Hi, Readers.
Early morning in Japan time today, the 2023 release wave 2 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform has been released! More details: 2023 release wave 2 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform now available
As before, this includes 2023 release wave 2 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform.
- Dynamics 365, Viva Sales, and supply chain platform: 2023 release wave 2 plan
- Microsoft Power Platform: 2023 release wave 2 plan
This of course includes Dynamics 365 Business Central.
What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Important
The 2023 release wave 2 plan covers all new functionalities planned to be delivered to market from October 2023 to March 2024. In this article, you’ll find the product overview and what’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Highlights from Dynamics 365 Business Central:
Dynamics 365 Business Central will focus on core functionality to help companies manage their intercompany and consolidations across environments. We will continue to enhance our Copilot capabilities and will further improve our warehouse capabilities, create more Power Automate templates, and provide developers with more capabilities for automating testing of dependent apps.
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More details: Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform Release planner (Tracking new and upcoming functionality)
Key dates for the 2023 release wave 2:
| Milestone | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Release plans available | July 18, 2023 | Learn about the new capabilities coming in the 2023 release wave 2 (October 2023 – March 2024) across Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform. |
| Early access available | July 31, 2023 | Test and validate new features and capabilities that will be a part of the 2023 release wave 2, coming in October, before they get enabled automatically for your end users. You can view the list of Dynamics 365 early access features and Microsoft Power Platform early access features now. |
| Release plans available in 11 additional languages | August 1, 2023 | The Dynamics 365 and Power Platform release plans published in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and Swedish. |
| General availability | October 1, 2023 | Production deployment for the 2023 release wave 2 begins. Regional deployments start on October 1, 2023. |
The following is extracted from the Microsoft documentation at the 2023/08/10, Microsoft may add or modify some of the features, please follow the MS Learn (Docs) above.
Adapt faster with Power Platform
We’re bringing embedded Power Apps to Business Central to tap into the many Power app connectors and give life to new business scenarios.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change modification limits for triggering flows and bulk updates | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Support business events in Business Central connector for Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Enable specific virtual tables when you connect to Dataverse | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Get control over how to view Power BI embedded content | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Consolidated Power Automate flow creation from Business Central templates | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Get list of companies using Business Central connector in Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Simplified Power Automate approval flow experience | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
Application
Continued application improvements in multicompany features and in inventory and warehousing.
Copilot and AI innovation
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete bank account reconciliation faster with Copilot | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Oct 2023 | |
| Get marketing text suggestions with Copilot | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | – | Oct 2023 |
Country and regional
We added more countries in 2023 release wave 2, so Business Central is available in more countries and regions globally.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| New design for report Language and Region settings | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | – | Oct 2023 |
| Advance payment and a posting preview of tax documents – Czechia | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Direct transfer – Czechia | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| E-submission of VAT return in Denmark | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Intercompany posting cues to the Accountant Role Center – Czechia | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Intercompany posting cues to the Accountant Role Center – Czechia | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Registration and notification functionality for Denmark | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Iceland localization app – delocalization | Users, automatically | – | Nov 2023 |
| E-invoicing with NemHandel in Denmark | Users, automatically | Oct 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| Supporting more countries and regions | Users, automatically | Nov 2023 | Dec 2023 |
Development
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell Business Central apps through AppSource | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |  Apr 2, 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Get AL VSIX preview versions on Visual Studio Code Marketplace | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 1, 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Open Visual Studio Code from web client to investigate or troubleshoot extensions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Turn off data analysis mode on pages and queries | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Use the built-in rich text editor to enter data | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| New SecureText string type to store variable secrets that should not be debugged | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Segment AL code and reduce naming conflicts with namespaces | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
Governance and Administration
We are adding new tools and improving existing tools for administrators to manage environments, apps, and data migrations.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granular Administration as Dynamics 365 Business Central Administrator | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Oct 2023 |
| Improved update release processes | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Dec 2023 |
| Cancel Cloud Migration replication runs | Users, automatically | – | Jan 2024 |
Legislation
Business Central 2023 release wave 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital vouchers | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Drop shipments in Intrastat triangular trade | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| E-documents core as a global solution | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Large companies to report payment times | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
Onboarding
Partners have more capabilities for improving their customers’ onboarding experience with their solutions.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modify texts on the welcome banner and skip banner intro state | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Set initial role before first sign-in for a better first-run experience | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
Productive with Microsoft 365
This wave focuses on security and reliability, especially when bringing your data to Excel.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancements to Excel add-in | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
Reporting and data analysis
You can access an improved reporting and dashboard system that makes it easier to find and run the reports you need.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze, group, and pivot data on queries using multiple tabs | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Discover report and data analysis content easily | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
Service and platform
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data loads faster in the server | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Faster application scenarios | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Pages load faster in client | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Performance gain reducing locks in the database | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
User experiences
The 2023 release wave 2 brings improvements to our user experiences that will help users enter, update, and fix mistakes in their data.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add existing table fields to optimize your pages | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Oct 2023 | – |
| Get to data search from anywhere in Business Central | Users, automatically | Oct 2023 | – |
| Distinguish between browser tabs when multitasking | Users, automatically | Aug 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Manage user expectations with selection context-based actions | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Peek at summarized data from editable fields | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Scan barcodes with Business Central mobile app for iOS and Android | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Search for pages and data in the mobile app | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Use actions to navigate or fix errors from inline validation dialog | Users, automatically | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 |
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Hope this will help.
Thanks for reading.
ZHU
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