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Business Central management without Delegated Admin Permissions

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Our customer is using Dynamics 365 Business Central with Azure Active Directory integration without the CSP Partner having delegated Azure Active Directory admin privileges. This was by design to adhere to the customer's Cyber Security Policy. As a result, the Partner doesn't have Global Admin access into the customer’s Azure AD.

As well, the customer is unwilling to provide Dynamics 365 Admin privileges since they have Dynamics 365 applications (e.g. CRM) unrelated to Business Central that they don’t want the Partner administering the customer’s Azure AD.

When sending the reseller invitation there is an option to opt out of requesting Global Admin permissions. Yet, we still need access in to the system to create the Prod/Sandbox environments, setup the companies, chart of accounts, G/L, etc. not to mention end users and security.  What are the alternatives to be able to provide Business Central support?

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    JAngle Profile Picture
    133 on at

    In this scenario it is common and a valid experience if an essential or premium license is assigned to a dedicated user account.

  • John Oberlin Profile Picture
    98 on at

    So, if I had a BC license I'd be able to go into the Business Central admin center?  Would I also be able to create the Prod/Sandbox environments, and create the companies?

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    JAngle Profile Picture
    133 on at

    No that is a delegated admin only activity. In the case where that cannot be issued the responsibility of any of the features in the admin console fall on the internal resources. It has to be a caveat of the scenario as there is no way around it. For now the most you will get is docs.microsoft.com/.../itpro-introduction-to-automation-apis

    Perhaps in the future some more commands will exist but I doubt it will be outside of the delegated admin privilege.

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    Stefano Demiliani Profile Picture
    37,166 Most Valuable Professional on at

    The following users are authorized to access the Business Central administration center:

    - Internal tenant administrators

    - Admin agent

    - Helpdesk agent

    Internal administrators are users who are assigned the Global admin role or the Dynamics 365 Admin role in the Microsoft 365 admin center of the tenant. The other two roles are for delegated admins.

    Delegated admins is normally the suggested way to provide support to a customer (you don't require a license in this case).

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