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.

Note: Be aware of the following information:

  • Approving the reseller relationship request involves logging into Microsoft’s Partner Center.
  • Reviewing the request sent by your LS Central partner, and accepting the request to establish the relationship.
  • The partner initiates a request for a reseller relationship via Partner Center.
  • The customer receives an email invitation or notification in your Microsoft 365 admin center from the partner.

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:

 

Dear <partner>

In order to use the current customer domain, we need you as their partner to send them the below message, including the reseller relationship link.

Please note that an admin needs to be the one accepting the link, and already logged into the environment, otherwise they receive an error.

LS Retail would like to be your Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider for your Microsoft Cloud account.

To accept the invitation, do the below two steps:

Step 1: Check and make sure customer profile is complete here:

https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?#/BillingAccounts/billing-accounts

Step 2: After customer pofile is complete (may take up to max five minutes to refresh after profile is updated), click the following link to accept this invitation and authorize LS Retail ehf. to be your Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider and accept the Microsoft Customer Agreement.

https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home....

Note: User with Global Admin permission is required to accept relationship.

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:

 

Dear <partner>,

The new license for customer<customer name>account no. <account no.> has been finalized.

The Sales invoice and license value can be viewed on Business Hub.

Setup info:

Microsoft Tenant ID <tenant Id>
Domain name: <customer domain>.onmicrosoft.com
License Activation Key <license key>

Please access one of the links below in order to start creating the new Business Central Production Environment.

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

Once the Production environment has been created, the LS Central App available on AppSource has to be installed. After finalizing the setup on the Production environment by using the links above, while still logged in, open a new tab and paste the below link. Please note that the Environment name in the link below, needs to be changed to the customer current environment name (which in most cases is: Production).

https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/<tenant_id>/<environment>/.....

Once the install has been finalized, please note that the install window will appear again, you may ignore that and close the installation window, click on Extension Management do a Search for LS Central and you should see LS Central and LS Central System App as installed Extensions.

 

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