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 E-commerce section is import and export more data using Shopify metafields.

Metafields are a flexible way to add and store additional information about a Shopify resource, such as a customer or company. You can synchronize and manage metafield data from Business Central either using the UI or the extensibility model to map fields or related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.

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

Feature Details

Shopify’s platform includes data models for basic commerce concepts. However, commerce is diverse and often requires more complex or specific data models. The custom data platform lets you extend Shopify’s data models and create your own by using metafields. Metafields are a flexible way to add and store additional information about a Shopify resource, such as a product, customer, or company. The additional information stored in metafields can be almost anything related to a resource. Some examples are preferences, credit limit, loyalty program, social media links, or segment information.

Microsoft have added the ability to import and export data stored in metafields into Business Central. Also, there’s an extensibility model that allows developers to map standard or custom fields, attributes, or other related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.

You can edit metafields on the Shopify Metafields page, which you open from the Shopify Customers, Shopify Customer Card, Shopify Companies, or Shopify Company Card pages.

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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 E-commerce section is send e-documents via a service and email simultaneously.

Business Central offers flexible ways to share documents and information quickly and easily. Document sending profiles let you specify your preferred way to send documents when you post them. For example, you might want to send a document by email or as an electronic document through a service you use. Microsoft are adding even more flexibility to the process with the ability to send documents by email and as an electronic document, all in one go.

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

Feature Details

Previously, you could either choose to send e-documents through a connector service or download the file and send it by email. You now have more options for handling e-documents in sales.

If you choose the Post action from the Sales Order, Sales Invoice or Sales Credit Memo pages, Business Central posts the document as usual, but it can also trigger a workflow to create an e-document. That requires you to have an e-document workflow configured for the customer. But, if you choose Post and Send, Business Central does the same but also sends the e-document via email as an attachment.

Depending on whether you enable the e-documents workflow, you can choose one of the following models for sending documents in the sales process:

• Use the Post action from the document and Service Integration is enabled on the E-Document Service page. The e-document is sent to the configured access point.
• Use the Post and Send action from the document and Service Integration is enabled in the E-Document Service page. The e-document is sent to the configured access point and as an attachment in an email.
• Use the Post action from the document and Service Integration isn’t enabled in the E-Document Service page. The e-document is created and ready to download.
• Use the Post and Send action from the document and Service Integration isn’t enabled in the E-Document Service page. The e-document is sent 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 3rd of the new functionality in the E-commerce section is use e-docs with Power Automate and other solutions with APIs.

Because e-documents are essentially the standard these days, modern businesses need flexible and compliant ways to share them with the right people. To that end, you can use APIs for Power Automate to share e-documents with other applications, so that people can access them in their preferred tools. You can also use external sources for receiving e-documents.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Jul 2025
General Availability: Aug 2025

Feature Details

With enabled APIs, sharing sales electronic documents from Business Central to other applications or services becomes seamless. By integrating the E-Documents app in Business Central with Power Automate, you can connect to Power Platform tools and other systems for enhanced functionality. This setup allows sending e-documents as BLOB files through various communication channels beyond default connectors or email. Additionally, the integration supports automating the receipt of electronic documents in the purchasing process, transferring them to the E-Documents tables for further processing within Business Central.

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 E-commerce section is activate sales channels in Shopify Connector.

Businesses often sell different products through different sales channels. The ability to activate specific channels simplifies workflows and gives you full control over how you share products across different sales channels.

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

Feature Details

When you publish products from Business Central to Shopify, you can now choose which sales channels to activate directly from the Shopify Sales Channels page. On the new Shopify Sales Channels page, you can access all available channels in Shopify, just like you would with Locations or Languages. Just activate the ones you want, and the Shopify Connector handles the rest. If you haven’t set up this page yet, don’t worry. Your products default to the Online Store.

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 E-commerce section is delete incorrect e-documents and avoid duplicates.

You can easily discard incorrect or duplicate E-Documents, eliminating the need to retain unprocessed ones.

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

Feature Details

Business Central won’t create new incoming e-documents if you import a batch that contains duplicates. Duplicates are documents with the same vendor, external document number, and date.

If a duplicate or incorrect E-Document already exists in Business Central, administrators can delete them. However, you can’t delete e-documents that are already processed and are connected with purchase documents.

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 Development section is embed Power BI content in web client with new page type.

Experience an enhanced user interface when viewing embedded Power BI reports in Business Central, making it easier to navigate and interact with your data.

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

Feature Details

In this release wave, you can view embedded Power BI reports or pages with a new slim user interface. If the report has multiple pages, you can easily navigate between them using the new navigation option.

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 Development section is view build metadata in Extension Management page.

With the introduction of the Source and Build properties in Business Central 2024 release wave 1, traceability of extensions created as part of DevOps pipelines was increased. It’s faster to find the relevant source repository, the commit ID, and build system used to create the extension. With Business Central 2024 release wave 2 and this new release, Microsoft have improved this experience by adding extra information that allows for easier identifying and resolving issues, as well as accessing and sharing information about extensions.

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

Feature Details

To help track extensions that are created as part of DevOps pipelines, Microsoft introduced the Source and Build properties in the app.json manifest file of extensions in Business Central 2024 release wave 1. This allows you to easily find the relevant source repo, commit ID, and build system used to create the extension. In Business Central 2024 release wave 2, Microsoft added the ability to view Source information on the extension card in the Extension Management page. In 2025 release wave 1, Microsoft also added the Build information.

The details card page for extensions in the Extension Management page now includes the Build information. The Build information is composed of by for tracking the build agent and url, which is used to specify the URL to the build system invocation where the build can be found.

You can learn more about the Source and Build information at Track source and build metadata on 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 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.