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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 - Release Wave 2

Written by TNP | Oct 4, 2023 1:04:15 PM

This release wave plan of Dynamics 365 Business Central outlines all new functionalities that are planned to release from October 2023 through March 2024. Delivery times may change and projected functionality may not be released.

For our blog on the releases we enjoyed in April 2023, see the 2023 release wave 1 release plan.


Highlights from the release include:

  • Search company data - this enables users to search across the whole Business Central database. For example, users can now find vendor ledger entries, invoices for different vendors and customers, all via the search bar in Business Central.
  • Better link sharing - you can now share customer cards directly from Business Central onto Teams and other platforms so your colleagues can easily access Business Central records and information, including a visual representation of the card you're sharing.
  • The influx of additions to warehousing and supply chain are too long to list here but there is a huge volume of functional changes that you can read about below
  • Include only open entries on customer statements - we were delighted to see this addition from within our office, it caused a lot of excitement with our consultants!


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 2 is bringing Power Apps to Business Central to tap in to the many Power Apps connectors and give life to new business scenarios.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Change modification limits for triggering flows and bulk updates Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 20, 2023 Oct 2023
Support business events in Business Central connector for Power Automate Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 20, 2023 Oct 2023
Enable specific virtual tables when you connect to Dataverse Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Get control over how to view Power BI embedded content Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Consolidated Power Automate flow creation from Business Central templates Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Get list of companies using Business Central connector in Power Automate Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Simplified Power Automate approval flow experience Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023


Application

Continued application improvements in multicompany features and in inventory and warehousing.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Add more columns to pages for better insight Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Availability overview helps you calculate quantities in your warehouse Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Configure how to handle different warehouse operations Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Do financial consolidations across environments in multicompany setups Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Edit in Excel on item journals and warehouse worksheets Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Identify and track items easier with item references Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Improved processes for inventory counts and adjustments Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Improved processes in warehousing and inventory Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Include approvals for intercompany general journals in your workflows Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Make intercompany transactions across Business Central environments Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Receive more items than ordered by using inventory put-away documents Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Suggest the next step for sales and production orders Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Sync document and posting dates for sales and purchases Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Troubleshoot Shopify integration issues Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Use advanced pick and put-away features in basic warehouse configurations Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Use different general ledger accounts for payables, receivables Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Use General Ledger Allocations to distribute costs and revenue more efficiently Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Get more productive while entering time sheets Users, automatically Oct 2023 Nov 2023
Get more productive while approving time sheets Users, automatically Oct 2023 Nov 2023


Copilot and AI innovation

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
Complete bank account reconciliation faster with Copilot Users by admins, makers, or analysts Nov 2023 -
Get marketing text suggestions with Copilot Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Nov 2023

Country and Regional

Microsoft have added more countries in 2023 release wave 2, so Business Central is available in more countries and regions globally.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
E-submission of VAT return in Denmark Users, automatically - Nov 2023
Advance payment and a posting preview of tax documents - Czechia Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Direct transfer - Czechia Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Intercompany posting cues to the Accountant Role Center - Czechia Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
New design for report Language and Region settings Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
New Intrastat - Czechia Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Registration and notification functionality for Denmark Users, automatically - Nov 2023
E-invoicing with NemHandel in Denmark Users, automatically Oct 2023 Nov 2023
Iceland localisation app - delocalisation Users, automatically - Dec 2023
Supporting more countries and regions Users, automatically Nov 2023 Dec 2023


Development

Microsoft's 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
Get the AL Language extension in prerelease versions on Visual Studio Code Marketplace Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 1, 2023 Oct 2023
Get inlay hints in source editor for AL method parameters and return types Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 13, 2023 Oct 2023
Hover over label variable to see text string value Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 13, 2023 Oct 2023
Set new output folder setting for storing app files at AL project build Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 13, 2023 Oct 2023
Get IntelliSense for adding variables in Visual Studio Code AL debugger console Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 16, 2023 Oct 2023
Get smarter method signature recommendations in IntelliSense Get smarter method signature recommendations in IntelliSense  Aug 16, 2023 Oct 2023
Use SecretText type to protect credentials and sensitive textual values from being revealed Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 16, 2023 Oct 2023
Segment AL code and reduce naming conflicts with namespaces Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 17, 2023 Oct 2023
Show list of keys while working on AL code Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 17, 2023 Oct 2023
Open Visual Studio Code from web client to investigate or troubleshoot extensions Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Turn off data analysis mode on pages and queries Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Use the built-in rich text editor to enter data Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Add a new FieldGroup to an existing table Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2023 Oct 2023
Sell Business Central apps through AppSource Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 2, 2023 Oct 2023
AppSource ISV publishers can preview their AppSource apps with select customers Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Nov 2023 Nov 2023


Governance and Administration

Also, Microsoft are adding new tools and improving existing tools for administrators to manage environments, apps, and data migrations.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Granular administration as Dynamics 365 Business Central Administrator Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Oct 2023
Include or exclude tables from cloud migration Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Oct 2023
Transfer environments between Microsoft Entra tenants Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Oct 2023
Get more information about effective permissions Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Control partner access per environment Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Nov 2023
Improved update release processes Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Dec 2023
Cancel Cloud Migration replication runs Users, automatically - Jan 2024


Legislation

Business Central 2023 release wave 2 delivers a set of legislative capabilities that can act as a foundation for more specific requirements in local versions.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
E-documents core as a global solution Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Large companies to report payment times Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Use drop shipments for triangular Intrastat trade Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Digital vouchers Users, automatically - Nov 2023


Onboarding

Partners have more capabilities for improving their customers' onboarding experience with their solutions.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Modify texts on the welcome banner and skip banner intro state Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Set initial role before first sign-in for a better first-run experience Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023


Productive with Microsoft 365

This wave 2 release focuses on security and reliability, especially when bringing your data to Excel.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Enhancements to Excel add-in

 Users, automatically

Sep 2023

Oct 2023


Reporting and Data Analysis

End users and data analysts can now easily access an improved reporting and dashboard system that makes it easier to find and run the reports needed.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Analyse, group, and pivot data on queries using multiple tabs Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Discover report and data analysis content easily Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 2023 Oct 2023


Service and Platform

Microsoft are continuing  to invest in the fundamentals of their service, with a focus on performance, stability, resource governance, security, and compliance.

Feature

Enabled for Public preview General availability
Data loads faster in the server Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Faster application scenarios Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Pages load faster in client Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Performance gain by reducing locks in the database Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Synchronise multiple Business Central companies with the same Dataverse environment Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023


User Experiences

The 2023 release wave 2 brings improvements to our user experiences that will help users enter, update, and, fix mistakes in their data.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Add existing table fields to optimise your pages Users by admins, makers, or analysts Oct 2023 -
Get to data search from anywhere in Business Central Users, automatically Oct 2023 -
Customise field editability from UI Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Scan barcodes with Business Central mobile app for iOS and Android Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Search for pages and data in the mobile app Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Show related record details from lookup Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Distinguish between browser tabs when multitasking Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Share readable deep links to pages and records Users, automatically Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Use actions to navigate or fix errors from inline validation dialog Users, automatically Oct 2023 Nov 2023
Access worksheet pages from mobile phones Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2023 Nov 2023
Manage user expectations with selection context-based actions Users, automatically Oct 2023 Nov 2023
 

For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.

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