Prism for AL 5.0.1

Compat package for Windows Server 2016 to 2022 · released 2 October 2026

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  1. Download Prism for AL 5.0.1 compat

    First time only: uninstall any existing Prism for AL, see installing the compat package.

  2. Add-AppxPackage PowerShell

    With Developer Mode on in Windows settings, run the command below where you saved the package.

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Add-AppxPackage -path ".\Prism for AL 5.0.1.1 SE Setup x64 Compat.msix"

Prism for AL Connector

The extension for Visual Studio Code. It opens the code you are editing in Prism, and gives GitHub Copilot Prism's MCP server without editing mcp.json.

Get the connector

Windows Server does not ship the Segoe Fluent Icons font, so some icons show as boxes until you install it. On Windows Server 2016, follow these instructions.

Requirements

Business Central Support
29 NEW Preliminary support
15 .. 28 Officially supported
14 and NAV 2018 Supported for extension development; the C/AL base application is loaded as a symbol file (no code in triggers/procedures)
Windows Support
Windows Server 2019 .. 2022 Supported with the compat package; the standard package does not install below Windows build 22000. Developer Mode has to be enabled
Windows Server 2016 Needs both MSIX Core and the compat package. Customers have run earlier releases this way; we have not tested the compat package on it
Processor 64-bit, officially supported
Segoe Fluent Icons This font is required to display all icons correctly. It ships with Windows 11; on older versions, download the zip file with the font and its EULA, then unzip and install it. Microsoft's licensing does not allow us to distribute the font.

Installing the compat package

Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 through 2022 are older than Windows build 22000, and cannot install the standard package. The compat package, Prism for AL 5.0.1.1 SE Setup x64 Compat.msix, is the same release packaged so that it installs on them. It shows as Prism for AL (compat) in the Start menu.

  • Uninstall any existing Prism for AL first. The compat package has a different identity, so it installs alongside the standard package rather than replacing it. This is only needed once: later compat packages upgrade your compat installation.
  • Your license and recent workspaces carry over, so there is nothing to enter again.
  • The package cache starts empty, so the first workspace load is slow. Existing anti-virus exclusions point at the old location: run Help | Optimize Prism Package Cache Performance again to get the script for the new one, see anti-virus exceptions.

Package cache and anti-virus

When Prism for AL meets a package for the first time, it caches the package's source files in the file system, and it uses the file system heavily when it builds a code graph. Anti-virus programs can slow both down considerably, so consider excluding Prism for AL's local application data path, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Statical\PrismAL or its MSIX virtualized equivalent, from scanning.

Prism for AL's Help | Optimize Prism Package Cache Performance menu copies a PowerShell script to the clipboard that excludes these paths from Windows Defender; run it as administrator. With another anti-virus program, read the paths to exclude in the script.

If your anti-virus program flags Prism for AL, see how to solve a false positive detection.

Other downloads

Prism for AL 4.5.0 The previous release: download , then install it with Add-AppxPackage -path ".\Prism for AL 4.5.0.0 SE Setup x64.msix"
Prism for AL Connector The extension for Visual Studio Code, on the Visual Studio Marketplace

Installing Prism for AL on Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 installs MSIX packages through Microsoft's MSIX Core technology. MSIX Core does not implement publisher bridging either, so you need both MSIX Core and the compat package. Once the compat package has been downloaded:

  1. Ensure MSIX Core has been installed.
  2. Execute the following on a command-line:
    msixmgr.exe -AddPackage ".\Prism for AL 5.0.1.1 SE Setup x64 Compat.msix"

To enable smooth upgrades, once Prism for AL has been installed, pin Prism for AL to the Start menu:

Pin Prism for AL to the start menu

Use the Open file location to construct the full path of the .lnk file, normally C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Prism for AL Standard Edition (compat).lnk. Copy this string and paste into Prism for AL Connector's setting in Visual Studio Code:

Set Prism executable in Prism for AL Connector settings

If you want to use Prism for AL's command line tools, then you need to use the exact location of the exe: C:\Program Files\MsixCoreApps\PrismForAL_5.0.1.1_x64__9e6gzh17hrv2t\bin\StaticalPrismCmd.exe. Beware that Prism for AL's version is part of the folder name, so this changes with every new version.