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How to manage and configure BC online with PowerShell scripts

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Posted on by Jerome P1

Hi,

I want to know how I can automatically duplicate prod environment for preprod and test usages.

and how I can change BC configurations automatically.

Because our BC is connected to CRM/dataverse , when I create a copy for preprod, I have to connect this copy to my preprod CRM. (and I have to configure the CRM to point to the correct BC instance)

for Dataverse I'm using powershell scripts to manage all the changes.

but what about BC side?

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YUN ZHU 90,565 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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RE: How to manage and configure BC online with PowerShell scripts

Hi, I tested the Automation APIs for Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS before.

Hope the following helps as well.

https://yzhums.com/6287/

https://yzhums.com/12259/

Thanks.

ZHU

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RE: How to manage and configure BC online with PowerShell scripts

Hi

There is no direct way to take a backup

And Backups for the online version are anyway taken automatically and you can restore or ask Microsoft for help if any issues in that

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/faq#how-often-are-production-databases-backed-up

If you want to manually then

Go to the specific Settings > Admin center and you would see below is the list of environments and click on your production env

There is an option to Copy

Now after the copy button you can specify the new env name

Note that if you already have 1 production and 3 sandbox system would not allow any more hence ensure that you could delete the env to create new one and then click on copy

If you want this to be done automatically then use this link which has a table at the end for operations

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/tenant-admin-center-environments

and this link has the list of APIs which can be used

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/administration-center-api_environments#copy-environment

Pl check and let me know if this is helpful

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Vinita

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