Shopify Connector on BC 24.5?

[gregarican]

Our BC SaaS production environment is currently on 24.5. We will start internal UAT of BC 25 in our sandbox environments in a few weeks. But we ran into an issue where the Microsoft Shopify Connector is referencing an expired Shopify API version (i.e. - 2024-01). Looking in the BC tenant admin portal, there are no updates listed as being available for the Shopify Connector app (24.5.23489.24156).

I'm sure if we update our BC environment to v25 then the bundled Shopify Connector will again be using a current Shopify API version. But any suggestions about somehow patching the BC v24.5 we currently have in production?

[gregarican]

I expedited updating two of our BC SaaS sandbox environments from 24.5 to 25. I see now a newer version of the bundled Shopify Connector is provided. The Shopify API expiration date shows July 1st 2025. Less than six months from now. My question is that this Microsoft article speaks to "staying current" for this bundled app --> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/stay-current-shopify-connector. But it doesn't speak to if this will include an updated Shopify Connector alongside BC minor version updates. I don't see anything listed in Feature Management regarding an "auto-update," and am concerned our company will have to prepare for major version updates on a short timeline.

Any feedback?

[aholstrup1]

I can see this question was also asked on Yammer: https://www.yammer.com/dynamicsnavdev/threads/3134818895208448

[gregarican]

Since I'm not a Microsoft partner I can't view this Yammer thread, but at least others are asking. Thanks!

[gregarican]

Just pinging this again. Since I couldn't access the Yammer thread that was posted, I can't follow along with that discussion. Can anyone speak to how often the Shopify API version is updated in the Shopify Connector app? Is it only twice a year, with each BC major version update and that's it? Based on what I see I assume this is the case. Our BC production environment is on v25.5, and we are evaluating whether or not to force BC26 prior to the 7/1/2025 expiration of the Shopify API version that's currently in place.

[onbuyuka]

Each major version of Business Central is build against a specific version of the Shopify API. 2024 Wave 2 (v25) was build against Shopify 2024-07 and 2025 Wave 1 (v26) was build against Shopify 2025-01.

2025 Wave 2 (v27) will be built against Shopify 2025-07.

We block usage of the Shopify Connector after expiry date (1 year + API version). That means connectors on environments on version 25.0, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5* will stop working on 2025-07-01.

*This was perfectly aligned with original timelines where Microsoft asked everyone to upgrade in 60 days. However since that is not the case anymore with flexible upgrades, we will hotfix v25.5 with latest Shopify Connector (2025-01).

Of course we strongly encourage you to upgrade to v26, as you get more than the hotfix (latest and greatest).

[gregarican]

I just updated to Shopify Connector v25.5.30849.34042, and cleared the API version expiry cache for our Shopify shops. After waiting a few minutes and refreshing my BC session, the Shopify API version still appears to expire 7/1/2025 as was the case before. Assuming this hotfix is still pending release in the next few weeks? We do plan on updating to BC26 in the next month or so. But still are facing a week or so of this connector not working.

[onbuyuka]

We have code ready, and it is being merged into our dev database as we speak.

After round of internal testing we will start hotfixing process for version 25.5

The deployment of hotfixes is happening in waves and can take up to two weeks for some environments.

If the environment is currently on 25.4 or lower - they will need to upgrade to 25.5. We don't know at this point what the build number for the hotfix will be. We should communicate it separately. In this case you will be able to decide if you want to upgrade to 25.5 and wait for hotfix or create sandbox with copy of your production environment and let it upgrade first.

If environment is already running minor update 25.5 the fix will be installed automatically which might cause some disruption:

• it may require requesting new access token as we modified scopes (permissions on Shopify side)
• review job queues - maybe restart them
• if Shopify Admin API version is still showing 2024-07 - reset the cash (there is an action)

It might be a good idea to upgrade to 26 as it gives you more control over when/how upgrade happens.