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Hi, 

How do we use Business Central Device Licensing on the onprem version?

For Business Central SaaS  it says to create a user group in Azure AD and join all users who will use the license to that group.  But i couldn't find any reference to use the device license on On-Premise version.  

Thank you

Shiyaz

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  • Magicrevette Profile Picture
    215 on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    For my case (developer) the licence is a file .flf that I import with powershell commands :

    Import-Module 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central\160\Service\NavAdminTool.ps1'

    Import-NAVServerLicense -LicenseFile 'C:\Licence\PRIMUS-SOFT BC 160 xxxxxxx.flf' -ServerInstance $ServerInstanceName

    Restart-NAVServerInstance -ServerInstance $ServerInstanceName

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    Dan Kinsella Profile Picture
    468 on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    Hi Shiyaz,

    Just set the licence type to Device Only User on the User Card, and create a Device record for each device from the Devices list.

  • echo Profile Picture
    595 on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    Thanks for your help.

    I have been trying to do that but this is what i get. 

    pastedimage1599228044587v1.png

    but i have loaded a license which has 1 device. see below 

    pastedimage1599228078086v2.png

    What could be the issue?

    Thanks

    Shiyaz

  • Dan Kinsella Profile Picture
    468 on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    Hi Shiyaz,

    Are you sure the correct licence is loaded, maybe the partner licence is installed?

    I'm not familiar with that device licence type, so can't say if it's different.

    My implementations have ISV Devices:

    Dyn365 Business Central ISV Device License  

    Other License Information

    **************************************************************************************************************

         ISV Device.....: 43      

  • echo Profile Picture
    595 on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    Hi Dan,

    Yes the correct license is loaded. the screenshot is from the Export-NAVServerLicenseInformation cmdlet,

    i got that license from the Microsoft standard License SKU for Business Central OnPremise Subscription Licensing. Directly from Microsoft.

    And now trying to figure out how to use it.

    Thanks

    Shiyaz

  • Dan Kinsella Profile Picture
    468 on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    Can you log in with the user you setup as Device Only? Perhaps you don't need to populate the Devices list if the device license is subscription based?

    I've only worked with device cals.. BC seems to use the device table to count the number of allowed concurrent devices. So I guess with SALs it's no longer required?

  • echo Profile Picture
    595 on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    no luck.

    when i try to login with device only user.

    - on the event log.

    pastedimage1599230121839v1.png

    Also its strange that i couldn't find any documentation in regard to this,- device license on onprem sal -  but license sku is available on the price list. 

  • Horia Micu Profile Picture
    on at
    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    Hello,

    Issue reported on this thread is now resolved on 16.5 under TFS # 365943 Partner licenses do not grant access for device users.

    support.microsoft.com/.../update-16-5-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-business-central-2020-release-w

    Please apply the latest build on a copy of Prod and retest the issue.

    Regards, Horia

  • Community Member Profile Picture
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    RE: Business Central On premise Device License

    Hy

    How can I use this type of license?

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