Business Central IWs License

When assigning Business Central license to the users, you will notice that you have Dynamics 365 Business Central for IWs. What is it and why do you have 10000 of it ?

IWs is a demo license / free evaluation license.

When you signup for Business Central trial using the self-service sign-up, 10000 IWs licenses are added to your Azure AD. It allows you to assign multiple users to evaluate the functionality of Business Central. Once you are happy, you can buy the Essential or Premium licenses.

IWs stands for Information Workers.