Introducing: PTEs in Admin Center (2025 release wave 1)
PTEs in the Business Central admin center (2025 release wave 1): the admin center now lists PTEs and dev extensions next to global apps, lets admins uninstall apps and see dependencies, and exposes the same data in admin center API version 2.25.
- Introduction to PTEs in Admin Center
- Viewing PTEs and Dev Extensions
- Uninstalling Global Apps
- Dependency Management and Uninstall
- Admin Center API Support
Overview
The video shows that, starting with this release wave, the admin center surfaces the PTEs installed on an environment. Before, only global apps were shown. A new dropdown filter separates global apps, PTEs and dev extensions.
It also demos uninstalling global apps from the admin center, with a choice of whether to keep application data. When an app has dependencies, the admin center shows which apps depend on it. Everything demoed is also available in the admin center API from version 2.25, including a new uninstall requirements endpoint and app type properties on the app endpoint.
Key points
- The admin center now shows PTEs and dev extensions, not only global apps.
- A new dropdown filter shows global apps, PTEs and dev extensions separately.
- Apps, including PTEs and global apps, can be uninstalled from the admin center, with the option to keep or delete application data.
- Almost all apps can be uninstalled; the base app is an exception.
- When uninstalling an app with dependencies, the admin center lists the apps that depend on it and asks you to confirm uninstalling them as well.
- Admin center API version 2.25 offers everything shown in the demo, including new properties on the apps endpoint such as app type and a new uninstall requirements endpoint.
- The uninstall requirements endpoint returns which apps would be uninstalled if you uninstall an app that has downstream dependencies.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| PTEs visible in Admin Center | status not stated, demoed | 0:06 |
| Admin Center API for PTEs | status not stated | 0:06 |
| App Filter Dropdown | status not stated, demoed | 0:22 |
| Uninstall Apps from Admin Center | status not stated, demoed | 0:44 |
| Dependency Visibility on Uninstall | status not stated, demoed | 1:16 |
| Uninstall Requirements API Endpoint | status not stated | 1:54 |
| App Type Property in API | status not stated | 2:09 |
Quotes
- 0:06 “starting this release wave we’ll start surfacing the PTEs that are installed on your environments in the admin center and in the admin center”
- 0:33 “whereas before we would only show global apps, we can now also see PTEES and dev extensions”
- 0:55 “for the apps that can be uninstalled, which is almost all of them with exceptions, just as base app, um you can now click”
- 1:05 “For apps that don’t have any dependencies, you simply choose whether you want to keep the application data or not.”
- 1:16 “if I’m uninstalling an app that has dependencies, I can now see those dependencies right in the admin center”
- 1:54 “everything that I just demoed in the admin center will also be available in the admin center API from version 2.25”
- 2:09 “we’re introducing a new uninstall requirements endpoint. This is an endpoint that you can use to see which apps would be uninstalled if you”
- 2:23 “there’s new properties on the app’s endpoint. For example, to see um the app type of the app that is returned by this endpoint”
Disclaimers in the video
- 1:54 other: everything that I just demoed in the admin center will also be available in the admin center API from version 2.25