Changes to Business Central Admin Center in 2019 Wave 2 Release

Introduction:

In this blog, I plan to cover the changes in Business Central Admin Center in 2019 Wave 2 Release.

Prerequisites:

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Demonstration:

Changes in Business Central Admin Center are as follows

1. Changes in Action Button and addition of Refresh Button in Environments section:

List of Environments and Actions

2. Addition of Action Buttons Environment Card (Details) Page:
New Additions in Action are Report Production Outage and Manage Support Contact

Environment Details and Actions

You can create a Support Ticket for the Tenant, Report Outages in Production and also Delete the Production as multiple Production Environments are supported.

3. Creation of New Environment:

• Creation of New Environment either multiple Production and Sandbox.
• Can select appropriate Country Region for the Environment.
• Can even select version including version 15.03650.0 for Production and above versions such as 15.0.36135.0 (Preview) for Sandbox

Creation of Environment

4. Report Production Outage (Only in Production):

Report Production Outage Enabled in Production

Report Production Outage Disabled in Production

Reported Production Outages - Filter by Days 

5. Manage Support Contact:
Manage Support Contact is In Development. You can refer to Release Plan to know more.

Manage Support Contact

Limitations of Admin Center:
1. Can provision only single environment at a given time.

Conclusion:

Overall the changes I liked in terms of Productivity are Refresh Button Environments section, Selection of Country for the Tenant, Report Outages and ability to Support Case Ticket.