Frequently asked questions

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Overview

This section is a set of FAQ pages with no subtopics. Most pages target partners and developers who build and publish apps to the Marketplace: submitting and managing an offer, testing, updating apps, marketing validation, library and dependency apps, and the app and extension lifecycle.

Other pages cover a general FAQ for developing in AL, questions about migrating to Business Central online, and the discontinuation of the Windows client.

Start with the page that matches your task. For a first Marketplace release, read the offer submission FAQ, then the testing and marketing validation FAQs. For later releases, use the updating and lifecycle FAQs. For moving from on-premises to the cloud, use the migration FAQ.

Key points

• Library apps hold shared code for multiple Marketplace apps and are installed automatically as dependencies.
• Offer management FAQ covers the Partner Center flow: Review and publish, the Go Live button, validation queuing and technical validation.
• Testing FAQ describes expected coverage: online-only testing, version testing, country testing, upgrade testing, automated and manual tests, and Docker.
• Update FAQs cover version numbering, preserving app identity, compatibility configuration, automatic updates, admin center management and the hotfix process.
• Lifecycle FAQ covers upgrade codeunits, code signing, force updates during major releases and recommended update frequency.
• Marketing validation FAQ requires statements on supported editions, countries/regions and languages, plus help pages, product naming and marketplace badge rules.
• Migration FAQ covers system requirements, data limits, SQL connection strings, self-hosted integration runtime, the intelligent cloud permission set, data compression and replication.
• Windows client FAQ explains the move to web, mobile and Windows 10 desktop clients starting with 2019 release wave 2 in October 2019.

Learn pages

• FAQ about Library & Dependency Apps in Business Central: Get answers to some of your questions about library apps and dependency apps in Dynamics 365 Business Central
• FAQ about managing and submitting your Business Central offer: Get answers to some of your questions about managing an offer in Partner Center when you build an app for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• 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.
• FAQ about Testing your Business Central App: Get answers to some of your questions about testing when you build an app for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• FAQ about Updating your Business Central App: Get answers to some of your questions about updating your app for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• FAQ about Windows Client and Business Central: Get answers to why the Windows client is no longer supported with Business Central.
• FAQ for Developing in AL: Overview of frequently asked questions for development using the AL language.
• Lifecycle of apps and extensions FAQ: Overview of the frequently asked questions about updating an app on Marketplace.
• Marketing validation FAQ: The marketing validation FAQ for Business Central apps

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