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Posted on by David Tailor 822
Hello,
 
i have updated my Business Central (on-prem) from v 20.0 to 20.18 (the latest update for v 20).
When i am trying to import the license, it is giving the following error:
 
 
Note: the same license was working well on v20.0
 
Kindly advise,
Regards,
David
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Dynamics 365 Business Central
Dynamics 365 Business Central
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    Judy Microsoft Employee on at
    import license issue
    Hi Sir,
     
    Please provide more error messages for this. Nevertheless, please check the MS documentation on uploading license files for Business Central for on-premises deployments:
     
    Best Regards,
    Judy
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    KasparsSemjonovs Profile Picture
    KasparsSemjonovs 4,250 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
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    with the Import command, You should also provide path for the license file and to which ServerInstance You want to import the license
    For example:
    Import-NAVServerLicense UATDB -LicenseData ([Byte[]]$(Get-Content -Path "C:\Licenses\xxxxxxxx.bclicense" -Encoding Byte))
     
  • Gerardo Rentería García Profile Picture
    Gerardo Rentería Ga... 19,644 Most Valuable Professional on at
    import license issue
    Hello, good morning
    Doesn't the event viewer give you more information?
    Your migration has not shown any error on completion?
    Regards
    Gerardo

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