What's new or changed in Dynamics 365 Human Resources August 9, 2021

Applies to these Dynamics 365 apps:
Human Resources

This article describes features that are new, changed, or coming soon in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources.

For more information about our update process and schedule, see Update process.

For more information about new features and their expected general availability dates, see Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2.

In this release

This release includes the following new features and bug fixes. Changes apply to build number 8.1.4393.

Bug fixes

The following bug fixes are included in this release.

Note

Our goal is to get you this information as soon as possible. We might update this article to include bug fixes that made it into the build after this article was initially published.

Issue number	Issue	Description
558385	The default designee isn't selected when the Auto-select designees option is turned on for default designees.	This issue is now fixed. Multiple default designees are automatically selected in eligible plans when the Auto-select designees option on the Human Resources shared parameters page is turned on.
589617	On the Time off page, the Available to buy and Available to sell balances are blank when access is restricted to a specific company.	This issue is now fixed. The Time off page shows the correct Available to buy and Available to sell balances when the user is restricted to a specific company.

In preview

The following new features are in preview. For more information about how to turn features on or off, see Manage features.

Feature	Release plan	Documentation
Benefits management workspace	Benefits management workspace (Preview)	Benefits management workspace
Enable simplified payroll integration (Payroll integration APIs)	Enable simplified integration with payroll providers	Payroll integration API
Enable an absence manager to manage leave	Enable an absence manager to manage leave	In this release, we are updating the absence manager workspace view. For more information, see Configure absence manager role.
Configure attachment requirement per leave type	Configure attachment requirement per leave type	Configure leave and absence types
Configure leave units per leave type	Configure leave units per leave type	Configure leave and absence types
Enable employees to be marked as ready to be paid	Enable employees to be marked as ready to be paid	Ready to pay

Coming soon

For a complete list of planned features and their scheduled releases, see Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2.

Feature	Details
Platform update 10.0.21 (45)	Roll-out of Platform update 10.0.21 is scheduled to begin with the service release on October 4, 2021. For more information, see Platform updates for version 10.0.21 of finance and operations apps (October 2021).

See also

What's new or changed in Human Resources
Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2
Update process
Manage features