Twice a year, Microsoft release new features and functionality for Dynamics 365 Business Central, with the next 'wave' coming to us in April 2022. This is the place to get an overview on what Microsoft will be delivering - for a more in-depth description, click through on any of the features.
Our blog outlines what is new and planned starting April 2022 through to October. There are features listed that may not have been released yet, therefore certain items may not be released as scheduled due to unforeseen circumstances on Microsoft's behalf.
Some highlights from this wave include:
Default dimensions on locations: make things easier, quicker and avoid mistakes.
Excel design layout improvements: better experience = better insights!
Improved integration with Dataverse and the Power platform: users will become more productive and self-sufficient.
Teams: you'll be able to bring Business Central pages into a Teams channel.
Smoother onboarding: users will have the option for a guided introduction that can help them personalise the system to their needs.
In the 'General availability' column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the day of release.
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.
With Business Central 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft will deliver updates in popular areas of request including deferral postings, locations and supply chain.
In Business Central 2022 release wave 2, find a stronger reporting story and improve integration with Teams.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Enhancements to Microsoft Teams integration | Users, automatically | - | Apr 2022 |
| Outlook add-in – add email attachments to Business Central records | Users, automatically | Feb 2022 | Apr 2022 |
This release wave 1 has helped make the AL language even stronger.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Isolated events | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Apr 2022 |
| New isolated event OnCompanyOpenCompleted | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Apr 2022 |
| Auto-deploy dependent projects in workspace | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Demo tool and demo data for manufacturing scenarios | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| In-client performance profiler | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| AL-Go for GitHub – modern DevOps for partners | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Telemetry – company name as a custom dimension in AL LogMessage | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Users can export report datasets to XML | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
The 2022 release wave 1 delivers admin and governance capabilities to help admins and IT pros set up, secure, manage, govern, and monitor customer environments.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Customer-managed encryption key for encrypting customer data at-rest | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Apr 2022 |
| Customers can consent to Microsoft Support accessing their data through a Lockbox consent flow | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Apr 2022 |
| Allow security administrator to define default permission set assignments when user is signing up | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Updating only licensed users from Microsoft 365 runs faster and more efficiently | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Permission set handling enhancements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2022 | Jun 2022 |
With Business Central 2022 release wave 1, integration to Dataverse and the Power Platform is improved.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Dataverse data change events | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | - |
| Improvements to the Power Automate and Power Apps connector | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | May 2022 |
Business Central 2022 release wave 1 brings a focus on better usability, accessibility, performance, and stability.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Copy link from Share menu | Users, automatically | Feb 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| New desktop app delivering full web client experience on desktop is listed in the Microsoft Store | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Usability improvements to the web client | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
Onboarding new customers and new users will be faster and easier following this release wave.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Context-aware links in the Help pane from Microsoft and partners | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Guided tour that helps users find settings and personalization tools | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Support for rich text in teaching tips and tours | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Tour of the Role Explorer and how to filter it | Users, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
A better experience with Excel layouts will help important reporting remain top-of-mind.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| New capabilities for financial reporting with account schedules | Users, automatically | Mar 22 | Apr 22 |
| Use Excel to design layouts for reports | Users, automatically | Apr 22 | Apr 22 |
This release wave 1 brings an in-product performance advisor and in-client performance profiler that will give peace of mind.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Performance – partners can get database insights through virtual tables and in-client pages | Users, automatically | Apr 22 | Apr 22 |
| Telemetry – error dialogs are logged to telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 22 | Apr 22 |
| Telemetry – the action of enabling detailed telemetry is logged to telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 22 | Apr 22 |
| Telemetry – when a database deadlock occurs, it is logged to telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 22 | Apr 22 |
| Telemetry – support engineers can now see user IDs in telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 22 | Apr 22 |
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