Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 - Release Wave 2

Dynamics 365 Business Central will receive a host of new features in October 2022. Get an overview of what to expect from Microsoft in this blog. Click through onto any of the features listed here to read more on Microsoft's website.

Our blog outlines what is new and planned starting in October 2022 through to April 2023, when there will be another release of features. The public preview of certain features may already be available.

• For our blog on the releases we enjoyed in April 2022, see the 2022 release wave 1 release plan.
• See a more in-depth look at some of the features we love from this release, including the modern action bar and switching companies with one click.

Highlights from the release include:

• The addition of the modern action bar, including a home tab and any customisable functions that you frequently use, making navigation much quicker. You can also add split buttons, which amends the items included in the drop downs of buttons like 'Post'
• The ability to switch between companies using one click in the Business Central role centre
• You can now search for specific document lines, such as Sales Lines or Posted Purchase Invoice lines, in the search bar - this information can assist with analysis
• You can make variant codes mandatory on sales or purchase documents, meaning that when you add items to sales orders for example, the variant code must be filled in for your chosen items
• Report layouts can be swapped between before you run a specific report

Watch our video below to see the highlights in action!

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.

Application

With Business Central 2022 release wave 2, Microsoft will deliver updates in popular areas of request including deferral postings, locations and supply chain.

Country and Regional

Business Central is now available in more than half of countries globally, thanks to the improvements we are seeing in 2022.

Development

This release wave continues to improve on the Visual Studio Code environment, aiding developer productivity.

Microsoft Power Platform

The integration between Business Central and the Power Platform products has been improved.

Onboarding

Every wave of releases from Microsoft focused heavily on onboarding, as this is so important when businesses are implementing an entirely new ERP solution.

Productive with Microsoft 365

Work better in conjunction with the Microsoft 365 suite of products,

Reporting

This release continues the work done in previous waves around Excel layouts.

User Experiences

Desktop and mobile clients have been improved as part of this wave.

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Interested in learning more about the journey of Dynamics 365 Business Central, including what came before it and the latest updates? Get caught up by reading our Timeline.