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How to activate new Dynamics 365 Business Central Essentials License?

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How to activate new Dynamics 365 Business Central Essentials License?

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    Mohana Yadav Profile Picture
    61,248 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    What do you mean by activate?

    do you want to import the BC license file to your database?

    Which version of BC?

  • Yumiko Profile Picture
    318 on at

    I purchase a new license for BC. and according to the Account Manager I need to activate this on my portal

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    Mohana Yadav Profile Picture
    61,248 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    I am not sure what do you mean by Activate but if you want to import the license to your database then use the below powershell command

    learn.microsoft.com/.../cside-upload-license-file

    Import-NAVServerLicense

  • Yumiko Profile Picture
    318 on at

    Because according to the Account Manager there is a license portal, can load up own licenses

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    Amit Profile Picture
    2,563 on at

    Hi,

    1. If you want to import license in On-Prem. Refer the Below link.

    https://erpconsultors.com/import-license-file-in-business-central-d365/

    2. If you have SAAS Version then Microsoft automatically assign the license. You only create user and at the time of creation assingn the license.

    3. If you have on-prem the your partner having the authority to create license.

    Regards

    Amit Sharma

    www.erpconsultors.com

    linkedin.com/in/amit-sharma-94542440/

    Press Yes If info is useful.

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    Ahmed Mohamed Rafik Profile Picture
    3,049 User Group Leader on at

    For activation purposes, you can go to the Partner Center to activate the license first.

    As Microsoft said from this link

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/manage-your-partner-network-benefits

    "To activate most benefits or download related software keys, Partner Center typically requires someone assigned the role of Global admin or MPN Partner Admin. If you can't see any benefits or are unable to activate benefits, check with your Partner Center Global admin to ensure that you have the right permissions."

    If you want to upload the license after that, you can follow this link to know the sequence of uploading the license on Business Central.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/cside/cside-upload-license-file

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    IB-29041624-0 Profile Picture
    1,191 Moderator on at

    If this is a license for BC Online. You go to Azure AD and assign the license to your user the same way as you assign an Microsoft 365 or another online license.

    When the first licensed user tries to log on to Business Central your environment will be provisioned for you.

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