Tenant Creation and User Permissions for Business Central using Azure Portal
Introduction:
Creating a tenant in Microsoft Entra-ID or Azure Active Directory (AAD) is a simple process that can be accomplished through the Azure portal. The portal serves as a centralized hub for managing Azure Active Directory and executing various administrative tasks, including the creation of a new tenant. Additionally, this blog will cover how to create a user and grant them permissions.
Pre-requisites:
- Business Central OnCloud
- Azure Portal
Steps:
Sign in to Azure Portal.
- Visit the Azure portal and log in using your organization’s credentials.
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Navigate to Microsoft Entra ID tenants:
- Once you’re in the Azure portal, go to the Microsoft Entra ID section.
- Click on Overview and then select Manage tenants.
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Select “Create”:
- Click the Create button to begin creating your new tenant.
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Choose the type of tenant:
On the Basics tab, select the type of tenant you want to create:
- Microsoft Entra ID: For standard organizational use.
- Microsoft Entra ID (B2C): For business-to-consumer scenarios.
Click Next: Configuration to proceed.
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Provide the necessary information:
- On the Configuration tab, enter the following details:
Organization name: Type your desired organization name (e.g., “Cloudfronts”).
Initial domain name: Choose an initial domain name (e.g., “cfblogs”).
Country/Region: Select your desired country or leave it as the United States.
- Click Next: Review + Create.
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Review and create:
- Review the information you entered.
- If everything looks correct, click Create in the lower left corner.
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Your new tenant is created:
- Your new tenant will have a domain like cfblogs.onmicrosoft.com.
- As the first user of this tenant, you’ll automatically be assigned the Global Administrator role.
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Check your user account:
- Navigate to the Users page to see your account.
- By default, you’ll also be listed as the technical contact for the tenant.
- New Users can also be created.
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User can change their User Principal Name (which is generated by the system) by clicking on user e.g. “Shubham Prajapati”
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Now Sign in to Business Central Business Central Sign In | Microsoft Dynamics 365
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Now put the User principal name
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As password was not set during tenant creation. Go to > Forgot Password
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After setting up the password you can successfully login to your Business Central
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Now Go to Settings > Admin Center
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Now Click on Upper Left Corner > Admin
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Go to Active Users > Click on the user which you want to give permission to access central, then go to Licenses and apps and select Licenses > Save changes
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Once permission is provided Go to Users page in business central and click on Update users from Microsoft
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Now the user is being updated, to give environment permission click on the user whom you want to give permission
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To give environment permission to user click on New Line > Select appropriate permission to user
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Conclusion
Thus, in this blog we saw how to create a tenant for business central and how to add users and give permissions to them.
Thank you for reading hope this helps!