App Management
App Management covers the App Management API and how ISVs use it to manage Business Central app deployments, updates, and customer environments. It answers questions about the API entities, ISV update workflows, and upgrading apps with breaking changes using ForceSync.
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Overview
App Management is for ISVs who publish Business Central apps and need to manage them across many customer deployments. The section has three pages: an ISV-oriented overview, a reference for the API itself, and a procedure for a specific upgrade case.
Start with “App Management for ISVs” to see how the API supports app updates, the app repository, customer environment management, hotfix deployment, and continuous integration. Then use “App Management API” as the reference for the REST endpoints and entities. Read “Updating an App Version by Using ForceSync” when an update contains breaking changes and needs the ForceSync sync mode.
Key points
- The App Management API exposes REST endpoints with create, read, update, and delete operations.
- API entities: App, Country, Principal, Version, Environment, and Environment Hotfix.
- The ISV overview covers app updates, the app repository, customer environment management, and hotfix deployment.
- The API can be used in continuous integration scenarios across multiple Business Central deployments.
- ForceSync is a sync mode for upgrading apps that have breaking changes, through schema synchronization.
- The ForceSync page refers to Microsoft Lifecycle Services and side-by-side upgrades.
- ForceSync updates need careful testing before they are used in production.
Learn pages
- App Management API: Learn about managing Embed apps by using the App Management API.
- App Management for ISVs: The App Management API can help you manage your apps running in different customer Business Central environments.
- Updating an App Version by Using ForceSync: Learn how to synchronize a new app version that includes breaking changes.
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