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# Enable Telemetry in Online Business Central Environments

> Enabling telemetry for a Business Central online environment by setting an Application Insights connection string in the tenant admin center. It shows where to find the setting, how to copy the string from the Azure portal, and warns that saving restarts the environment.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2023-12-05 · 2:06 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

The video walks through connecting a Business Central online environment to Application Insights. In the tenant admin center, you pick the environment and open its details, where a setting for the Application Insights connection string is available.

The presenter opens the configuration menu, then gets the connection string from the Azure portal, copies it, pastes it into the menu and saves. Saving injects the connection string into Business Central, and data starts arriving within a few minutes. The video warns that saving restarts the environment, so it should not be done during working hours.

## Key points

- Go to the tenant admin center, select the environment, and use the details menu to set the Application Insights connection string.
- The connection string is copied from the Application Insights resource in the Azure portal.
- Saving the connection string triggers a restart of the environment.
- Avoid saving during working hours because of the restart.
- After saving, the connection string is injected into Business Central and telemetry data starts arriving within a few minutes.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=0s) Introduction to enabling telemetry
- [0:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=13s) Accessing the application insights connection string setting
- [0:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=25s) Opening the connection string configuration menu
- [0:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=41s) Warning about environment restart impact
- [0:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=51s) Locating the connection string in Azure portal
- [1:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=67s) Copying the connection string from Azure
- [1:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=82s) Pasting and saving the connection string
- [1:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=105s) Summary of telemetry enablement process

## Features

Every feature below: status not stated, demoed.

| Feature | At |
|---|---|
| Application Insights telemetry integration | [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=0s) |
| Connection string configuration UI | [0:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=13s) |

## Quotes

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=0s) "To enable telemetry for a Business Central online environment, you go to the tenant admin center and pick the environment."
- [0:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=13s) "in the details menu here, I have an ability to set application insights connection string."
- [0:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=41s) "Be aware that this will trigger if if you save this, it will trigger restart of the environment. So, please don't do this during"
- [1:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XkX9mv6H8&t=105s) "when I click save, this will inject the connection string into Business Central and within a few minutes, you now start getting data."