Assigning the company as tenant in Dynamics 365 Business central On-premise

Managing access and roles in Business Central on-premise involves understanding tenants and companies. Assigning a company as a tenant is a key administrative task, but it can be confusing. Our Business Central consulting services offer clear guidance on how to correctly assign a company as a tenant in your on-premise Business Central environment. Learn the essential steps to ensure proper user access and data management with our expert advice.

Step 1: Open PowerShell in administrator mode and import the NAV admin tool to enable NAV commands in PowerShell

Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Force
Import-Module ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business central \180\Service\ NavAdminTool.ps1’

Step 2: Import the module by using the command below in Power Shell

Import-Module ‘E:\Dynamics.365.BC.23795.US.DVD \WindowsPowerShellScripts \Multitenancy’ -Verbose

Step 3: Click the show command window and select the command How to move company to tenant

Specify the required fields and run the command

Company Name: Company that you want to move,

Database Name: Specify the Business database,

New Tenant Name: Specify the New tenant name,

Old Tenant Name: Specify the Old tenant name,

Server Instance Name,

Database Server

Note: When we execute the above command, a tenant will be assigned for the mentioned company i.e. the company will be moved to a separate business database and that business database will be allocated to the tenant.

Step 4: Check the SQL server. The new database ‘Cronus’ has been created. And you can see the tenant in Business central Administration tool