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Business Central Attachments (External File Accounts0

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Hi everyone,

Has anyone set up External File Accounts with SharePoint in Business Central and used it to sync/store document attachments externally?

I have a couple of questions:

  1. Microsoft documentation mentions that the Document Attachments - External Storage feature is available from Business Central version 28. However, I can already see the External File Accounts page and the SharePoint option in my BC version 27 environment. Has anyone successfully configured this functionality in BC 27, or is the SharePoint connector available in v27 but the document attachment scenario only supported from v28?
  2. If I connect Business Central with SharePoint and enable external storage, what happens to the existing document attachments already stored in Business Central? Will they automatically sync/migrate to SharePoint, or only new attachments added after enabling the feature? We have more than 50 GB of existing attachments, so I would like to understand the migration process and any experience with syncing a large volume of documents.

I would appreciate any guidance or experience from anyone who has implemented this. Thanks!

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    Teagen Boll Profile Picture
    3,716 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi,

    In older versions of BC such as v27 there was a sharepoint connector that had to be configured. Microsoft has documentation here on how to configure the sharepoint storage: Store document attachments in external file storage - Business Central | Microsoft Learn

     

    You're going to have to switch to version 28 soon anyways, it's worth it to just upgrade first because we are almost in wave 2 of 2026 already.

     

    If you want to setup the connect you can reference this section from the link above:

    • SharePoint storage account: Enter an Account Name for Business Central, and then provide the Tenant ID, Client ID, and Client Secret of your Microsoft Entra ID app registration that can access to your SharePoint site. Specify the SharePoint Name, which is the domain or site name (for example, the SharePoint site collection or tenant name), and a Base Relative Folder Path where you want to store attachments. For example, the document library and folder path within the site.

     

    And only attachments after this feature are enabled are added. The 50gb of existing attachments won't automatically be migrated. 

     

    One note in the microsoft documentation:

    Only attachments people add after you enable this feature are kept in your external storage. To move existing attachments from your Business Central database to external storage, go to the File Scenarios or External Storage Setup pages and use the Storage Sync action. You can specify the direction you want to move files, and the operation to do so.

    So you can try to migrate with the sync button if needed.
     

    Best,
    Teagen Boll, CPA
     
  • Sahib Dino Profile Picture
    212 on at

    Hi Thankyou @Teagen Boll , means i can also sync the existing documents using File Scenarios or External Storage Setup page but i can't see the External Storage Setup inside business central can you please guide me on this how can i setup the File Scenarios.
    thanks.

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