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This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2024 through March 2025. 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 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto-apply templates when you synchronize data with Dataverse | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 4, 2024 |
Core application functionality is a key investment area for us. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allow more than one user to post warehouse entries at a time | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 4, 2024 |
| Use new reports and demo data for financial reporting | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Stay current with Shopify connector | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Manage subscription billing and revenue and expense recognition | Users, automatically |
Sep 2, 2024 |
Oct 2, 2024 |
| Add an item as a Shopify variant | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Archive service management documents | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use Excel reports for consolidation and fixed assets | Users, automatically |
Sep 2, 2024 |
Oct 2, 2024 |
| Synchronize product translations to Shopify | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use specific prices and discounts when synchronizing prices in Shopify | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Define shipping information for Shopify shipping fees | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Add extended text to project planning lines | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Export posted sales invoices to Shopify | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use a default quantity of 1 for accounts on documents | Users, automatically |
Sep 6, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Replenish items for projects | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Reconcile payment transactions in Shopify with invoices | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use directed put-away and pick warehouses with projects | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Enable locations in Shopify refunds | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| See improved usability for service and projects | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Import, export product info using Shopify Metafields | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use refreshed demo data for Sustainability | Users, automatically | - | Mar 2025 |
This wave expands on our first Copilot capability, marketing text suggestions, boosting productivity for a broader set of SMB roles.
We've made Business Central available in more countries and regions in this release wave.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set up easier in-client performance profiling with schedules | Users, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use the ternary operator when coding in the AL language | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Pull extension source from GitHub when opening Visual Studio Code from web client | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Remove friction when working with external app dependencies | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use the 'this' keyword for codeunit self reference | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Run page scripts in pipelines for automated testing | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Specify and use full-text search indexes on table fields | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Restore extensions if publishing from Visual Studio Code fails | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use improved features for document reports | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Package resources in extensions and access from AL | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Feb 3, 2025 |
Feb 3, 2025 |
| Run code action for 'with' for file, project, or workspace | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Type testing and casting operators for interfaces | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Extend AL interfaces | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Extend and customize profiles from other extensions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Oct 1, 2024 |
E-Documents in Business Central streamlines document processes, enhances data accuracy and security, and leads to significant time and cost savings, ultimately improving overall operational efficiency for businesses.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use Logiq as a service provider for e-documents | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manage environment updates more flexibly | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Apr 2025 |
| Manage per-tenant extensions in admin center | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Mar 2025 |
| Encrypt data at-rest with customer-managed encryption key | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Feb 24, 2025 |
| Get external notifications when job queue entries fail | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Nov 1, 2024 |
| Control partner access per environment | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Oct 31, 2024 |
| Get in-product notifications about issues with job queue background processing | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Get list of manageable environments for Microsoft Entra apps | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Jan 31, 2025 |
| Migrate to the cloud from Dynamics SL | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Dec 13, 2024 |
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 multiple VAT numbers for a customer | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Achieve sustainability scorecards and goals | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Navigate the sustainability manager role center with ease | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Add attachments when you send electronic documents | Users, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Nov 1, 2024 |
| Record greenhouse gas emissions using purchase invoices | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Report sustainability entries with financial reports | Users, automatically |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Nov 1, 2024 |
| Use multiple subcategories for one sustainability account | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Purchase carbon credits | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Track sustainability certificates for items and vendors | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Enable internal carbon fee calculation in Sustainability | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use built-in named formulas in Excel layouts | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Do ad hoc analysis on fixed assets, projects, and services | Users, automatically | - |
Dec 1, 2024 |
| Use embedded Power BI reports out of the box | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Nov 15, 2024 |
| Use advanced settings in the Power BI connector | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
Great user experiences help users enter, update, and fix mistakes in their data in an intuitive way.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experience access keys with key tips in more languages | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Use drag and drop on file upload dialog to attach multiple files | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 4, 2024 |
| Resize columns even when personalization isn't enabled | Users, automatically | - |
Oct 1, 2024 |
| Change the data search method in lists | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 2, 2024 |
Nov 4, 2024 |
You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on August 12, 2024, 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.
Training
Learning path
Use advance techniques in canvas apps to perform custom updates and optimization - Training
Use advance techniques in canvas apps to perform custom updates and optimization
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate - Certifications
Demonstrate you have the skills to design, develop, test, and maintain solutions based on Dynamics 365 Business Central.