Migrate to Business Central online

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Overview

This section covers moving data from on-premises systems to Business Central online. The entry page, “Migrate on-premises data to Business Central online”, explains the options: full data migration from Business Central, Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, or Dynamics NAV, or a reimplementation approach that brings over essential data only (for example with configuration packages).

Each source has its own subtopic. The Business Central, GP, and SL subtopics follow a similar flow: overview, preparation, cloud migration setup, data replication, data upgrade, and completion. GP and SL also cover post-migration users and permissions. The NAV subtopic describes the path through BC14, the BC14 reimplementation option, and converting C/AL customizations to AL extensions.

Supporting pages include custom migration from any SQL source (no-code mappings, custom migration apps, or extending the BC14 reimplementation tool), an FAQ on requirements and limits, and a troubleshooting guide. Start with the overview page, then go to the subtopic for your source system.

Key points

• Supported sources: Business Central, Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, and Dynamics NAV on-premises, plus custom SQL-based sources.
• A reimplementation approach is an alternative that migrates only essential data, using options such as configuration packages.
• Dynamics NAV migration follows a path through BC14, with a BC14 reimplementation option and guidance on converting C/AL customizations to AL extensions.
• Custom migrations can use no-code table, replication, and setup mappings, custom migration apps (provider and table mapping interfaces), or an extended BC14 reimplementation tool.
• The FAQ covers system requirements, data limits, SQL connection strings, the self-hosted integration runtime, Azure Data Factory, the intelligent cloud permission set, extension data migration, and data compression.
• The troubleshooting guide covers SQL Server compatibility, change tracking, migration user permissions, Integration Runtime setup, company name validation, and the tenant media table, and refers to versions 23, 24, and 25.
• BC, GP, and SL migrations each go through preparation, setup, data replication, data upgrade, and completion phases.

Subtopics

• Migrate from Business Central on-premises (20 pages)
• Migrate from Dynamics NAV (2 pages)
• Migrate from Dynamics GP (15 pages)
• Migrate from Dynamics SL (13 pages)

More Learn pages

• Custom migration from any SQL source: Learn how to set up and run custom migrations from any SQL-based source to Business Central online, including no-code options and custom migration apps.
• FAQ about Migrating to Business Central Online: Get answers to frequently asked questions about migrating to Business Central online from on-premises solutions, including supported versions and data limits.
• Migrate on-premises data to Business Central online: Learn to set up cloud data migration to Business Central online from supported Dynamics versions and Business Central on-premises, managed by Azure Data Factory.
• Troubleshooting Cloud Migration: Learn how to troubleshoot problems that you might experience with the cloud migration to Business Central online from on-premises.

Videos and posts

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• What’s New: Cloud Migration Tooling (2026 release wave 1) (video): “Custom Migration Tooling Platform; No-Code SQL Data Migration”
• Microsoft presents: Cloud Migration from any SQL (video): “Cloud Migration Management Page; Replication Progress Tracking; Upgrade Progress Tracking”
• Introduction to Business Central Cloud Migration (2023) (video): “cloud migration; azure data factory; sql to sql copy; integration runtime; data replication”
• Introduction to Business Central Cloud Migration Tooling (2022) (video): “Cloud Migration Tooling; One-Step Upgrade to Version 21; Direct Cloud Migration”

Business Central pages and reports

The pages, reports and queries this hub’s Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.

• Page 4003 “Intelligent Cloud Management” · captioned “Cloud Migration Management” · on Table 4001 “Hybrid Replication Summary”

Learn also names 1 object with no object page: page/2502.

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