Microsoft transitioned many of their software applications to a Modern Lifecycle which provides support for only a limited number of releases in the expectation/requirement that users will upgrade regularly.
Now I’ve only been working with Microsoft Dynamics BC 365 Business Central for a short time, but from what I’ve seen the upgrades for the online/cloud version are released on a schedule where you can only choose to delay the upgrade for a certain length of time. All good as it means you will always be on a supported version.
The full lifecycle for on-premise Dynamics BC is here.
What brought his to mind, was a Product Lifecycle showing the end date of applications in 2023 which covers on-premise implementations of Dynamics BC.
The versions coming out of support in 2023 are:
- Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2021 release wave 2, version 19.x on 12th April.
- Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2021 release wave 2, version 19.x on 12th April.
Even though these applications are installed locally users should adhere to the support policy which requires regular upgrades. If you’re on one of the above versions, you should be looking to upgrade to 2022 release wave 2, which came out in October.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 and 2013 R2 are also out of support on 10th January 2023 which may affect some clients running older versions of the software.