What's new and planned for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 documentation. For the latest release plans, go to Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2022 through September 2022. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.
For a list of the next wave's release plans, go to 2022 release wave 2 plan.
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 date of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.
Record
Near real-time connections across emissions sources enable Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability to automate ingestion of operational business activities that represent the customer's entire operations and value stream emissions footprint.
Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
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Create time-bound constraints for a rules-based goal status | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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Common Data Model for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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Dynamic calculation service | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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Integrate with ecosystem of prebuilt data connectors | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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Ingestion error handling improvements and hardening | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
To be announced |
Ingestion framework enhancements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
To be announced |
Segment Microsoft Sustainability Manager access by business unit | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
To be announced |
Report scope 3 categories 8 and 13 - emissions from leased assets | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
To be announced |
Report scope 3 category 5 - emissions from waste | Users, automatically | ![]() |
To be announced |
Reduce
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability will help customers better understand the actions they should take to continue to reduce emissions, improve business processes, and make lasting changes in their organization.
Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
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Track goals with data-driven scorecards | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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Report
With a complete set of understandable data, customers can produce reports based on consumption, create an accurate baseline, and understand progress toward goals, while meeting strict regulatory and public reporting requirements.
Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
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Emissions and operational-specific dashboards | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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Meet public reporting requirements | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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View Emissions Impact Dashboard reporting enhancements | Users, automatically | ![]() |
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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.
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