What's new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central

This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2023 through March 2024. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.

For a list of the next wave's release plans, go to 2024 release wave 1 plan.

In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.

This check mark ( ) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.

We're continuously investing in a seamless experience for customers who use Business Central together with Power Apps, Power Automate or Power BI.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Get control over how to view Power BI embedded content	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 3, 2023
Consolidated Power Automate flow creation from Business Central templates	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 3, 2023
Business Central virtual tables fully supported on Microsoft Dataverse	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	-	Nov 1, 2023
Enable specific virtual tables when you connect to Dataverse	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Create Power Automate flows that dynamically support different companies	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 4, 2023	Oct 3, 2023
Power Pages support via Business Central virtual tables on Dataverse	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Nov 1, 2023	-
Use synthetic relationships to expose more Business Central data in Dataverse	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Get list of companies using Business Central connector in Power Automate	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 3, 2023
Use Power Automate connector V3 actions instead of V2	Users, automatically	Jan 31, 2024	Feb 2, 2024
Support business events in Business Central connector for Power Automate	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Jul 20, 2023	Oct 3, 2023
Synchronize more fields in your integration with Dataverse and Dynamics 365 Sales	Users, automatically	-	Oct 2, 2023
Simplified Power Automate approval flow experience	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 3, 2023
Change modification limits for triggering flows and bulk updates	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Jul 20, 2023	Oct 3, 2023

Core application functionality is a key investment area for us. It's what helps companies optimize their business processes. We listen to our partners and customers to make sure we deliver what they need to be even more productive with every release.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Sync document and posting dates for sales and purchases	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Navigate easier between order, receipt, and invoice documents	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Archive projects	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Usability improves for service and projects	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Make intercompany transactions across Business Central environments	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Use deferral codes in purchase and sales journals	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Improved processes for inventory counts and adjustments	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Add more columns to pages for better insight	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Integrate Field Service and Business Central	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024
Define a service invoice posting policy for various users	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Usability improves for warehouse and inventory	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Manage document attachments in service items and documents	Users, automatically	Mar 2, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Suggest the next step for sales and production orders	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Reverse a customer and vendor ledger entry with a realized gain or loss entry	Users, automatically	-	Oct 2, 2023
Generate a customer statement only with open entries	Users, automatically	Sep 19, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Define default location for project or project phase	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Block items or variants from service transactions	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Use directed pick and put-away suggestions in basic warehouse configurations	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Connect Business Central with Shopify B2B	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Set up financial consolidation runs more efficiently	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Availability overview helps you calculate quantities in your warehouse	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Adjust exchange rates easily, replace the built-in batch job	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Use different general ledger accounts for payables, receivables	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Export, import multiline text with Configuration Packages	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024
Simpler Shopify connection	Users, automatically	Mar 2, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Correct errors in service invoices	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
More control over general journal approvals	Users, automatically	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Troubleshoot Shopify integration issues	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Receive more items than ordered by using inventory put-away documents	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Identify and track items easier with item references	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Prevent editing number series on service documents, cards	Users, automatically	Mar 2, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Configure how to handle different warehouse operations	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Improve accuracy with general ledger account revaluation	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Print and scan barcodes	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Allow lines with amounts of zero on recurring general journals	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Include approvals for intercompany general journals in your workflows	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Be more productive when entering time sheets	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024
Use General Ledger Allocations to distribute costs and revenue more efficiently	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Edit in Excel on item journals and warehouse worksheets	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Be more productive when approving time sheets	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024
Automate the reminders process in collections	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Inventory package numbers work like item tracking dimensions	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Mar 2, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Create projects you can invoice to multiple customers	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Assign salesperson to customer ship-to addresses	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024
View incoming documents in archived quotes and orders	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024
Assemble to project	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Invoice a customer for multiple projects	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Use new Excel layouts for 35 selected reports	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Consolidate financial information across environments in multicompany setups	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Block item variants	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Use standard terminology for project management	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
See improved usability for warehouse and inventory	Users, automatically	Mar 2, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Ensure accurate inventory valuation by controlling cost adjustment	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Mar 2, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Use a new role center for collection management	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Include only open entries on customer statements	Users, automatically	Sep 5, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Use currencies when posting employee transactions	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024

This wave expands on our first Copilot capability, marketing text suggestions, boosting productivity for a broader set of SMB roles.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Get marketing text suggestions with Copilot	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	-	Nov 13, 2023
Complete bank account reconciliation faster with Copilot	Users, automatically	Nov 10, 2023	Oct 2024
Easily integrate generative AI with your AL solutions	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Dec 11, 2023

We've made Business Central available in more countries and regions around the world in this release wave.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Direct transfer - Czechia	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
E-submission of VAT return in Denmark	Users, automatically	-	Dec 1, 2023
Intercompany posting cues to the Accountant Role Center - Czechia	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Registration and notification functionality for Denmark	Users, automatically	-	Nov 1, 2023
New design for report Language and Region settings	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Iceland localization app - delocalization	Users, automatically	-	Dec 1, 2023
Supporting more countries and regions	Users, automatically	Nov 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
Responsibility Centers are supported for Advance Payments in Czechia	Users, automatically	Oct 2, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Advance payment and a posting preview of tax documents - Czechia	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
E-invoicing with NemHandel in Denmark	Users, automatically	Dec 1, 2023	Jan 1, 2024
New Intrastat - Czechia	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023

Our focus is on making Business Central AL developers more productive, and empowering consultants, citizen developers, and users to do more while lowering the cost of changes.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Use Azure Files with Azure File Service API module	Users, automatically	-	Jan 10, 2024
Get IntelliSense for adding variables in Visual Studio Code AL debugger console	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 16, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Easier management of System Application permissions	Users, automatically	-	Oct 2, 2023
Turn off data analysis mode on pages and queries	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Set the default folder location for new AL projects	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 16, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Get inlay hints in source editor for AL method parameters and return types	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 13, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Define multi-worksheet datasets for Excel reports	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2, 2023	Nov 1, 2023
Use the built-in rich text editor to enter data	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Add teaching tooltips on queries and report request pages	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Oct 2, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Get smarter method signature recommendations in IntelliSense	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 16, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Get the AL Language extension in prerelease versions on Visual Studio Code Marketplace	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Jul 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
AppSource ISV publishers can preview their AppSource apps with select customers	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Jan 31, 2024	Jan 31, 2024
Use the AL Language extension for Linux in preview	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 17, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Get syntax highlighting for AL in Azure DevOps	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Oct 2, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Call Microsoft Graph with AL Microsoft Graph module	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Jan 10, 2024
Extend general ledger posting aggregations	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	-	Nov 3, 2023
Show list of keys while working on AL code	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 17, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Handle multiple file uploads and file drop zones	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	May 2024
Segment AL code and reduce naming conflicts with namespaces	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 17, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Use SecretText type to protect credentials and sensitive textual values from being revealed	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 16, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Sell Business Central apps through AppSource	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Apr 2, 2023	Oct 9, 2023
Hover over label variable to see text string value	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 13, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Track source and build metadata on extensions	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 16, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Choose between more sampling intervals for snapshot and in-client profiling	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 16, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Document your extensions with the ALDoc tool for partners	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 17, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Find all references now works on triggers, system methods, and trigger events	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 13, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Validate AppSource app hotfixes against latest app version	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Dec 6, 2023	Dec 6, 2023
Use cookies in HTTP calls from Business Central	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
Set new output folder setting for storing app files at AL project build	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Aug 13, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Add a new FieldGroup to an existing table	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 12, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Call web services with AL Rest Client module	Users, automatically	-	Nov 3, 2023
Open Visual Studio Code from web client to investigate or troubleshoot extensions	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 10, 2023	Oct 2, 2023

We're adding new tools and improving existing tools for administrators to manage environments, apps, and data migrations.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Delete data from uninstalled extensions as an admin	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Copy companies with Dataverse integration safely	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Improved data upgrade troubleshooting for Dynamics GP migration	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Dec 1, 2023
Analyze telemetry events across browser and server for a session or user	Users, automatically	Mar 31, 2024	Apr 2, 2024
View and filter users with additional user details	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024
Retain permissions when enabling cloud migration	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Oct 2, 2023
Granular administration as Dynamics 365 Business Central Administrator	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Feb 29, 2024
Automatically update AppSource apps with minor updates	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Oct 31, 2023
Detect invalid cloud migration configurations with proactive warnings	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Jan 1, 2024
Get more information about effective permissions	Users, automatically	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Transfer environments between Microsoft Entra tenants	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Feb 1, 2024
Include or exclude tables from cloud migration	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Nov 1, 2023

This Business Central release wave delivers a set of legislative capabilities that can act as a foundation for more specific requirements in local versions.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Use drop shipments for triangular Intrastat trade	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
E-documents core as a global solution	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Digital vouchers	Users, automatically	-	Dec 1, 2023
Large companies to report payment times	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Start faster with refreshed and enhanced setup data	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
VAT posting in General Ledger setup	Users, automatically	Nov 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
Achieve sustainable compliance with Business Central	Users, automatically	Mar 1, 2024	Apr 1, 2024

Partners have more capabilities for improving their customers' onboarding experience with their solutions.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Demo tool and data for service scenarios	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Set initial role before first sign-in for a better first-run experience	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Modify texts on the welcome banner and skip banner intro state	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023

Access to the right reports and data analysis capabilities is essential for companies wanting to be in control of the business and identify new growth opportunities.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Analyze, group, and pivot data from queries	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Make use of static and runtime metadata available in Excel layouts	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Jan 3, 2024	Jan 3, 2024
Translatable Excel layouts	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Jan 3, 2024	Jan 3, 2024
Share a data analysis with a co-worker	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Analyze, group, and pivot data on lists	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	-	Oct 2, 2023

We're continuing to invest in the fundamentals of our service, with a focus on performance, stability, resource governance, security, and compliance.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Faster tab opening and navigation and action bar rendering	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Better performance when working with multiple extensions	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Performance gain by reducing locks in the database	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Faster application scenarios	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Service-to-service apps and device license users can schedule tasks	Users, automatically	-	Oct 2, 2023
New operational limits on scheduled tasks and web requests improve throughput	Users, automatically	Dec 21, 2023	-
Synchronize multiple Business Central companies with the same Dataverse environment	Users, automatically	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023

Great user experiences help users enter, update, and fix mistakes in their data in an intuitive way.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Search for pages and data in the mobile app	Users, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 3, 2023
Get to data search from anywhere in Business Central	Users, automatically	Oct 2, 2023	-
Go to pages that contain a field that's causing a platform error	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Show related record details from lookup	Users, automatically	Sep 6, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Add existing table fields to optimize your pages	Users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2, 2023	-
Share readable deep links to pages and records	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Distinguish between browser tabs when multitasking	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Share error details to get help from another user	Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 1, 2024
Mark fields as read-only when customizing UI	Users, automatically	Sep 8, 2023	Oct 2, 2023
Use actions to go to or fix errors inline	Users, automatically	Sep 6, 2023	Nov 3, 2023
Scan barcodes with Business Central mobile app for iOS and Android	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 1, 2023	Oct 3, 2023

• You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on July 31, 2023, including all mandatory changes that affect users. To learn more, go to Early access FAQ.

Description of Enabled for column values:

• Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.

• Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.

• Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.

For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.