Category: Business Central (Nav/Navision)

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The second of the new functionality in the Onboarding section is easily find apps to connect to core services.

Easily identify the right app that connects your business to external business productivity services in your market space.

Enabled for: users, automatically
General Availability: October 2022

In this release wave, Microsoft added a new experience in Business Central so that users can easily discover and install third-party apps that connect to external business productivity services, such as banks. This capability is powered by AppSource and provides an additional layer of app suggestions to let users filter by category, so they can easily choose the type of offer they are looking for.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The first of the new functionality in the Onboarding section is easily access setup pages for new apps.

Microsoft have provided easy access to an app’s setup page from the Extensions Management page so you can use apps faster in Business Central, both large vertical add-ons and smaller productivity apps.

Enabled for: users, automatically
General Availability: October 2022

In earlier release waves, users told Microsoft they couldn’t figure out what to do next after they installed an app. They also said they didn’t know where to find any setup pages. In this release wave, Microsoft have added an option to run a setup page directly from the Extensions Management page if the app has specified a setup page. The developer of the app should provide a reference to the setup page in the app manifest, so that Business Central knows which page to run for the specific app.

In practical terms, two new features have been added:

• An ability to get an overview of setup pages brought by an app, if the app registers those in the Guided Experience Item table.
• A new action on the Extensions Management page that runs the page that the developer specified.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The second of the new functionality in the Microsoft Power Platform section is Rely on personalization to show or hide Power BI parts on lists.

Allowing users to personalize their workspace in a consistent manner creates a better user experience.

Enabled for: users, automatically
General Availability: October 2022

Previously, the Power BI part visibility on list pages was controlled by a combination of the Show/Hide Power BI Reports action on the page and personalization of the page’s FactBox. In this release, the Show/Hide Power BI Reports action is removed, and visibility relies only on personalization.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The seventh of the new functionality in the governance and administration section is Get more visibility into outages.

In the unlikely event that an outage affects your environment, we’re making it easier for business users and administrators to learn about any outages that have been declared if they are experiencing issues.

Enabled for: users, automatically
General Availability: December 2022

With this release wave, Microsoft will more proactively inform business users and administrators in case they have declared an outage that affects their environments. Business users will see outage details when they try to sign in but the sign-in fails, and administrators will see a notice in the Business Central administration center.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2.

The sixth of the new functionality in the governance and administration section is restore deleted environments.

Business Central comes with the promise of keeping your data safe and available to you. In this release wave, we give environments a state of soft-deleted for seven days after you delete them. The same terms apply when the environment is scheduled for deletion after a trial has expired. During this time, admins can restore the deleted environment in the Business Central admin center.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
General Availability: November 2022

Environments in the soft-deleted state are visible in the admin center. Admins can restore such an environment without having to involve Microsoft support. Microsoft’s aim is to reduce the risk of data loss if an environment is deleted by accident, which in earlier versions would require urgent assistance from Microsoft support.

My opinion

While it shouldn’t be needed, I think this sort of enhancement is always going to be popular, for risk mitigation if for no other purpose.