Category: Business Central (Nav/Navision)

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 3rd of the new functionality in the Development section is mock outbound HttpClient web service calls during testing.

To allow for easier testability of AL code that includes outbound web service calls, Microsoft are introducing the ability to mock such calls. This allows the developer to hardcode return values to the calling code during tests, without actually performing the outbound web service call. The ability to mock calls is especially valuable when testing Copilot and AI features, as developers can write unit tests for these without actually connecting to Azure OpenAI Service, and thereby save any unnecessary token consumption.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
Public Preview: Apr 2025
General Availability: Apr 2025

Feature Details

AL developers will be able to easily mock out HttpClient Get/Put/Delete/Post calls in unit tests. The idea is to allow easy substitutions of the responses of HttpClient calls in unit tests by introducing a new handler function to intercept HttpClient calls.

The signature is expected to be:

[HttpClientHandler]
procedure MyHandler(path: Text/Uri; requestType: HttpRequestType; var response: TestHttpResponseMessage; var success: Boolean): boolean

The default behavior will be to prevent making an actual request, but there should be the option to do so by changing the exit value.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 2nd of the new functionality in the Development section is troubleshoot clients, apps, and add-ins with telemetry.

This new feature in the Business Central client enhances the overall reliability and user experience by logging exceptions in client add-ins. Administrators can swiftly identify and address issues before they impact users, ensuring smoother operations and reducing downtime. By capturing detailed telemetry data, businesses can gain valuable insights into the performance and stability of their extensions, ultimately leading to improved user satisfaction.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Apr 2025

Feature Details

The Business Central client emits a telemetry event if an exception occurs in a client add-in. The telemetry helps administrators monitor and react to errors before users report them.

The client logs the following types of information about issues:

• The environment and company.
• The extension, app, or add-in.
• The type of client (browser, tablet, phone, and so on).
• The error information.
• The user who experienced the error.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 1st of the new functionality in the Development section is move tables and fields with data across extensions as part of refactoring.

As extensions mature or as a consequence of an extension initially created as a large monolith, the requirement emerges to be able to split up the extension and move ownership of tables or fields along with data. This feature introduces the same controlled process for releasing and taking ownership of tables or fields as part of the extension upgrade process to partner extensions.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
Public Preview: Apr 2025
General Availability: Apr 2025

Feature Details

In the past two releases, the ability to move tables and fields across extensions has been enabled for first-party extensions from Microsoft. In this release Microsoft add the ability for partners to use the same capabilities on their extensions.
For the best coverage of the capabilities, see the existing documentation that was made available to cover the support in first-party apps. Learn more in Moving tables and fields between extensions.

My Opinion

I’ve worked with a partner who had a large legacy app for Dynamics NAV and who were working to bring it forward to BC as a range of extensions covering the different functional areas. I can see this enhancement being useful to them and other partners who support a range of extensions.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 2nd of the new functionality in the Country and regional section is define allowed languages per environment.

It’s now easier to select or change the UI language that you’re using. Administrators can save people time and reduce confusion by making only the languages that their environment supports available for selection on the My Settings page.

Enabled for: Users by admins, makers, or analysts
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Apr 2025

Feature Details

Business Central’s user interface is translated by apps that Microsoft provides, or by language apps that Microsoft’s partners provide on AppSource. Administrators install the language apps in their Business Central environment. Afterward, on the My Settings page, you can choose the language in which you want to use Business Central.

Until now, when you selected your desired language, you chose from the full list of all languages that the Business Central platform can support, regardless of whether a language app is installed for them. This sometimes led to confusing experiences and made it more difficult to select a language. In most cases, only a few languages are relevant for an environment.

Administrators can now use the new Allowed Languages page to define the languages that should show up when people select their language. Showing only the supported languages makes it easier to select a language you can actually use, which helps avoid confusion.

My Opinion

The full list of languages can be confusing to users, so, while a small change, I can see this being useful for those organisations with a dispersed or otherwise multi-lingual workforce.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 1st of the new functionality in the Country and regional section is use PEPPOL A-NZ format in e-docs in Australia, New Zealand.

Users in Australia and New Zealand can use e-invoicing in Business Central. This feature introduces electronic documents for invoices, which significantly enhances business efficiency by streamlining administrative processes and reducing operational costs. This feature minimizes manual data entry errors and accelerates transaction processing, allowing quicker and more accurate financial computation and tracking. Additionally, it reduces the need for physical storage space and paper usage, contributing to environment sustainability. The real-time access to electronic documents improves transparency and facilitates better decision-making, ultimately leading to increased productivity and customer satisfaction.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Apr 2025

Feature Details

You can use E-Documents framework localized for Australia and New Zealand. The framework lets you work with the PEPPOL A-NZ electronic invoices format, which is compliant and adapted for these markets. You can choose one of the existing PEPPOL service providers as your communication channel via access points, exchange documents by uploading them manually, or send them by email.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 5th of the new functionality in the Copilot and AI section is enhance purchase order line matching with Copilot.

The e-documents feature in Business Central plays a key role in automating the receipt and processing of invoices from vendors. Copilot can help this process by improving the mapping and matching of vendor invoices to purchase orders. This assistance reduces time spent on tasks that would normally include extensive search, lookup, and data entry. This feature improves accuracy and adds new capabilities to matching e-document lines with Copilot.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Apr 2025
General Availability: –

Feature Details

To experience this feature, sign in to your Business Central online environment and follow these instructions. The feature extends the current Copilot with the following capabilities:

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This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 4th of the new functionality in the Copilot and AI section is suggest gas emissions in sustainability journals with Copilot.

Microsoft Copilot is the AI-powered assistant that helps spark creativity, boost productivity, and eliminate tedious tasks. This feature will improve accuracy and productivity in collection gas emissions and calculation of emission factors.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Apr 2025
General Availability: –

Feature Details

For greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), Copilot can estimate total emissions based on descriptions and input parameters and adjust emission factors for future use.

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The 3rd of the new functionality in the Copilot and AI section is use Sales Order Agent to automate sales order-taking.

We’re at a crucial juncture for AI in the workplace. Just as we now look back at the pre-PC era with astonishment, we’ll soon wonder how work was ever done without AI. Workers, overwhelmed by digital debt and workplace stress, are turning to AI for relief. Leaders can harness this momentum for tangible returns on investment. Copilot in Business Central is already enhancing users’ creativity and productivity by using AI in key application scenarios and providing guidance along the way. AI will gradually transform every aspect of work, achieving real business impact, and companies that proactively embrace this challenge will excel.

Using Sales Order Agent, which works independently under your direction, drives efficiencies and cost savings, and helps manage heavy workloads. The agent focuses users’ attention on critical tasks, increasing motivation and job satisfaction across the business function to which it is applied. Microsoft studies have shown that over the next five years, 41 percent of business leaders expect to redefine business processes with AI, orchestrating and managing AI agents while prioritizing ethical AI use.

Enabled for: Users by admins, makers, or analysts
Public Preview: Feb 2025
General Availability: Jun 2025

Feature Details

Copilot in Business Central is already enhancing users’ creativity and productivity with AI in key application scenarios, providing guidance and assistance in working with the product and finding the right data.

With this release, Microsoft are expanding the use of AI to enable customers to orchestrate and automate business processes using AI agents. Agents can work autonomously, perform assigned tasks, respond to different events and inputs, reason over the state of data, and overcome errors based on user input and the context of the Business Central user experience. Agents require minimal to no intervention from users, while bringing them in if circumstances require their attention. Agents can act on behalf of a company, department, or team, not just a user.

To enable this capability in Business Central, Microsoft are introducing their first out-of-the-box agent, Sales Order Agent, to automate the process of capturing sales orders from email messages.

The agent is configured to manage the full process:

1. Receive item requests from customer emails in a shared company mailbox.
2. Identify the customer from those registered in Business Central.
3. Draft the sales quote with the requested items.
4. Verify item availability.
5. Forward the sales quote to the customer for approval.
6. Receive confirmation, convert the quote into a sales order, and share the order with the customer via email.

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This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 2nd of the new functionality in the Copilot and AI section is summarize with Copilot.

Whether you’re looking at customer details, a large order, or any other record, you might spend a considerable amount of time on understanding the current state of your data and the fields that matter. Microsoft Copilot is the AI-powered assistant that helps spark creativity, boost productivity, and eliminate tedious tasks. Copilot summarizes a record into a couple of brief sentences, greatly reducing the effort needed to get an overview of your data and plan your approach.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Apr 2025
General Availability: –

Feature Details

Summarize is a new capability of Copilot in Business Central:

• A new summary FactBox displays on card and document pages, such as a Sales Order, Item, and even your custom pages.
• Summarizes the record by displaying the top three most impactful insights, with even more insights available on demand.
• Interact with the summary to peek into or navigate to related data.
• Refresh the summary based on the latest data.

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This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 1st of the new functionality in the Copilot and AI section is chat with Copilot to learn how to use installed add-on apps.

With 2024 release wave 1, Microsoft introduced chat with Copilot: a conversational experience where people can get assistance from Microsoft Copilot to find data, get unblocked, or learn new skills. Most of Microsoft’s customers install one or more ISV add-on apps from Microsoft AppSource to enhance Business Central with industry-specific solutions, localized functionality, or other critical capabilities that meet their needs. Now, Copilot in Business Central can explain and guide workers through using functionality of these add-on apps, transforming Copilot from a simple “librarian” to an in-house expert that understands your unique Business Central.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Apr 2025
General Availability: –

Feature Details

Copilot’s chat capabilities have been enhanced with the following:

• Users can ask questions about content from installed add-on apps, such as new pages, fields, and business processes.
• Copilot explains and guides based on documentation provided by the apps installed in your Business Central environment.
• The Ask Copilot icon is available in tooltips for custom fields that originate from installed apps.

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