System Requirements for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2
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The following sections list the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run Business Central on-premises (version 21). Minimum means that later versions (such as SP1, SP2, or R2 versions) of a required software product are also supported.
Note
Business Central Setup installs some software if it's not already present in the target computer. For more information, see the "Additional Information" section for each component.
CLIENT COMPONENTS
Web Client
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Business Central Web client on-premises.
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Supported browsers |
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Business Central Mobile App
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Business Central Mobile App.
For the latest information, see the app in the App Store or Google Play.
Specification | Requirement |
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Business Central Mobile App version |
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Supported operating systems |
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Additional hardware |
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Additional information |
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Business Central Desktop App
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the Business Central Desktop App.
Specification | Requirement |
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Supported browsers |
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Additional information | Business Central Web Server configured for HTTPS. |
Microsoft Office Applications
Business Central on-premises offers various features that require Office apps to be available on client devices. The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the features.
Specification | Requirement |
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Excel |
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Word |
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Outlook | Please see Business Inbox in Microsoft Outlook. |
Additional software |
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AL Development
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for customizing or extending Business Central using the AL language in Visual Studio Code.
Specification | Requirement |
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Supported operating systems |
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Required software | |
Hardware resources |
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Reports |
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For more information, see Get Started with AL.
SERVER COMPONENTS
Business Central Server
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for Business Central Server.
Specification | Requirement |
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Supported operating systems |
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Hardware resources |
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Dynamics 365 Sales integration |
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Additional software |
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Additional information |
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* Starting with update 18.1, Windows Identity Foundation is added to the product by Nuget. It's not installed by Setup.
Business Central Web Server Components
Specification | Requirement |
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Supported operating systems |
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Web server |
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Additional software |
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Additional information |
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Business Central Database Components
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for Business Central database components.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware resources | For more information, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server. From this page, you can also access requirements for other versions of SQL Server. |
Database | Business Central supports database compatibility level 150 and 160 on SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instance. See ALTER DATABASE (Transact-SQL) Compatibility Level for details on SQL Server Database compatibility levels. Note that if you use nonclustered column store (NCCI) indexes and deploy to Azure SQL Database, then the performance tier most be S3 or higher. |
Service Packs and Cumulative Updates | Unless explicitly stated, all released Service Packs and Cumulative Updates of the above Microsoft SQL Server versions are supported. it's recommended to always be on the latest released Service Pack and Cumulative Update. |
Additional information | Business Central Setup installs the following software if it's not already present on the target computer:
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ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS AND FEATURES
Automated Data Capture System
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for Automated Data Capture System (ADCS) for Business Central.
Specification | Requirement |
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Additional software |
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Additional information |
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Business Inbox in Microsoft Outlook
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for using Business Central as your business inbox in Outlook.
Specification | Requirement |
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Supported Outlook Applications |
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Supported Exchange Servers |
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Supported Authentication |
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Supported Browsers |
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Supported Operating Systems |
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Important
Starting with Business Central 2021 release wave 2, you will no longer be able to sign in to the Business Central add-in from Outlook versions earlier than 2012.
Microsoft Dataverse and Dynamics 365 for Sales Integration
The following table shows the product version requirements for integrating Business Central online and on premise with Microsoft Dataverse and Dynamics 365 Sales online and on premises.
Specification | Requirement |
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Microsoft Dataverse and Dynamics 365 Sales online | One the following authentication types:
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Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement on-premise Note: Not supported with Business Central online |
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1Effective April 2022, Office365 (legacy) authentication will no longer be supported for Dataverse/Dynamics 365 Sales environments on existing tenants. For more information, see Important changes (deprecations) coming in Power Apps, Power Automate and customer engagement apps.
2 Requires the registration of a third party application in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see To register an application in Microsoft Entra ID for connecting from Business Central to Dataverse.
3 AD, IFD, and OAuth types are supported with on-premises version of Dynamics 365 Sales. OAuth and Office 365 (legacy – basic) and Office 365 (modern – MFA) authentication are supported for online versions of Dynamics 365 Sales. For more information about authentication types, see Connection strings in XRM tooling to connect to Dynamics 365.
Business Central as an App for SharePoint
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for Business Central as an App for SharePoint.
Specification | Requirement |
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Supported SharePoint servers |
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Related information
Welcome to the Developer and IT-Pro Help for Business Central
Product and Architecture Overview
Deployment