant and extension level and analyze it with different tools * Set up cloud migration to move data from on-premise to the cloud and automate migration with PowerShell script This book features all the information you need to get started with administrating Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online. It contains detailed information about the admin portal and cloud migration process, all based on real usage experience. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create new production and sandbox environments, restore them from backups, analyze environment telemetry, and confidently migrate your data to the cloud. * Manage different Business Central environments, their statuses, and updates, and create new environments * Understand how to deploy a SaaS environment from a backup * Analyze environment telemetry and its operation, and discover how to set up extended telemetry with Application Insights * Explore how to get information about tenant capacity limits and their usage of resources * Set up cloud migration and move your data from on-premise to SaaS * Automate administration and migration processes with APIs This book is for business central developers, consultants, and customers who are involved in migration and administration processes. Those planning to move their on-premise solution to the cloud will also find this book helpful. Both developers and consultants will learn how to migrate data without a single line of code and use environment telemetry. 1. An Overview of Dynamics 365 Business Central Admin Center 2. Managing Business Central Environments 3. Environment Details and Notification Setup 4. Telemetry Setup and Analysis 5. Reported Outages and Operations 6. Tenant Capacity Management 7. Admin Center API 8. Cloud Migration Schema and Limitations 9. Cloud Migration Setup 10. Migration Process 11. Real Migration Experience This book provides you with practical hands-on knowledge of administrational operations for Business Central and about the migration process from an on-premise environment to Software as a Service. You will learn how to manage Business Central admin center and cloud migration tools to migrate data from on-premise to a SaaS environment.