Reduce Storage Usage for Business Central using Data Administration

Dynamics 365 Business Central

Business Central comes with default storage capacity of 80GB across three sandbox environments and 1 Production Environment, with additional storage capacities based on license types.
Proper data management is crucial to avoid running out of storage capacity.
Business Central now offers a "Data Administration" feature that allows users to manage and reduce storage usage by compressing or deleting entries.
The "Data Administration" feature can be accessed from the global search in Business Central and provides options for data clean up and compression of ledger entries.
Entries older than 5 years, belonging to closed fiscal years and with closed status, can be compressed to reduce storage space.
Compression settings can be configured to determine the frequency of compressed entries.
The "Data Administration" wizard simplifies the capacity management process by providing a guided approach.
Proper capacity management improves system performance and reduces costs in Business Central.

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