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Some of the functionality described in this release plan has not been released. Delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released (see Microsoft policy). Learn more: What's new and planned
| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 |
Business value
Deliver faster, repeatable, and reliable migrations from SQL‑based systems to Business Central using the same proven tooling as with Business Central, Dynamics GP, and Dynamics SL migrations. You save time and money by building migration solutions once and deploying them across multiple customers, eliminating custom scripts, reducing risks, and ensuring a consistent admin experience.
Feature details
Business Central cloud migration tooling is extended to let developers build fast, repeatable, and reliable data migration engines for SQL‑based source systems. These custom migration engines are implemented as extensions and can be packaged, installed, and reused through AppSource, enabling consistent delivery across customer projects.
The platform introduces a generic, system‑level migration module that integrates directly with the Cloud Migration wizard through a new Generic Custom migration type. Developers implement a standardized AL interface that defines how data is mapped, replicated, and transformed from external SQL sources into Business Central. The platform provides shared helper methods to simplify custom implementations, including mapping helpers, replication and transformation orchestration, and a generic UI for tracking migration progress and errors.
Custom migration engines built using this model have the same core migration capabilities as Microsoft‑provided migration engines for Business Central, Dynamics GP, and Dynamics SL. Migration execution, status, and failures surface in a generic migration UI, ensuring a consistent administrative experience across built‑in and partner‑provided migrations.
This extensibility model allows partners and ISVs to create reusable, supported migration solutions for legacy and industry‑specific systems, reducing project risk and eliminating the need for ad hoc scripts, external tooling, or one‑off migration code.
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