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The Business Central 2026 release wave 2 (update 29.0) release plans are now available on the AI at Work roadmap. The release plan article, available at aka.ms/BCReleasePlan, highlights the innovations coming in this wave and provides additional context on Microsoft's transition to the AI at Work roadmap. Existing release plans remain accessible for historical reference. Explore the latest innovations across Business Central, Copilot, and agents.
Are you a Microsoft partner working with Business Central and looking for relevant resources? Find everything you need in this article and remember to bookmark aka.ms/BCAll.
Hot topics right now
- Explore the roadmap for Business Central 2026 release wave 2 (update 29) aka.ms/BCreleaseplan
- Learn what's new in minutes with YouTube videos at BCLE aka.ms/BCLE
- Tell your customers what's new in Business Central. Use the presentation to showcase the latest updates and innovations, download aka.ms/BCLEDECK
- Experience Business Central news and innovations firsthand at Directions EMEA in Paris, October 27-29 Directions for Partners
- Expense Agent – try it out today Expense Agent Overview
- Expense Agent – dive into the latest videos Business Central Expense Agent Series
- Explore migration options – read the newest blog Explore migration options for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Use the new Copilot experience in Business Central to reason over business data Feature details in update 29.0 public preview for 2026 release wave 2
- New AI at Work roadmap instead of Release Plans What's New or Changed in Business Central 2026 release wave 2
- Want to stay informed about upcoming Business Central releases What's New or Changed in Business Central 2026 release wave 2
Latest release and updates
- Business Central release plan: aka.ms/BCReleasePlan
- Major updates: aka.ms/BCUpdates
- Minor updates: aka.ms/BCLastMinorUpdate
- Missing a feature? Post or vote for ideas on: aka.ms/BCIdeas
- Alert Microsoft on an upcoming regulatory feature: aka.ms/BCAlerts
- Optional features that are now mandatory aka.ms/BCFeatureMgmt
- Where is Business Central available? aka.ms/BCCountries
Stay up to date
- Join the Business Central partner communities on Viva Engage: aka.ms/BCVivaEngage
- Watch the 'What's new' sessions from this release wave: aka.ms/BCLE
- Join the office hours calls: aka.ms/BCOfficeHours
- Stay up to date with AI Business Solutions CSP Office Hours: aka.ms/CSPpartnerhours
- Find on-demand recordings of office hours calls: aka.ms/BCOfficeHoursRecordings
- Subscribe to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central channel on YouTube: aka.ms/BCYouTube
Social and blogs
- Follow us on LinkedIn: aka.ms/BCLinkedIn
- Subscribe to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central channel on YouTube: aka.ms/BCYouTube
- Blog for IT professionals: cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/
- Blog for decision makers: cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm
Partner readiness and programs
- Get started as a partner (reselling Business Central): aka.ms/BCReseller
- Essential partner resources (marketing material): aka.ms/BCPartnerPortal
- Browse all Business Central learning courses: aka.ms/BCLearn
- Supported countries/regions, regions, and languages: aka.ms/BCCountries
- Online or in-person training and coaching for Business Central. Contact an ISV Development Center: aka.ms/ISVDevCenter
- The Universal Code Initiative: aka.ms/BCUniversalCode
- Get technical to land large customer implementations and close deals: aka.ms/BCConcierge
- The Microsoft coordinated #BCTalent offerings help partners with recruiting, training, and coaching services: aka.ms/BCTalent
- Sign up for Business Central Partner Sandbox offer: aka.ms/BCPartnerSandbox
Go to market
- Business Central homepage: www.businesscentral.com
- Try Business Central for free (30-day trial): go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2143349&clcid=0x409
- Business Central customer stories: aka.ms/BCCustomerStories
- Discover useful resources for partners: aka.ms/BCPartnerPortal
- Transact capability for Business Central Apps on Microsoft Marketplace: aka.ms/BCAppTransact
- Find the capability guide: aka.ms/BCCapabilities
- Find pitch decks: aka.ms/BCPitchDecks
- Find Dynamics 365 icons and guidelines on usage: aka.ms/Dynamics365Icons
Find Microsoft branding guidelines for partners
- Unlock the power of Microsoft branding: Microsoft Trademark and Branding Guidelines
- Trademark and Brand Guidelines Microsoft branding
- Create a partner logo, certified letter, or award: Logo Builder
- Download Business Central icon source files: aka.ms/BCicon
Licensing and pricing
Customer onboarding and resources
Discover all Business Central apps on Marketplace: aka.ms/BCMarketplace
Get Business Central on your mobile devices: aka.ms/BusinessCentralApp
Get Business Central installable app on your desktop: aka.ms/BCPWA
Learn about onboarding experiences in Business Central: aka.ms/BCOnboarding
Productivity tips: aka.ms/BCProductivity
Keyboard shortcuts: aka.ms/BCKeys
Download the keyboard shortcut PDF: aka.ms/BCKeyboardShortcutsPDF
Dynamics GP partners considering a Business Central partner practice:
- Dynamics GP Learn article
- Understand the Lifecycle Policies for Dynamics GP
- Blog - The benefits of moving from Dynamics GP to Business Central
- Watch videos comparing work in Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Marketing & campaign resources - Event-in-a-box
AI innovation and Copilot
- AI capabilities in Business Central: AI in Business Central
Agents in Business Central
- Getting started with agents YouTube playlist
- Agent pitch deck - aka.ms/BCAgentPitchDeck
- Sales Order Agent overview Learn more
- Sales Order Agent demo aka.ms/SalesOrderAgentDemo
- Payables Agent overview Learn more
- Payables Agent demo aka.ms/PayablesAgentDemo
- Expense Agent overview (preview) Learn more
- Expense Agent walkthrough Learn more
- Agents in action showcase video – Sep 2025
- Billing agents | how to set it up (including how to video) Learn more
- Sales Order Agent and Payables Agent are generally available in all countries/regions.
- Expense Agent (preview) is available in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States.
Get started building agents
- Designing and coding agents (preview) aka.ms/bcagentsgetstarted
- Get started with designing and coding agents here
- Get started with agent evals Learn more
- Get started with MCP server Learn more
- Build agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio here
Copilot in Business Central 101
- Pitch deck for Copilot in Business Central: aka.ms/bcCopilotPitchDeck
- Learn how to get your free demo environment at aka.ms/CDX, or showcase Copilot using prebuilt, click-through demos at aka.ms/bcSalesTools
- Copilot in Business Central playlist on YouTube: aka.ms/BC-Copilot-Videos
- Copilot Solutions from Red Carpet partners YouTube playlist
- Copilot in Business Central FAQ: About Copilot
Copilot in Business Central for developers
- Extend Copilot in Business Central: aka.ms/bcAIdevDocs
- How-to guide for extending Copilot in Business Central: Developing generative AI experiences
- Extending Copilot in Business Central for developers YouTube playlist
- Business Central under the hood episode 1 - Developing AI: Business Central under the hood series (on YouTube)
Reporting and business intelligence
- Get started with reporting: aka.ms/BCReporting
- Excel layout samples: aka.ms/BCExcelSamples
- Business Central and Power BI: aka.ms/BCPBI
Power Platform
- Business Central and Power BI: aka.ms/BCPBI
- Business Central and Power Automate: aka.ms/BCAutomate
- Business Central and Power Apps: aka.ms/BCPApps
- Business Central and Copilot Studio: aka.ms/BCCopilotStudio
Shopify
- Shopify start: aka.ms/BCShopifyStart
- Shopify FAQ: aka.ms/BCShopifyFAQ
- Shopify consultant: aka.ms/BCShopifyConsultant
Migrating from on-premises to cloud (online)
- Discover assets for transitioning Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics SL, Business Central on-premises customers to Business Central online: aka.ms/BCMigrations
- Use migration tooling: Migrate Data
- Community group for questions and information about managing migrations to Business Central online: aka.ms/BCCloudMigrationYammer (Learn more)
- AIM to the future with Microsoft! Move your customers to the cloud with confidence with the AIM program: aka.ms/AIMforPartners
Developing for Business Central in general
- Get started with developing apps: aka.ms/BCPublisher
- Business Central technology samples: aka.ms/BCTech
- Business Central open source sample apps: aka.ms/BCSamples
- Maintain your apps: Maintain Your App
- Use the GitHub forum to post questions about Visual Studio Code and AL Language to the community and Microsoft experts: github.com/microsoft/al/issues
- Preview for next major update: aka.ms/BCMajorUpdates
- Build solutions that link to Business Central mobile app: aka.ms/BCProtocol
- Troubleshoot issues with Business Central: aka.ms/BCTroubleshoot
- Browse the images/icons available for the action bar: aka.ms/BCIcons
- Find the documentation for the latest Business Central APIs to access your Business data: aka.ms/BCAPI
- Learn how to develop your own API to use Business Central data in other products: aka.ms/BCCustomAPI
Developing apps for Marketplace
- Marketplace marketing checklist: aka.ms/AppSourceGo
- Marketplace technical checklist: aka.ms/CheckBeforeYouSubmit
- Marketplace technical FAQ: aka.ms/TechValidationFAQ
- Set up DevOps for your Marketplace apps: aka.ms/AL-Go-AppSource
- Development of a localization app: aka.ms/BusinessCentralLocApps
- Transact capability for Business Central Apps on Microsoft Marketplace: aka.ms/BCAppTransact
Developing customer specific solutions
- Set up DevOps for your customer projects: aka.ms/AL-Go-PTE
Telemetry and performance
- App performance documentation: aka.ms/BCPerformance
- Telemetry documentation: aka.ms/BCTelemetry
- Telemetry samples: aka.ms/BCTelemetrySamples
- Analyze environment telemetry data with Power BI: aka.ms/BCTelemetryReport
- Analyze app telemetry data with Power BI: aka.ms/BCTelemetry-Isv-App
Security, privacy, and compliance
- Security and Privacy documentation: aka.ms/BCSecurity
- Security in Business Central: aka.ms/BCSecurity
- Databases and backups: aka.ms/bcbackups
- Compliance overview: aka.ms/BCCompliance
- Application compliance: aka.ms/BCAppCompliance
Events for partners
- Business Central Launch Event (aka.ms/BCLE)
- Directions NA
- Directions EMEA
- Directions ASIA
- Business Central TechDays
- Days of Knowledge (In several countries)
- Days of Knowledge (Central)
- Days of Knowledge (UK)
Events for customers
Getting support
- Managing technical support for customers: Manage Technical Support
- Test network connectivity for Business Central: aka.ms/BCCP