Microsoft has published the 2025 Release Wave 1 plan for Dynamics 365 Business Central! This covers all the exciting new features planned from April to September 2025.

🔎 Check out the full overview and what’s coming next: aka.ms/BCreleaseplan

 

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.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Integrate Field Service with service management Users, automatically Apr 2025
View item availability in Field Service work orders Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 2025
Analyze subscription billing data with Power BI reports Users, automatically Apr 2025
Post foreign currency adjustments to unrealized gain and loss accounts Users, automatically Apr 2025

Copilot and AI

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
Chat with Copilot to learn how to use installed add-on apps Users, automatically Apr 2025
Summarize with Copilot Users, automatically Apr 2025
Use Sales Order Agent to automate sales order-taking Users by admins, makers, or analysts Feb 2025 Jun 2025
Suggest gas emissions in sustainability journals with Copilot Users, automatically Apr 2025
Enhance purchase order line matching with Copilot Users, automatically Apr 2025

Country and regional

We’ve made Business Central available in more countries and regions in this release wave.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Use Peppol A-NZ format in e-docs in Australia, New Zealand Users, automatically Apr 2025
Define allowed languages per environment Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 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.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Move tables and fields with data across extensions as part of refactoring Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2025 Apr 2025
Troubleshoot clients, apps, and add-ins with telemetry Users, automatically Apr 2025
Mock outbound HttpClient web service calls during testing Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2025 Apr 2025
View build metadata in Extension Management page Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2025 Apr 2025
Embed Power BI content in web client with new page type Users, automatically Apr 2025

E-commerce

Broaden your customer reach and handle business-to-business transactions seamlessly with Business Central and Shopify.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Delete incorrect e-documents and avoid duplicates Users, automatically Apr 2025
Activate sales channels in Shopify Connector Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 2025
Use e-docs with Power Automate and other solutions with APIs Users, automatically Jul 2025 Aug 2025
Send e-documents via a service and email simultaneously Users, automatically Apr 2025
Import and export more data using Shopify metafields Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2025
Use payments with the E-Document framework Users, automatically Apr 2025 May 2025
Troubleshoot export issues on Shopify Skipped Records page Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2025
Generate multiple incoming e-documents for multiple attachments Users, automatically Apr 2025 May 2025
Automate embedded attachments in PEPPOL Users, automatically Apr 2025
Create e-documents from posted sales invoices Users, automatically Apr 2025
Process e-documents in two steps Users, automatically Apr 2025
Preview incoming e-invoices prior to processing Users, automatically Apr 2025 Jun 2025
Export reminders and finance charges as PEPPOL files Users, automatically Apr 2025
Use e-documents to fix unposted purchase credit memos Users, automatically Apr 2025

Governance and administration

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
Add support for MultiSubnetFailover Users, automatically Apr 2025
View app compatibility with future versions in admin center Users, automatically May 2025
Update sandbox environments to preview versions Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2025
Automate environment management with Power Platform connector Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jun 2025

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.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Use enhanced analytics for manufacturing Users, automatically Apr 2025
Access report and request metadata in Word layouts Users, automatically Apr 2025
Use enhanced Financial Reporting capabilities Users, automatically Apr 2025

Supply chain management

Business Central has rich supply management functionality from sales, purchase, invoice, inventory and warehouse management, project management, service order management, and manufacturing. In each release we expand the capabilities in these areas to help users be more productive.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Use enhanced customer document layout for service management Users, automatically Apr 2025
Add more columns to various pages to gain more insight Users, automatically Apr 2025
Block items or variants from production output Users, automatically Apr 2025
Avoid document number errors when you post project journals Users, automatically Apr 2025
Handle production output with warehouse put-aways Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 2025
Use streamlined product design tools in manufacturing Users, automatically Apr 2025
Manage document attachments in manufacturing Users, automatically Apr 2025

Sustainability management

Sustainability in Business Central enables customers to drive positive environmental and social impact, enhance operational efficiency, meet regulatory requirements, and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Generate a CSRD preparation report Users, automatically May 2025
Specify default sustainability values for various entities Users, automatically Apr 2025
Enable taxonomy elements for ESRS and other standards Users, automatically Apr 2025 Jul 2025
Capture sustainability data with general journals Users, automatically Apr 2025
Use water and waste management with sustainability Users, automatically Apr 2025
Enable sustainability Scope 3 value chain for assembly and transfers Users, automatically Apr 2025 Oct 2025
Provide carbon equivalent data for sales based on Scope 3 automation Users, automatically Apr 2025 Oct 2025
Use ESG Reporting integrated with Business Central Users, automatically Apr 2025
Start value chain in purchase process for Scope 3 in sustainability Users, automatically Apr 2025 Oct 2025
Use sustainability Scope 3 value chain in manufacturing Users, automatically Apr 2025 Oct 2025

User experiences

Great user experiences help users enter, update, and fix mistakes in their data in an intuitive way.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Preview PDF attachments directly in web client Users, automatically Apr 2025
Optimize screen estate usage on the web Users, automatically Apr 2025

You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on February 3, 2025, including all mandatory changes that affect users. To learn more, go to Early access FAQ.


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