SaaS Onboarding - Step 3

Installing LS Central and creating the Business Central Environment

After submitting the price list to our licensing team, you will receive a quote for your order.

Once the quote is accepted, one of the following installation scenarios applies.

Scenario A – Installation on an Existing Tenant

When the quote from the license team has been accepted, LS Retail sends a reseller relationship request to the customer that is provided in the form of a URL (link).

This request must be completed before the order is processed.

Step is as follows:

  1. LS Retail generates the reseller relationship link
  2. The link is shared with the partner
  3. The partner forwards this link to the customer

During this step:

  • The Consulting Partner is added
  • No delegated administration permissions are granted yet
  • The customer must open the link and approve the request using a user with sufficient privileges in the tenant

After approval, LS Retail can view the customer's tenant in CSP.

An example of this communication is shown below.

Reseller relationship process: Reseller Relationship Request – LS Central

Scenario B – Installation on a New Tenant

If the customer does not have an existing tenant, LS Retail guides the provisioning of a new tenant as part of the SaaS ordering flow. Once completed, the partner receives access links for further setup.

Create the Business Central Environment

After the SaaS subscription is processed and either scenario A or B is completed, the licensing team will provide the partner with another link for the Business Central environment to be created. The format of the link is as follows:

https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/<TenantID>/admin

Use this link to create the Production environment.

Note: If a BC environment already exists in the tenant, this step can be skipped.

Business Central environments are created and managed via the Business Central Admin Center. Customer Tenant and Administration

Permissions required to create the BC environment

To create or manage Business Central environments in the Business Central Admin Center, the user must:

  • Have one of the following Microsoft Entra roles:
    • Dynamics 365 Business Central Administrator (least-privileged role)
    • Dynamics 365 Administrator
    • Global Administrator
  • And have a Dynamics 365 Business Central user license (Essentials or Premium) assigned (Device licenses do not apply)

See: Administration of Business Central Online as an internal administrator - Business Central | Microsoft Learn

Install the LS Central Apps

After the environment is ready, LS Retail provides direct installation links for the LS Central app.

Depending on the country, you may need to use more than one link to install:

  • LS Central core app
  • Localization app
  • Language app

The LS Central app is visible on AppSource but cannot be installed directly from AppSource

Important notes:

  • When using the provided installation link, make sure the environment name in the URL matches the customer’s environment (normally Production).
  • Install the apps while logged in to the correct tenant and environment.

All links for the LS Central localization and language app are available on the Partner Portal: https://portal.lsretail.com/products/ls-central/?tab=CountryAvailability

Permissions required to install the LS Central apps

To install extensions in Business Central (including LS Central app), the same applies as above, and in addition, the user must:

  • Have EXTEND. MGT. - ADMIN permission set assigned (least-privileged role)
    • Make sure to skip the Company assignment.
  • Having SUPER permission set assigned will also work.

An example of communication is shown below:

 

Step 4