Ready to Go
Ready to Go covers how to start building and publishing Business Central apps for the Microsoft commercial marketplace, and the business case for doing so. It answers questions about partner registration, object ranges, and Partner Center submission, and about app types and go-to-market options.
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Overview
Ready to Go is the entry point for developers and companies who want to publish Business Central apps. It has two pages: one on the practical steps to build and publish, and one on the market opportunity for app publishers.
Start with “The SMB opportunity for app publishers” if you need to decide whether and how to build. It describes the SMB market, the two app types (Connect and Add-on), the Microsoft Marketplace and go-to-market scenarios. Then use “Get started building apps” for the steps: become a partner, register as a publisher, get a unique object range, develop the solution and submit it to Partner Center.
Key points
- Publishing path: become a partner, register as a publisher, obtain a unique object range, develop the solution, submit to Partner Center.
- Setup items mentioned: Partner Center registration, PartnerSource Business Center access, developer license file, and prefix or suffix registration.
- Submissions go through technical validation.
- A unique object range is assigned to each publisher.
- The opportunity page cites a 51 billion dollar SMB market, with Business Central growing at 47% versus 17% for other BizApps platforms.
- Two app types are described: Connect apps and Add-on apps.
- Apps are distributed through the Microsoft Marketplace.
- Go-to-market scenarios include API integration and consultancy services.
Learn pages
- Get started building apps: Learn how you can get started building apps for Dynamics 365 Business Central in six easy steps.
- The SMB opportunity for app publishers: Learn about the business opportunity we see for software companies in the SMB space if you build your solution on Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Source: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0). Descriptions are Learn’s own.