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Using a Non-interactive service account to run a python script

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Posted on by Aidan Rosamond 14
Hey,
 
I've been working on a script to call the Microsoft API to make some changes to D365. But after I registered the application in Azure and ran the script I got an error telling me I needed to create a application user. Rather than burning a license to create a application user is there anyway I could use a service account to run the script?
 
Thank you in advance!
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    Aidan Rosamond 14 on at
    Using a Non-interactive service account to run a python script
    Hey after reading the S2S documentation(thanks @RudyZhang) it mentions setting up the Azure app in Business Central. We only have Sales Professional so could someone point out how I would connect the Azure registered app and the Service Account in D365 Sales Professional? 
     
    Also to answer @Mahendar_Pal I did not setup a application user because our IT department handles applying licences and creating users and it takes a while for them to create those users. It is my understanding that a Application user needs a full license where a service account does not.

    I appreciate your help! 
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    RudyZhang Microsoft Employee on at
    Using a Non-interactive service account to run a python script
    Hi,
     
    Regarding your mention about the need to run python scripts in Dynamics365 using a non-interactive service account
     
    According to the official Microsoft documentation you can Use Service-to-Service (S2S) Authentication, which enables external and non-interactive users to access the Business Center online.

     
    The link to the documentation is as follows
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/automation-apis-using-s2s-authentication#main-usage-scenarios
     
    Additionally, you can use the Dynamics 355 Api with the package dynamics365crm-python, which is hosted on Pypi at the following link
    https://pypi.org/project/dynamics365crm-python/
     
     
    I hope my answer is helpful to you! If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me.
     
    Best Regards,
    Rudy Zhang
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    Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at
    Using a Non-interactive service account to run a python script
    Hi ,
     
    You should not have any issue with App user, I am sure you have done but just to reconfirm - Are you sure you have added app user into Dynamics and provided a required security role. 
     
    We have been using app user for different integration without any issue.
     
     

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