Version 1.2 · Effective 6 September 2026

Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the BCDock platform ("Service"), operated by BCDock ("we", "us", "our"). By using the Service you agree to these Terms.

1. Sandbox Use Only

BCDock provides Business Central container environments strictly for development, testing, training, and evaluation purposes. You must not use BCDock environments for production workloads or live business operations.

The free trial provides one sandbox subject to two runtime caps: 7 hours of active (running) time and 100 hours of stored (hibernated) time. The trial also expires 14 days after account creation. Paid tiers do not have these caps; they are billed per-second per the pricing page.

2. Permitted Uses

AL extension development and testing
Training courses and workshops
Demos and proof-of-concept evaluations
CI/CD pipeline testing (automated test runs)
Upgrade testing before production deployment
Partner and ISV certification testing

3. Prohibited Uses

Running live production Business Central data or operations
Storing personally identifiable information of end customers
Any use that violates Microsoft's Business Central licensing terms
Reselling or sublicensing access to BCDock environments to third parties
Attempting to compromise the security or stability of the platform or other customers' environments
Cryptocurrency mining or any workload unrelated to Business Central testing

4. Microsoft Licensing

BCDock runs Microsoft's Business Central container images. Microsoft publishes the licence terms for those images as the Microsoft NAV/BC on Docker EULA, and lists it as the licence terms for the Business Central image. Read it before you create an environment. Microsoft's document still uses Dynamics NAV, the former name of the product Microsoft now calls Business Central, so the wording you will see quoted below is theirs and unchanged.

It states that the image is “intended and supported by Microsoft only for test and development purposes” and that it is “not supported in production environments”.

It also requires that you already hold a licence for the software before you use the image. Microsoft's document says Dynamics NAV, which is the product they now call Business Central.

If you choose a preview version, Microsoft's Business Central Insider EULA applies as well, and the portal asks you to accept it separately.

When you create an environment, you confirm two things: that you accept Microsoft's licence terms for the container image, and that you hold whatever Business Central licence your own use requires. BCDock does not provide Microsoft licences, does not grant you any rights to Microsoft software, and is not affiliated with Microsoft Corporation.

The restriction in section 1 is ours. We do not allow production use of BCDock environments. That is our rule about our service, and we do not state it as Microsoft's position.

5. Accounts and Access

You must provide a valid email address to create an account. You are responsible for all activity under your account. Notify us immediately at security@bcdock.io if you suspect unauthorised access.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, abuse the platform, or engage in conduct harmful to other users or the service.

6. Service Limitations

No version upgrades: upgrading BC requires creating a new environment.
No data persistence guarantee: environments may be deleted after their runtime expires. Back up any data you need.
No SLA: the beta service is provided on a best-effort basis without uptime guarantees.
No Power Platform integration: BCDock environments have limited Power Platform support compared to BC SaaS.

7. Billing

Paid environments are billed by the second at the rates published on our pricing page. Each environment is billed in one of two states: active (running, with an HTTPS endpoint and a reserved pool slot) at the tier's active rate, or stored (hibernated; state preserved as an encrypted blob, no pool slot) at the tier's stored rate. Active billing starts when an environment reaches running status and stops on hibernate, suspension, or deletion. Stored billing runs for as long as the hibernated state is retained. Provisioning, deletion, and error states are not billed.

Founder Program participants (first 20 customers) receive the discounts published for the Founder Program on our pricing page, in exchange for participation in two short feedback interviews and agreement to be a public reference. Discounts for annual commitments, where offered, are as published on our pricing page; the stored rate is flat across commitment types. We will provide at least 30 days' notice before any standard price change takes effect.

Free-trial environments (one sandbox, with 7 hours of active runtime, 100 hours of stored time, and a 14-day expiry from account creation) are provided at no charge. No credit card is required for the free trial.

8. Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, BCDock is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of or inability to use the Service, including loss of data or business interruption.

9. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify registered users by email at least 14 days before material changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

10. Contact

Questions about these Terms? support@bcdock.io