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Early morning in Japan time today, the 2024 release wave 1 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform has been released! More details: 2024 release wave 1 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform now available and Release plans for Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Cloud for Industry
As before, this includes 2024 release wave 1 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform.
New Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release planner have also been updated. Please try it out now. I think you will like it too.😀
More details: Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform Release planner (Tracking new and upcoming functionality)
In Youtube: 2024 Release Wave 1
This of course includes Dynamics 365 Business Central.
What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Important
The 2024 release wave 1 plan covers all new functionalities planned to be delivered to market from April 2024 to September 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:
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is delivering substantial enhancements, with a central emphasis on harnessing the power of Copilot. Available in more than 160 countries, the team is focused on Copilot-driven capabilities to streamline and enhance productivity through enhanced reporting and data analysis capabilities, elevated project and financial management, and simplified workflow automation. We have also upgraded our development and governance tools and introduced improvements in managing data privacy and compliance.
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2024/01/25/2024-release-wave-1-plans-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform-now-available/
Key dates for the 2024 release wave 1:
| Milestone | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Release plans available | January 25, 2024 | Learn about the new capabilities coming in the 2024 release wave 1 (April 2024 – September 2024) across Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Microsoft Cloud for Industry. |
| Early access available | February 5, 2024 | Test and validate new features and capabilities that will be part of 2024 release wave 1, coming in April, before they are enabled automatically for your users. You can view the Dynamics 365 2024 release wave 1 early access features now. |
| Release plans available in additional languages | February 19, 2024 | The Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 release plans are published in 11 additional languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and Swedish. Microsoft Cloud for Industry release plans are published in 4 additional languages: French, German, Dutch and Spanish. |
| General availability | April 1, 2024 | Production deployment for the 2024 release wave 1 begins. Regional deployments will start on April 1, 2024. |
The following is extracted from the Microsoft documentation at the 2024/03/07, Microsoft may add or modify some of the features, please follow the MS Learn (Docs) above.
Adapt faster with Power Platform
We’re continuously investing in a seamless experience for customers who use Business Central together with Power Apps, Power Automate or Power BI.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use synthetic relationships to expose more Business Central data in Dataverse | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Improve approval processes via Power Automate | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Add table and field mappings for existing integration tables | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | – |
| Find a matching record in a Power Automate flow | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
Application
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.Expand table
Copilot and AI innovation
This wave expands on our first Copilot capability, marketing text suggestions, boosting productivity for a broader set of SMB roles.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start creating Power Automate flows with Copilot | Users, automatically | May 2024 | – |
| Chat with Copilot | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | – |
| Map e-documents to purchase order lines with Copilot | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | – |
| Create sales lines easily with Copilot | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | – |
| Extend Copilot using richer development tools | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Apr 2024 |
| Get to insights faster with Copilot-generated analysis tabs | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | – |
| Create product information faster with Copilot | Users, automatically | Jul 2024 | – |
| Ask Copilot for help about fields | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | – |
Country and regional
We’ve made Business Central available in more countries and regions around the world in this release wave.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automate IRS 1099 Form submission in US | Users, automatically | – | Apr 2024 |
| Enable additional countries and regions | Users, automatically | Jun 2024 | Jul 2024 |
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.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use in-client page scripting tool for acceptance testing | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Use AL-controlled barcode scanning for all scenarios | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Write flexible and performant code with NumberSequences | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Handle multiple file uploads and file drop zones | Users, automatically | Mar 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Debug the System application | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Remove friction when working with external app dependencies | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Use the OData V4 IN operator in web service queries | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Define extension objects in same app as their base object | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
Governance and administration
We’re adding new tools and improving existing tools for administrators to manage environments, apps, and data migrations.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use linked environment in Dataverse integration | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | – | Apr 2024 |
| Copy companies with Dataverse integration safely | Users, automatically | Mar 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Audit Business Central operations in Microsoft Purview | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | May 2024 |
| View and filter users with additional user details | Users, automatically | Mar 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Encrypt data at-rest with customer-managed encryption key | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | – | May 2024 |
| Allow customers to consent to Microsoft Support accessing their data | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | – | May 2024 |
| Link Business Central environments to Power Platform environments | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | – | May 2024 |
| Control partner access per environment | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Apr 2024 |
Legislation
This Business Central release wave delivers a set of legislative capabilities that can act as a foundation for more specific requirements in local versions.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| See VAT date in posting previews | Users, automatically | May 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| Automate country of origin listed for item tracking code in Intrastat reporting | Users, automatically | May 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| Achieve sustainable compliance with Business Central | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | May 2024 |
Reporting and data analysis
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.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover report and data analysis content easily | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
User experiences
Great user experiences help users enter, update, and fix mistakes in their data in an intuitive way.Expand table
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use drag and drop to attach multiple files | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | May 2024 |
| Go to pages that contain a field that’s causing a platform error | Users, automatically | Mar 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Access worksheet pages from mobile phones | Users, automatically | Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Share error details to get help from another user | Users, automatically | Mar 2024 | Apr 2024 |
- You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on February 5, 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.
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