How to Find Who Installed an App in Business Central and When

 Many time admin ask same question:

“Who upload this extension, and when it was install?”

Answer is not same for all, because depend if you run Business Central SaaS (cloud) or On-Premise.

🔹 Business Central SaaS (Cloud)

In cloud version, the old page Deployment Status (2000000206) not exist anymore. Now you must use Admin Center and Microsoft 365 logs.

Step 1: See installed apps inside BC

  1. Open Business Central.

  2. Use Tell Me (Alt+Q) and search Extension Management.

  3. There you see list with app name, publisher, version and install date.

👉 This show when, but not who.

Step 2: Check in Admin Center

  1. Go to https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/admin.

  2. Select your environment (Production or Sandbox).

  3. In left menu choose Operations → Extensions.

  4. Now you see:

    • Extension name and version

    • Publisher

    • Deployment status (Installed, Installing, Failed, Uninstalled)

    • Deployment time and version history

👉 This is best place in SaaS to check when extension deploy.

Step 3: Find who install it

Business Central SaaS not keep user in Extension list. For this you must check logs in Microsoft 365.

  • Open Microsoft 365 Compliance Center → Audit.

  • Search for activity like Added Business Central App.

  • It show which user, date and time.

Or in Azure AD portal:

  • Go to Azure Active Directory → Monitoring → Sign-ins.

  • Filter by Business Central app.

  • See which admin make deploy.

👉 Only with audit log you know who press install.

🔹 Business Central On-Premise

In OnPrem you can go deeper because all save in SQL and server log.

Step 1: See apps in client

Same like cloud, go Extension Management. You see name, version, publisher, install date.

Step 2: SQL tables

Important tables are:

  • NAV App Published App → who upload app.

  • NAV App Installed App → when install happen.

SQL example:

SELECT [App Name], [App Version], [Published By], [Created DateTime]
FROM [YourDatabase].[dbo].[NAV App Published App]
ORDER BY [Created DateTime] DESC;

👉 Published By = user name, Created DateTime = when.

Step 3: Event Viewer

  1. On NST server open Event Viewer.

  2. Go Application and Services Logs → Microsoft → DynamicsNAV → Server.

  3. Filter by “App Publish” or “App Install”.

  4. You see detail log with user and time.

Step 4: PowerShell

For admin who like command line:

Get-NAVAppInfo -ServerInstance BC210

This return app name, version, publisher.

🔹 Conclusion

  • In SaaS you see when from Admin Center, but who only with audit logs.

  • In OnPrem you see both who and when direct from SQL or Event Viewer.

👉 Always write down extension install in your change log or ticket system. This save you big time later when troubleshooting.

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