Update Industrial Equipment Manufacturing

In C/AL-based versions of D365 BC/Business Central, functionality updated through *.fob (or txt) files. As of the BC15 release, functionality updates through replacing apps.

Steps

1. Run Windows PowerShell ISE as administrator:

   # When running this script in a seperate session in ISE we need to import the modules again (Make sure to select the correct version of the Program Files folder):
   Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central\170\Service\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Apps.Management.psd1"
   Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central\170\Service\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.psd1"
   
   #This variable places the apps in the right order. When not updating all apps you can remove it/them from this list.
   $apps = "TI-Common,IEM Application,Application,TI-Lifecycle Base,IEM Lifecycle,IEM Extended Application,IEM Advanced Application"
   $serverInstance = 'BC170'
   #Make sure to download and unzip the artifacts folder to the location where you are installing from.
   $buildArtifactFolder = "C:\...\IEMNL17.0.44289.0"
   $appsSplit = $apps.Split(',')
   $i = $appsSplit.Count
   
   #Uninstall and unpublish the previous versions of the apps:
   Do{
       $i--
     Write-Host "Uninstall & Unpublish $($appsSplit[$i])"
   
     $installedAppVersion = Get-NAVAppInfo -ServerInstance $serverInstance|Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $appsSplit[$i] }|%{"$($_.Version.Major).$($_.Version.Minor).$($_.Version.Build).$($_.Version.Revision)"}
     Uninstall-NAVApp -Name $appsSplit[$i] -ServerInstance $serverInstance -Version $installedAppVersion
     Unpublish-NAVApp -Name $appsSplit[$i] -ServerInstance $serverInstance -Version $installedAppVersion
   }
   Until($i -eq 0)
   
   #Publish and Install the new versions of the apps
   $apps.Split(',') | ForEach-Object {
       $appName = $_
       $AllAppFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $buildArtifactFolder -Filter "*.app" -Recurse
       foreach ($AllAppFile in $AllAppFiles) {if ((Get-NAVAppInfo -Path $AllAppFile.FullName |Select-Object -expand Name) -eq $appName){$appFileName = $AllAppFile.FullName} }
       Write-Host "Install $_ ($appFileName)"
       $newAppVersion = Get-NAVAppInfo -Path $appFileName|%{"$($_.Version.Major).$($_.Version.Minor).$($_.Version.Build).$($_.Version.Revision)"}
   
       Publish-NAVApp -Path $appFileName -ServerInstance $serverInstance
       Sync-NAVApp -Name $appName -ServerInstance $serverInstance -Version $newAppVersion
       Start-NAVAppDataUpgrade -Name $appName -ServerInstance $serverInstance -Version $newAppVersion
       Install-NAVApp -Name $appName -ServerInstance $serverInstance -Version $newAppVersion
   }

Note

Data is always retained in the SQL Server tables. None of these commands touch the data.