MSDYN365BC - Object Ranges.

Hi Readers,

This article is based on discussion in last meeting of #bcopendiscussion.

Thankyou all for attending and sharing questions. I am happy to answer all questions if possible. 

The question is around Object Range used to Dynamics 365 Business Central.

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In Dynamics 365 Business Central running in the cloud, there are different object ranges in terms of licensing. Developing for Dynamics 365 Business Central is done using Visual Studio Code with the AL Language extension.

Below is the summary of different available ranges and who can use them.

0-49999

1. This range is assigned to Dynamics 365 Business Central base app functionality and must not be used. 
2. Microsoft use this range for Base Microsoft Objects.

50000-99999

1. This range is for customizations. 
2. A partner can develop an extension tailored to the individual tenant to fit the needs. 
3. The partner will develop this either by using a sandbox tenant or by running a build of Dynamics 365 Business Central on Docker that matches the version of the tenant. 
4. Once the development is done, the extension can be deployed to the individual tenant.
5. Objects in this range is not to be purchased by customer in Business Central SaaS.
6. Objects in this range is to be purchased by customers in Business Central on-prem.

100000-999999

1. The objects in this range are mainly designed when the Microsoft team localizes Dynamics 365 Business Central for a specific country or region. 
2. These objects cannot be used by partners.
3. Microsoft use this range for Localization.

1000000-69999999

1. This is the Registered Solution Program (RSP) range which partners that have an ISV solution for on-premise have access to. 
2. The partner can choose to use this range for developing extensions that can be used either in Dynamics NAV on-premise or in Dynamics 365 Business Central in the cloud. 
3. When used in Dynamics 365 Business Central these extensions are obtained as apps from appsource.microsoft.com.
4. If you are using an ISV Extension that is available in following Range then it will easy to Replicate data as both Extensions are in same range.

70000000-74999999

1. Partners can obtain ranges for extension development that runs in Dynamics 365 Business Central in the cloud. 
2. This range is only available for extension development and only in Dynamics 365 Business Central. These extensions are obtained as apps from appsource.microsoft.com.
3. If you are using an ISV Extension that is available in following Range then it will hard to Replicate data as both Extensions are in different range.
4. The objects in this range are designed for developing Apps for Business Central SAAS which are made available through Microsoft AppSource.

If you are interested below is the Recording of #bcopendiscussion on 25'th July 2020.

 

Download the Dynamics 365 Business Central licensing guide here.

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