From Controversy to Clarity: Understanding Business Central Developer Licensing in 2025

Illustration showing cloud vs on-premise development paths for Business Central in 2025

Originally published in 2018, “Say Bye Bye to Developer License!” sparked intense debate around Business Central licensing. In this 2025 update, we revisit what’s changed, what still applies — and why you still need object licensing for on-prem development. A must-read for Business Central developers navigating cloud vs. on-prem realities.

How Good Is Business Central as a solution?

Short answer? Yes, abolutely, its a great solution. Long answer? It depends on what you’re looking for – but Business Central punches well above its weight. Here’s why Business Central (BC) is a solid, modern ERP choice, especially for SMBs (and even mid-market orgs scaling up): Pros that Make It Shine The “Depends” Part TL;DR: … Read more

appSyntax.json Warnings Message

Are you guys started having a warning message “String is not a URI: URI with a scheme is expected.” in your VSCode AL extension development?
Microsoft responded on the same and they will investigate the same and will come back with an update

Microsoft Flow – An automation tool with immense possiblities

Let me confess, I never had taken Microsoft flow that seriously in last 1 year. I was too busy with Dynamics NAV and used to feel that it has limited functionality. But of late, I believe my love affair with D365 Business Central has changed that impression completely. With Business Central, I started looking things … Read more

Say Bye Bye to Developer License

Yes! you heard is right. You no longer need a partner/developer license to create a new component / customize in Dynamics 365 Business Central. Conditions Apply! I am sorry the above statement is only true if you are developing using VS Code and AL language extension. But who is developing with C/AL and C/SIDE anymore? … Read more

What’s New – Dynamics 365 Business Central October Release

Remember how kiddish 🙂 I was, when I expressed my frustration in LinkedIn because my favorite Dynamics NAV moving from On-Premise to cloud [Dynamics 365 for Financials] and the web client was pathetic? The lack of rich features in web client what we always experienced in Dynamics NAV windows client was pretty repulsive for me.   … Read more