Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 - Release Wave 1

Published on 29 Mar 2023

Topics: Dynamics 365 Business Central, The Microsoft World

Get the latest news on Business Central 2023 wave 1 and what Microsoft have planned for the next 6 months

This release wave plan of Dynamics 365 Business Central covers all new functionalities scheduled for release between April 2023 and September 2023. Delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released.

Business Central release wave 1 of 2023 offers several new features and improvements that will allow organisations to streamline operations, reduce complexity, and conform to regulations more effectively.


Highlights from the release include:

  • Analysis Mode on list pages enables users to analyse and pivot data directly in the client.
  • Item Tracking Lines direct on item journals allow for adjustments and opening balances to be entered with greater ease.
  • Warehouse employees can ship and receive non-inventory items, such as insurance or cost, on sales or purchase orders along with the physical goods on the orders.
  • Statistical Accounts allow you to improve analyses, by using additional statistical metrics in a separate ‘ledger style’ format to hold almost anything,  for example, employee headcounts.


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.

Adapt faster with Microsoft Power Platform

The 2023 release wave 1 improves Business Central integration with Power Platform to increase productivity.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability      
Use business events to notify and trigger external systems Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 2023 -      
Get started with more sample Power Automate templates and Power Apps Users, automatically May 2023 -      
Support dynamic environment and company in Power Platform connector Users, automatically Jun 2023 -      
Use Power Automate to post adaptive card or link to Business Central record Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023      
New approval workflow experience with Power Automate templates Users, automatically Apr 2023 May 2023      
 

Application

Application features are added to increase productivity, create better overviews, and enable compliant accounting and reporting.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Adjust exchange rates easily, replace the built-in batch job Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 2023
Use different general ledger accounts for payables, receivables Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 2023
Add more columns to pages for better insight Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Avoid document number errors when you post item journals Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Catalogue items use standard number series, can include in blanket sales orders Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Define content of created warehouse documents with filters Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Demo tool and data for warehouse and inventory scenarios Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Easier to create opening balances for item tracked inventory Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Intercompany posting provides a one-stop-shop setup experience Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Post multiple transfer orders at the same time Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Preview item journals and 20 other journals and documents before posting Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Review general ledger accounts faster Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Set default dimensions on locations, inventory documents, and journals Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Set up and sync master data across companies Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Ship and receive non-inventory items on warehouse documents Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Shopify connector becomes extensible Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Undo transfer shipments Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Usability improves for transfer order: select multiple items, mandatory fields Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Usability improves for warehouse, inventory, and tracking areas Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Use advanced warehouse functionality with minimal complexity Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Use statistical accounts to collect data for financial reports Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Synchronise returns, refunds from Shopify Users, automatically - May 2023

 

Country and Regional

Microsoft have added more countries in 2023 release wave 1, so Business Central is available in more countries and regions globally.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Save time with automatic account codes Users, automatically Apr 2023 May 2023
Swedish localisation delivered as extensions Users, automatically Apr 2023 May 2023
Country/regional expansion - Andorra Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Armenia Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Azerbaijan Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Bahamas Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Bermuda Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Bolivia Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - British Virgin Islands Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Cambodia Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Cameroon Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Cayman Islands Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Ethiopia Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Fiji Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Ghana Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Guernsey Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Isle of Man Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Jersey Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Kazakhstan Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Kosovo Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Liechtenstein Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Macau (SAR China) Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Madagascar Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Malawi Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Mozambique Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Namibia Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Nepal Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - San Marino Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Sao Tome & Principe Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Senegal Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Tanzania Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Uganda Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Country/regional expansion - Zambia Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023
Supporting more countries and regions Users, automatically May 2023 Jun 2023

 

Development

Tooling, product capabilities, and enhancements for Business Central are added in the 2023 release wave 1 to help developers be more productive.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability      
AL Explorer and AL Home in Visual Studio Code AL extension Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Feb 1, 2023 Apr 2023      
Improved compiler resource handling and faster code analysers Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023      
Provide Title and custom actions to Error dialogues Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023      
Control database locking behaviour Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2023 Apr 2023      
Define regional settings per report using a regional property Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2023 Apr 2023      
AL-Go for GitHub - modern DevOps for partners Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023      
Extensions that fail pre-upgrade validation get more detailed error insights Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2023 Apr 2023      
Attach AL debugger to active session or next session Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 2023 May 2023      
ISVs can organise a preview for their AppSource apps Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 2023 Jul 2023      

 

Governance and Administration

See the new tools for Business Central admins and partners to manage environments and apps in the 2023 release wave 1.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability      
Delegated admin’s job queue entries are run by user Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023      
Get an improved cloud migration status overview Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023      
Manage user permissions using security groups Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023      
Experience improved app management settings Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Jun 2023      
Include or exclude tables from cloud migration Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Jun 2023      
Transfer environments between Azure AD tenants Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Jun 2023      

 

Legislation

Business Central 2023 release wave 1 delivers a set of legislative capabilities to help organisations meet the regulations set by government agencies.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Audit file export eases SAF-T compliance Users, automatically Apr 2023 May 2023
Non-deductible, partly deductible VAT expands functionality Users, automatically May 2023 May 2023

 

Productive with Microsoft 365

Further productivity improvements help users working with Business Central and Microsoft 365 apps and services such as Outlook, Excel, Word, OneDrive and Teams.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Experience enhanced adaptive cards in Teams Users, automatically - Apr 2023
Configure security controls for Teams cards Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Apr 2023
Easily set up access with Microsoft 365 licenses Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Apr 2023
 

Reporting and Data Analysis

In 2023 release wave 1, end users and data analysts can now easily access all their data from Power BI without the need for a developer or consultant.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Analyse, group, and pivot data on list pages using multiple tabs Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 2023 To be announced
 

Service and Platform

In 2023 release wave 1, users will have fewer interruptions, the UI will feel generally faster, and web services and certain scenarios in the application will be faster.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Allow application and tenant databases to differ in collation Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2023 Apr 2023
Business Central server runs on .NET 6 Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2023 Apr 2023
New telemetry events and data Users, automatically Apr 2023 Apr 2023
Performance - OData calls are now faster Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2023 Apr 2023
 

User Experiences

The 2023 release wave 1 brings improvements to our user experiences that will help users enter, update, and analyse data across Dynamics 365.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Copy and paste readable hyperlinks Users, automatically Apr 2023 -
Add existing table fields to optimise your pages Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jun 2023 -

Drag and drop files onto the file upload dialogue

Users, automatically Jan 19, 2023 Apr 2023
Access actions and navigation menu efficiently with keyboard Users, automatically Feb 2023 Apr 2023
Get more productivity out of an optimised Action Bar on all app pages Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Tailor the action bar to fit your needs on document lines Users, automatically Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Improved alignment of headers in statistics pages Users, automatically Feb 1, 2023 Apr 2023
Get unblocked using actionable error messages in select application areas Users, automatically Apr 2023 May 2023

 

For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.

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