Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Additional Environment Addon
Secure an additional Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central environment to expand your operational capacity and support specialized business processes annually.
- Extended Capacity: Gain an extra environment for development, testing, or specialized workflows beyond your production instance.
- Annual Commitment: Lock in your additional environment with a predictable annual subscription, ensuring continuous access.
- Microsoft NCE: Benefit from the latest Microsoft New Commerce Experience licensing terms for optimal value and flexibility.
- Business Agility: Support diverse business needs, from user acceptance testing to isolated departmental workflows, without impacting live operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides an additional, separate environment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, licensed through the Microsoft New Commerce Experience (NCE) on an annual subscription basis. It is designed to extend the capabilities of your core Business Central deployment, enabling dedicated spaces for development, testing, training, or specific departmental functions.
Businesses utilizing Dynamics 365 Business Central for their core operations, such as finance, sales, and inventory management, can benefit from this addon. IT Managers and Business Owners can leverage this to create isolated sandboxes for safe experimentation, user acceptance testing, or to host specialized workflows that require a distinct setup from the main production environment.
- Dedicated Sandbox: Provision a separate environment for development, testing, or training purposes.
- Annual Subscription: Secure your additional environment with a cost-effective annual licensing agreement.
- NCE Licensing: Operates under Microsoft's New Commerce Experience, offering standardized terms and billing.
- Operational Flexibility: Isolate critical testing or development activities from your live production system.
- Scalable ERP: Expand your Dynamics 365 Business Central footprint to meet evolving business requirements.
This annual addon is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations needing dedicated spaces for ERP development, testing, or specialized workflows.
What This Enables
Enable Safe Development and Testing Cycles
Enable teams to develop and test new customizations, integrations, or updates in an isolated environment. This prevents potential disruptions to live business operations and ensures a higher quality of deployed changes.
Cloud ERP, SaaS applications, IT operations management, software development lifecycle
Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Organizations deploying new features or updates can conduct thorough user acceptance testing in a dedicated environment that mirrors production. This ensures end-user buy-in and validates functionality before go-live.
Business process management, change management, end-user training, system validation
Facilitate Specialized Workflows or Training
Businesses can establish separate environments for specialized departmental needs, training new staff, or running specific pilot programs. This allows for tailored configurations without impacting the main ERP system.
Onboarding processes, departmental autonomy, pilot program deployment, ERP system administration
Key Features
Additional Dynamics 365 Business Central Environment
Provides a separate instance for development, testing, or training, safeguarding production operations.
Annual Subscription Term
Offers predictable budgeting and continuous access to the additional environment throughout the year.
Microsoft New Commerce Experience (NCE)
Ensures licensing is managed under Microsoft's current program, providing standardized terms and billing.
Isolated Sandbox Capabilities
Allows for safe experimentation with configurations, updates, and customizations without affecting live business processes.
Enhanced Operational Flexibility
Enables businesses to support diverse needs like UAT, training, or specialized workflows with dedicated resources.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturing companies often require separate environments for testing ERP updates that impact production scheduling, inventory management, and shop floor operations, ensuring minimal disruption to output.
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms need secure, isolated environments for testing new system configurations or regulatory updates that affect financial reporting and transaction processing, maintaining strict compliance.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups can use additional environments to test new point-of-sale integrations, inventory adjustments, or loyalty program updates before deploying them across multiple locations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations may use separate environments for testing patient management system updates or compliance-related changes, ensuring data integrity and adherence to HIPAA regulations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an additional environment for Dynamics 365 Business Central?
An additional environment is a separate instance of Dynamics 365 Business Central that runs alongside your primary production environment. It is typically used for development, testing, training, or other non-production purposes.
What is Microsoft NCE?
NCE stands for New Commerce Experience. It is Microsoft's updated licensing platform for cloud products, offering standardized terms, billing, and subscription management.
Can I use this additional environment for my live business operations?
While technically possible, this environment is intended for non-production use cases like development and testing to ensure the stability of your live production environment.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.