Creating a new company using PowerShell (in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise)

The following steps will guide you through creating your new company within PowerShell. I'm using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premise in this case, but the steps will be the same for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 (PowerShell features are not available in Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS):

  1. Start the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Administration Shell (make sure to right-click on the icon and select Run as Administrator).
  2. Type  New-NAVCompany.
  3. Let's name the new company DemoRapidStart.
  1. For ServerInstance, type in the same server instance you're using to connect to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. If you installed ...

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