What's new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central
This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2023 through September 2023. 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 previous 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.
Adapt faster with Microsoft Power Platform
The 2023 release wave 1 improves Business Central integration with Power Platform to increase productivity.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use business events to notify and trigger external systems | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Apr 2023 | - |
| Get started with more sample Power Automate templates and Power Apps | Users, automatically | May 2023 | - |
| Support dynamic environment and company in Power Platform connector | Users, automatically | Jun 2023 | - |
| Use Power Automate to post adaptive card or link to Business Central record | Users, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| New approval workflow experience with Power Automate templates | Users, automatically | Apr 2023 | May 2023 |
Application
Application features are added to increase productivity, create better overviews, and enable compliant accounting and reporting.
Country and regional
We added more countries in 2023 release wave 1, so Business Central is available in more countries and regions globally.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save time with automatic account codes | Users, automatically | Apr 2023 | May 2023 |
| Swedish localization delivered as extension | Users, automatically | Apr 2023 | May 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Andorra | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Armenia | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Azerbaijan | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Bahamas | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Bermuda | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Bolivia | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - British Virgin Islands | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Cambodia | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Cameroon | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Cayman Islands | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Ethiopia | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Fiji | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Ghana | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Guernsey | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Isle of Man | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Jersey | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Kazakhstan | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Kosovo | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Liechtenstein | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Macau (SAR China) | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Madagascar | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Malawi | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Mozambique | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Namibia | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Nepal | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - San Marino | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Sao Tome & Principe | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Senegal | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Tanzania | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Uganda | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Country/regional expansion - Zambia | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Supporting more countries and regions | Users, automatically | May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
Development
Tooling, product capabilities, and enhancements for Business Central are added in the 2023 release wave 1 to help developers be more productive.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL Explorer and AL Home in Visual Studio Code AL extension | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Feb 1, 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
| Improved compiler resource handling and faster code analyzers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Provide Title and custom actions to Error dialogs | Users, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Control database locking behavior | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Define regional settings per report using a region property | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| AL-Go for GitHub - modern DevOps for partners | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Extensions that fail pre-upgrade validation get more detailed error insights | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Attach AL debugger to active session or next session | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2023 | May 2023 |
| ISVs can organize a preview for their AppSource apps | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
Governance and administration
See the new tools for Business Central admins and partners to manage environments and apps in the 2023 release wave 1.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delegated admin’s job queue entries are run by user | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Get an improved cloud migration status overview | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Manage user permissions using security groups | Users, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Experience improved app management settings | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Jun 2023 |
| Include or exclude tables from cloud migration | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Jun 2023 |
| Transfer environments between Azure AD tenants | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Jun 2023 |
Legislation
Business Central 2023 release wave 1 delivers a set of legislative capabilities to help organizations meet the regulations set by government agencies.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit file export eases SAF-T compliance | Users, automatically | Apr 2023 | May 2023 |
| Non-deductible, partly deductible VAT expands functionality | Users, automatically | May 2023 | May 2023 |
Productive with Microsoft 365
Further productivity improvements helping users working with Business Central and Microsoft 365 apps and services such as Outlook, Excel, Word, OneDrive and Teams.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experience enhanced adaptive cards in Teams | Users, automatically | - | Apr 2023 |
| Configure security controls for Teams cards | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Apr 2023 |
| Easily set up access with Microsoft 365 licenses | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Apr 2023 |
Reporting and data analysis
In 2023 release wave 1, end users and data analysts can now easily access all their data from Power BI without the need for a developer or consultant.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze, group, and pivot data on list pages using multiple tabs | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Apr 2023 | To be announced |
Service and platform
In 2023 release wave 1, users will have fewer interruptions, the UI will feel generally faster, and web services and certain scenarios in the application will be faster.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allow application and tenant databases to differ in collation | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Business Central server runs on .NET 6 | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| New telemetry events and data | Users, automatically | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Performance - OData calls are now faster | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
User experiences
The 2023 release wave 1 brings improvements to our user experiences that will help users enter, update, and analyze data across Dynamics 365.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy and paste readable hyperlinks | Users, automatically | Apr 2023 | - |
| Add existing table fields to optimize your pages | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jun 2023 | - |
| Drag and drop files onto the file upload dialog | Users, automatically |
Jan 19, 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
| Access actions and navigation menu efficiently with keyboard | Users, automatically | Feb 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Get more productivity out of an optimized Action Bar on all app pages | Users, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Tailor the action bar to fit your needs on document lines | Users, automatically | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Improved alignment of headers in statistics pages | Users, automatically |
Feb 1, 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
| Get unblocked using actionable error messages in select application areas | Users, automatically | Apr 2023 | May 2023 |
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.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.