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# Dynamics 365 Business Central: automatic PTE unpublishing after update.

[Read the post](https://demiliani.com/2025/07/10/dynamics-365-business-central-automatic-pte-unpublishing-after-update/) · Stefano Demiliani (Stefano Demiliani, MVP) · 2025-07-10 · 130 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> In SaaS environments, Business Central now automatically unpublishes PTE versions that are no longer installed once a newer version of the extension is installed. Besides the current installed version, only the version immediately before it stays published, so old versions no longer pile up in the tenant.

## Key points

- Old PTE versions are now automatically unpublished in SaaS when a new version is installed
- The version immediately before the current installed version is retained for safety
- This prevents accumulation of obsolete extension versions in tenants
- Applies to SaaS environments, simplifying extension lifecycle management

## Quotes

- "Microsoft will automatically unpublish every uninstalled version of the PTE except the version immediately preceding the current installed version." (Clarifies the safety mechanism that preserves one previous version for potential rollback needs)

## Context

- Features: automatic PTE unpublishing, extension version management, SaaS tenant cleanup

Source: Stefano Demiliani, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.