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Hi All,

Greetings of the day.

I’ve been working on an extension for an on-premises version of Business Central and now need to deploy it to the production environment. However, I’ve noticed that the extension management menu in the on-premises version doesn't have the same options for uploading extensions as we have in the cloud-based version.

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As I am not very familiar with the on-premises deployment process, I would appreciate any guidance or steps you can share regarding the deployment. Additionally, if there are any precautions or best practices I should be aware of during the process, that would be incredibly helpful.

Thank you in advance for your support!

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Kamalkhakhkhar8 58 on at

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Hii there,

In ON Prem version there is some changes in deployment. as per on prem you can not publish as PTE , you can add from VS code as dev.

as per cloud you need to update version of app before deploy. in On Prem you don't need to update version of your app(for advise please update the version and deploy in devops/git so you can have the source control) .

in on prem it will not uninstall the dev extension as per cloud.

if you want to know more please let me know.

if you found answer please mark it answered.

Thank You.

Kamal Khakhkhar

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 23,590 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi, good day
I hope this can help you, and give you some hints.

#msdyn365bc - How Do I Install New Version of Extension (on-Prem)?

Best Regards
Gerardo

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SG-05091051-0 163 on at

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Hi Kamal

Thanks for reply.

I also conducted some research on this and found that I need to run a few PowerShell commands on the machine where Business Central is deployed.

1. Publish-NAVApp -ServerInstance BProduction

// This is used to bypass certificate. - Only useful when you do not have any certificate.
2. X - Publish-NAVApp - ServerInstance BProduction - SkipVerification

3. Sync-NAVApp -ServerInstance BhavnaProduction -Name BProduction
4. Install-NAVApp -ServerInstance BhavnaProduction -Name BProduction

I want to understand the role of the certificate during deployment. Why is it required when deploying the code? Is it mandatory to have a certificate, or can I bypass this requirement by using the SkipVerification option?

Please help me on this, Is it the right way of not ?

If anyone else have some idea, please share with me.

Thanks for help.

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YUN ZHU 93,317 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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No certificate is required, usually the following command can be used. Please note to replace the Instance name and app file path

Publish-NAVApp -ServerInstance BC -Path "C:\ProgramData\NavContainerHelper\Extensions\BC1610424\my\Premium.app" -SkipVerification

After successfully publishing, you can install it in BC UI.

Other commands that may be used are:

UNPublish-NAVApp -ServerInstance BC -Name 'Premium' -Version 1.0.0.4

Sync-NAVApp -ServerInstance BC -Name 'Premium' -Mode Clean

Hope this helps.

Thanks

ZHU

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Ramesh Kumar 7,523 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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You don't need the certificate for on-prem.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/deployment/implement-security-certificates-production-environment

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SG-05091051-0 163 on at

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Hi All,

Thank you all so much for your responses.

Just to confirm one thing - I need to run these PowerShell commands on the client’s system where their on-premises Business Central server is deployed.

Commands - Open Powershell as admin and run the below commands.

1. Publish-NAVApp -ServerInstance BProduction -Path ".app file path" -SkipVerification

2. Sync-NAVApp -ServerInstance BProduction -Name BhvanaOnPremCode

3. Install-NAVApp -ServerInstance BProduction -Name BhvanaOnPremCode

Please let me know if any correction required.

Thanks for help.

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Ramesh Kumar 7,523 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Great @SG-05091051-0

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Mohana Yadav 60,975 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Install-NAVApp works when we are installing first time.

If the app is already installed then we have to use Start-NavAppDataUpgrade -ServerInstance Servicename -Version AppNewVersion -Name AppName

and unpublish the old app version using

Unpublish-NavApp -ServerInstance Servicename -Version AppOldVersion -Name AppName

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