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BC 2026 release wave 2unofficial launch event map, by waldo

Features › Admin and platform

Export history API endpoint deprecated

GA · 1 min in 1 video · dev relevance medium · no what's new item of its own, but documented in the product docs (checked 2026-10-02)

Export history API endpoint deprecated

The admin center API export history endpoint is deprecated and kept only on API versions 2.29 and earlier. Automations should move to the environment operations API.

Area: Admin and platform. Status: GA. Developer relevance: medium. Airtime: 1 min across 1 video.

Status evidence

  • Nothing said about status; launch event convention: generally available unless stated otherwise.

Where they talk about it

Quotes

  • 3:15 "if you automate against the admin center API, the expert history endpoint is deprecated." - Flags a breaking change for anyone with automation against the admin center API.
  • 3:28 "It keeps working on API versions 2.29 and earlier, but it is not carried forward to newer versions." - Gives the exact API version limit for the deprecated endpoint.
  • 3:40 "you should move them to use the environment operations API." - States the migration path for automations.

Caveats mentioned

  • Works only on API versions 2.29 and earlier
  • Not carried forward to newer API versions

Prerequisites mentioned

  • Existing automations against the admin center API need migrating to the environment operations API

Documented features match

  • No documented item matched. Not documented
  • Product documentation: Business Central Admin Center API - Environment database export, checked 2026-10-02. The API endpoint to get export history is supported up until version 2.29 of the API, and is deprecated from version 2.30. Note: Points to Environment Operations endpoints instead.

Docs checked on 2026-10-02: the match is against Microsoft's what's new pages for the wave as they were on that date. Microsoft keeps filling the documentation, so "no documented item" can go stale.

Tags: api, admin, deprecation, automation

Generated by pipeline step 06. Source: YouTube auto-captions of the launch event videos, see the deep links. Not official.