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Update 23.3 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central online 2023 release wave 2

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Would you like to know what has changed in update 23.3? 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 that you might find interesting.

Hotfixes

Find an overview of hotfixes in this article and the downloads here.

Feature changes

Localization updates

Country Feature Description
United States IRS 1099 update for 2023 Report layout were not subject of changes for 2023 year, but notification on the 1099 Form Boxes page has been updated, so users will know the system is updated.
United States IRS 1096 update for 2023 New box has been added to the IRS 1096 form and report layout has been updated.
Switzerland VAT Statement - Added new Ciphers From 2024, new VAT rates will apply in Switzerland and also new Ciphers 303 and 383 are added for new VAT rates.
Denmark Validating CVR number with Nemhandel Once when the CVR number is entered in the Registration No. field in the Company Information page and validated with the Nemhandel, system will not allow modifying and deleting it.

Release Plan

If you want to get a comprehensive overview of what's new and planned for Business Central online for the entire 2023 release wave 2 (release from October 2023 through March 2024), find the link to the release plan here.

Upgrade to 23.3

Please note that new customers will automatically get the latest builds of Business Central (23.3). If you're an existing partner/customer, you'll receive an email notification as soon as your environment has been upgraded.

Good to know

Schedule more tasks by using more users or Microsoft Entra Apps

With this release, we've completed the global rollout of all required changes to all regions of the Business Central service to support increased throughput for operations using scheduled tasks. In the past, the number of scheduled tasks our service could perform in parallel was limited to 3 per environment. This limitation was starting to become a bottleneck for larger customers and larger operational volumes, especially when using automation, running with many companies, or using traffic intensive web portals. We have optimized our service to provide additional scale for these workloads by allowing you to create more scheduled tasks per user (or Microsoft Entra App), rather than having a per-environment limit. To take advantage of this new capability, reconfigure your workloads and integrations to use more users and/or Microsoft Entra Apps, which will create scheduled tasks.

We are proceeding with applying similar changes for web service requests, so please look for further announcements in the next releases of Business Central.

Business Central Launch Event videos on YouTube

Follow along as we're posting Business Central Launch Event sessions to the new YouTube channel. All 35 videos will be added to the channel by December 31, 2023. Subscribe now and watch the videos: aka.ms/BCYouTube. Find the rest of the launch event videos on: aka.ms/BCLE.

Upcoming Business Central Office Hours Calls

During November, we'll host the following calls, which you can already register for today:

  • January 9: AL-Go for GitHub
  • January 23: How we secure your data in Business Central (2024 update)
  • February 6: Power Platform and Business Central virtual tables

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

Automatically update AppSource apps with minor updates

You can now change the app update cadence for your environments to have AppSource apps update with every minor update. Read the Release Plan for more details.

Features becoming mandatory soon

The following features may have potentially disruptive effect on extensions and apps you have installed in the future, when they become mandatory. These features are now optional to use and can be enabled in the Feature Management page.

  • Extending G/L Entry Aggregations When Posting Invoices feature is generally available with Update 23.1 and becoming mandatory in Update 26.0 (2025 Release Wave 1). The Invoice Post. Buffer table is replaced by the use of the Invoice Posting interface. The replacement helps resolve extensibility issues for the legacy Invoice Post. Buffer table. You can now use your own implementation of G/L invoice posting. If you're a developer and want to learn more about how to extend G/L entry aggregations when posting invoices, go to Extending G/L Entry Aggregations When Posting Invoices.
  • New extensible exchange rate adjustment, including posting review feature is generally available with Update 23.0 and becoming mandatory in Update 26.0 (2025 Release Wave 1) The legacy Exchange Rates Adjustment Report is being replaced by a new capability that increases extensibility and makes it easier to comply with local and industry-specific requirements. It also gives you more control over exchange rate adjustments with a posting preview and how dimension values are post when you adjust exchange rate, and better reporting.

If you're a developer and want to learn more about how to extend G/L entry aggregations when posting invoices, go to Extending Currency Exchange Rate Adjustments.

Work with your partner to update extensions and apps you have installed before above features become mandatory. To view complete list of optional features and features that are becoming mandatory, go to aka.ms/BCFeatureMgmt.

If you’re a partner and you’re looking for relevant resources, you can find them in this article: aka.ms/BCAll.

If you’re a user and you’re looking for relevant resources, you can find them in this article: aka.ms/BCUsers.