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title: "Getting started with Food Manufacturing & Distribution"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Getting started with Food Manufacturing & Distribution

To get started with Food Manufacturing & Distribution, the following table provides links to and descriptions of the topics in this section.

| To | See |
| --- | --- |
| Install and update Food Manufacturing & Distribution | [STAEDEAN Common](/business-central/docs/bc-staedean-common) |
| Learn what's new in Food Manufacturing & Distribution | [Release notes for Food Manufacturing & Distribution](/business-central/docs/bc-release-notes-for-food-manufacturing-distribution) |
| Create a Food Manufacturing & Distribution demo database | [Checklist to create a demo database](/business-central/docs/bc-checklist-to-create-a-demo-database-with-extended-cronus-data) |

Food Manufacturing & Distribution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2 requires the granules indicated in the table below. This table also shows the relation to the application areas (Basic, Extended, Advanced) in the Food Manufacturing & Distribution application on AppSource.

In the Food Manufacturing & Distribution application, user experience and application area are linked:

- User Experience, "empty" = Application Area: Basic
- User Experience, Essentials = Application Area: Extended
- User Experience, Premium = Application Area: Advanced

The following table lists the experiences that are currently available.

| Experience | Impact on user interface |
| --- | --- |
| Essential | Shows all actions and fields for all common business functionality. |
| Premium | Shows all actions and fields for all business functionality, including Manufacturing and Service Management. |

When you make a change to user plans in Office 365 Admin Center (such as assigning more users to the Premium plan) you must reflect the change in D365 BC.

### Steps - User plan

1. Sign in as an administrator.
2. Type Alt-Q, enter **Users**, and then choose the related link.
3. On the **Users** page, choose the **Refresh all User Groups** action.

All new information about the users' plans and their assigned user groups is now updated according to the plan changes.

## To select the premium experience:

You can now proceed to select the new experience.

### Steps - Premium experience

1. Type Alt-Q, enter **Company Information**, and then choose the related link.
2. On the **Company Information** page, on the **User Experience** FastTab, select **Premium** in the **Experience** field.

You must also install the Food Manufacturing & Distribution Premium application to enable the Advanced application area:

### Steps - Food Manufacturing & Distribution premium

1. Type Alt-Q, enter **Extension Management**, and then choose the related link.
2. On the **Extension Management** page, select the **Food Manufacturing & Distribution Premium Application**.
3. Select **Show More Option** on the line and click **Install**.

## Related

- [STAEDEAN Common](/bc-staedean-common.md)
- [Checklist to create a demo database with extended CRONUS data](/bc-checklist-to-create-a-demo-database-with-extended-cronus-data.md)