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Business Central Upgrade 18.5 to Version 20?

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Posted on by Govinda Kumar 2,304 Moderator

Hello Community,

This is the version 18 compatibility

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here I want to upgrade the business central version (18.5) to the latest version (20.5)

Is it possible to upgrade from version 18.5 to 20.5?

Thanks and Regards.

Yes, the update is possible, verified by Microsoft Support.

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Thank you all for the response.

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    Mohana Yadav Profile Picture
    Mohana Yadav 61,214 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    yes, you can upgrade BC 18.5 to any BC 20.

  • Govinda Kumar Profile Picture
    Govinda Kumar 2,304 Moderator on at

    Thanks for the reply Mohana Yadav,

    What about the compatibility chart? here we seeing only version 20.0 is compatible with 18.5

    Regards

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    Mohana Yadav Profile Picture
    Mohana Yadav 61,214 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Please review the example at the end of the page.

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,812 Moderator on at

    Hi,

    yea you can do that.

    thanks

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    Amit Baru Profile Picture
    Amit Baru 3,037 on at

    Yes you can upgarde.

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    IB-29041624-0 Profile Picture
    IB-29041624-0 1,177 Moderator on at

    You will have to do the upgrade in several steps.

    First upgrade to version 19 and then upgrade to version 20.

    The procedure variate depending on you upgrading to version 20.5 on prem or online.

    Here is procedure from on-Prem to Online.

    docs.microsoft.com/.../upgrade-considerations

  • Govinda Kumar Profile Picture
    Govinda Kumar 2,304 Moderator on at

    thank you all

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