The 2025 Wave 2 release notes for Dynamics 365 Business Central are here.
It’s good to see Microsoft investing in Copilot and AI-driven features, but it’s hard to ignore how few meaningful updates there are in core areas like development and reporting.
Aside from a few incremental improvements—such as cancel build from VS Code, enhanced financial reporting, and a refreshed Power BI apps experience—there’s little that feels truly impactful for the partners and customers working with BC every day.
Some time ago on aka.ms/bcyammer in the reporting group there was a request for feedback on enhancing the Word add-in with features useful in Word layouts but currently lacking, to make it easier to move from RDLC to Word layouts. The feedback was enormous, however, I don’t see that in the release notes. Was that forgotten to add in the notes, or have these features been ‘put in the fridge‘, so more time could be spent on Copilot fluff?
💡 This raises a bigger question:
Are we trading real customer value for AI hype?
AI can be useful, but many see it as more of a “nice-to-have” or “cool demo”—often unclear in real-life implementation and sometimes tied to hidden extra costs. Meanwhile, the features users ask for most often (better reporting, smoother development, improved usability) remain under-addressed.
🔎 What do you think?
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Have you or your customers actually implemented Copilot or AI features from previous releases?
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Are they delivering real value in day-to-day operations?
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What kinds of improvements would make a bigger difference for you?
📢 Let’s vote on what really matters.
If you feel the same, share your thoughts in the comments—or better yet, raise a feature request on the Business Central Ideas portal. And let’s hope aka.ms/bcideas still contributes as a good source for future features?
👉 Let’s start a conversation. What’s working, what’s missing, and what would truly move the needle for your Business Central projects?
💡 Side note: I actually used Copilot and AI to reformat and polish this blog post—and for that, I find it genuinely helpful.
Or maybe it’s just me—turning into a grumpy old Business Central veteran who doesn’t see real-life usage in AI, besides it being a nice gimmick, at this moment?
If I’m missing something, please enlighten me—I’m genuinely curious!
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