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What's new and planned for Dynamics 365 Contact Center

This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2025 through September 2025. 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 2024 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.

Copilot and AI innovation

Copilot in Dynamics 365 Contact Center consists of generative AI capabilities that expedite resolutions of customer issues and increase customer satisfaction.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Promote intents for self-service in semi- or fully automated manner Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jul 2025 Oct 2025
Optimize customer service with intent-based routing Users by admins, makers, or analysts May 15, 2025 Oct 2025
Resolve complex issues autonomously with Customer Intent Agent Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jul 2025 Oct 2025

Extensibility

Use extensibility to connect Dynamics 365 Contact Center with other CRM solutions.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Use messaging APIs to manage customer chat conversations Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jul 2025 Sep 2025

IVR capabilities

Use Copilot-based interactive voice response (IVR) capabilities for providing self-service to your customers.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Edit business rules for omnichannel AI agents Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 30, 2025
Use constrained grammars for speech recognition Users, automatically - Sep 2025
Mask sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Aug 2025
Enable selective hold with music and exit prompts Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Sep 2025
Enable SIP X header support for context transfer Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Sep 2025
Recognize one of multiple entities in a single utterance Users, automatically - Jun 2025

Omnichannel customer experiences

Omnichannel engagement enables instant connectivity between service representatives and customers and gives supervisors real-time visibility into operational efficiency.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Support WhatsApp through Azure Communication Services Users by admins, makers, or analysts Aug 30, 2024 Apr 1, 2025
Use AI summary for call quality management Users, automatically - Apr 17, 2025
Add messaging to native mobile apps Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025
Use time-out rules for automated actions to meet SLAs Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 30, 2025
Monitor work item lifecycle in Application Insights Users by admins, makers, or analysts Aug 23, 2023 Jul 2025
Upload phone numbers in bulk for direct routing Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - May 30, 2025
Use custom NLU Plus models with AI agents Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jun 2025
Deploy chat widgets across portals using a single tag Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 30, 2025
Use enhanced sessions and live conversation details Users, automatically - Apr 30, 2025
Use API to pause and resume recording, transcription Users, automatically - Jun 2025

Service representative experiences

Enable service representatives to handle multiple interactions, switch between sessions without losing context, and use productivity tools to enhance workflows.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Transfer conversation to workgroup, queue using intent Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025
Use intent to select representatives to transfer conversations Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025
Use Copilot Studio agents to get customer feedback Users by admins, makers, or analysts Nov 18, 2024 Apr 30, 2025
Use Desktop companion application Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 1, 2025 Jul 2025
Use disposition codes in voice and chat conversations Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 1, 2025
Use improved outbound dialing with reduced latency Users, automatically - May 31, 2025
Use the optimized option to update presence Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 1, 2025
Consult with workgroup, queue using intent Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025
Use intent to consult with a user Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025
Search for phone numbers in Copilot Service admin center Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Jul 2025
Use enhanced disposition code capabilities Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025

Supervisor experiences

Enable supervisors to monitor and improve contact center operations.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Use callback insights to optimize contact center operations Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jun 2025

Teams integration

Provide your service representatives with seamless integrations between Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Teams.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Use Microsoft Teams Phone in contact center Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025
Use Microsoft Teams phone in Dynamics 365 Contact Center Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 30, 2025 Jul 2025

Unified routing

Intelligent work item classification and omnichannel routing capabilities enable the flexibility and automation of AI-enabled workflows.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Route to least active representatives in messaging channels Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Apr 30, 2025
Enable direct transfer of conversations Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jul 2025
Manage routing rules in bulk Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Apr 18, 2025
Use shift bookings to assign conversations Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 30, 2025

Workforce engagement management

Microsoft WEM solution optimizes employee scheduling, performance, and engagement in customer service to enhance efficiency, service quality, and service representative satisfaction.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Use capacity planning to predict your staffing needs Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
Create and manage shift plans for effective staffing and service coverage Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
Use automated and manual scheduling to manage shift plans Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
View and manage shift schedules with My Schedule calendar Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
Manage time-off requests Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
Shift swapping for customer service representatives Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
Shift bidding for customer service representatives Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
Real-time adherence monitoring for service representatives Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025
Create and analyze forecast scenarios for case and conversation volumes Users by admins, makers, or analysts - May 2, 2025

You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on February 3, 2025, including all mandatory changes that affect users. To learn more, go to Early access FAQ.

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.