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Update 20.5 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central online 2022 release wave 1

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Would you like to know what has changed in update 20.5? Below you'll find an overview and relevant links to what has been done on hotfixes and regulatory features in this update. In addition, we have gathered some good to know information and links, you might find interesting.

Hotfixes

Find an overview of hotfixes in this article.

Release Plan

If you want to get a comprehensive overview of what's new and planned for Business Central online for the entire 2022 release wave 1 (releases from April 2022 through September 2022), find the link to the release plan here.

Upgrade to 20.5

Please note that new customers will automatically get the latest builds of Business Central (20.5). If you are an existing partner/customer, you will receive an email notification as soon as your environment has been upgraded.

Good to know

Important: Take action before October 31 to retain your delegated admin access to your customers
With this Partner Center announcement earlier this year, Microsoft introduced the Granular Delegated Admin Privileges (GDAP) feature. GDAP addresses various security concerns by allowing customer administrators to provide partners a proper level of time-bound access to their tenants.

The Partner Center team has now announced the timeline by which you need to migrate your customer relationship to GDAP. Please make sure to read this new Partner Center announcement for more details about milestone dates and the transition plan, as well as about the tools Microsoft provides to facilitate this process.

To manage Dynamics 365 Business Central customers via GDAP we recommend requesting the Dynamics 365 Administrator role as the least-privileged role. Read more about which other roles are supported for delegated administration of Business Central here.

You can watch the GDAP Office Hours recording for Business Central here.

Plan and prepare for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 release wave 2
The preview of Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 release wave 2 will go live on August 31. Use Microsoft Collaborate to submit your feedback or to report any potential issues that you discover in the preview. Discover how to do so here: aka.ms/BCPreview. In addition, we have created a new subgroup on Yammer called Public Preview 2022 release wave 2, which can be used to share feedback directly with the Microsoft product team or ask questions related to the preview.

On October 1, 2022, the release will go live. You can discover what's new and planned here: aka.ms/BCReleasePlan

Business Central newsletter for partners
Yay! We're now doing quarterly newsletters for Business Central partners. Each newsletter will be a summary of relevant information related to Business Central and you'll be able to find it on aka.ms/BCNews.

Upcoming Business Central Office Hours Calls
In September and October, we will be hosting the following calls, which you can already register for today:

  • September 6: Power Automate and Power Platform integrations
  • September 20: How we secure your data in Business Central
  • October 4: Get data-driven with telemetry

Register and stay tuned for upcoming calls: aka.ms/BCOfficeHours. Watch on-demand recordings: aka.ms/BCOfficeHoursRecordings.

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