The release plan for Business Central 2024 release wave 2 is now live! Discover what’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central at aka.ms/BCReleasePlan.
What interests me the most is:
- Some interesting Power BI reports coming:
- Finance: 14 reports
- Sales: 12 reports
- Purchasing: 13 reports
- Inventory: 7 reports
- Manufacturing: 11 reports
- Projects: 6 reports
- The following improvements are available for the Word layout feature:
- You can use sections in Word layouts even when you use the WordMergeDataItem property. This unlocks the ability to change layout properties, such as margins, orientation (portrait or landscape), or columns inside your Word layout. Also, you can use different watermarks for different parts of the layout. For more information, go to Using sections in a Word layout.
- From the Report Layouts page, you can download a Word layout template for a report. The layout template makes it easier to convert an RDL layout or a customer-supplied Word file into a Word layout for a report.
- A new Word add-in lets you control conditional visibility of text, tables, or table rows/columns.
Here’s an overview:
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Application
- 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.
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Copilot and AI innovation
- This wave expands on our first Copilot capability, marketing text suggestions, boosting productivity for a broader set of SMB roles.
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Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability Suggest number series with Copilot Users, automatically Oct 2024 – Chat with Copilot and learn to use installed add-on apps Users, automatically Oct 2024 – Complete bank account reconciliation faster with Copilot Users, automatically 
Nov 9, 2023Oct 2024 Create product information faster with Copilot Users, automatically Oct 2024 – Summarize any record with Copilot Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jan 2025 – Experience enhancements to Analysis Assist with Copilot Users, automatically Oct 2024 – Start using Copilot without having to set things up Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Create sales lines easily with Copilot Users, automatically Oct 2024 – Automate tests for your Copilot extensions with the Business Central Test Toolkit Users by admins, makers, or analysts Dec 2024 Dec 2024 -
Country and regional
- We’ve made Business Central available in more countries and regions around the world in this release wave.
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Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability Start using integration with IRS for 1099 submissions Users, automatically Oct 2024 Nov 2024 Start using E-Documents framework localized for Germany Users, automatically Oct 2024 Nov 2024 Enable additional countries and regions Users, automatically – Feb 2025 -
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.
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Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability Set up easier in-client performance profiling with rules Users, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Use the ternary operator when coding in the AL language Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Pull extension source from GitHub when opening Visual Studio Code from the web client Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Use the ‘this’ keyword for codeunit self reference Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Restore extensions if publishing from Visual Studio Code fails Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Use improved features for report documents Users by admins, makers, or analysts – Oct 2024 Package resources in extensions and access from AL Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Run code action for ‘with’ for file, project, or workspace Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Type testing and casting operators for interfaces Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Extend AL interfaces Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 Extend and customize profiles from other extensions Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Oct 2024 -
Governance and administration
- We’re adding new tools and improving existing tools for administrators to manage environments, apps, and data migrations.
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Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability Manage environment updates more flexibly Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2024 Mar 2025 Migrate record links and notes with cloud migration tooling Users, automatically Sep 2024 Oct 2024 Manage per-tenant extensions in admin center Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically – Dec 2024 View app compatibility with future versions in admin center Users, automatically – Dec 2024 Get notified about issues with job queue background processing Users by admins, makers, or analysts – Oct 2024 Get list of manageable environments for Microsoft Entra apps Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically – Dec 2024 Support IPv6 for enhanced security and scalability Users, automatically – Feb 2025 -
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.
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Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability Use e-documents with Power Automate Users, automatically Oct 2024 Nov 2024 Use multiple VAT numbers for a customer Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Achieve sustainability scorecards and goals Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Navigate the sustainability manager role center with ease Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Add attachments when you send electronic documents Users, automatically Oct 2024 Nov 2024 Record greenhouse gas emissions using purchase invoices Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Report sustainability entries with financial reports Users, automatically Oct 2024 Nov 2024 Use new service providers in the e-documents framework Users, automatically Oct 2024 Nov 2024 Purchase carbon credits Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Enable Internal Carbon Fee calculation in Sustainability Users, automatically – Oct 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.
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Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability Use embedded Power BI reports out of the box Users by admins, makers, or analysts – Oct 2024 -
User experiences
- Great user experiences help users enter, update, and fix mistakes in their data in an intuitive way.
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Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability Access keys with Key Tips in more languages Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Use drag and drop on file upload dialog to attach multiple files Users, automatically – Oct 2024 Resize columns even when personalization isn’t enabled Users, automatically – Oct 2024
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