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This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2026 through September 2026. 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 2025 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 and general availability.
Adapt faster with Power Platform
We're continuously investing in a seamless experience for customers who use Business Central together with Power Apps, Power Automate or Copilot Studio.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Map new Dataverse fields in Business Central | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Copilot and agents
Scale your business without the traditional friction that accompanies growth, and eliminate tedious tasks with powerful, generative AI. Business Central includes Copilot, built-in autonomous agents, and the flexibility to add custom AI.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get item insights with advanced KPIs and summary | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Manage tasks from all agents in dedicated task pane | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Create agentic experiences with enhanced MCP server | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Use AI resources for your Copilot extensions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 6, 2025 |
Sep 2026 |
| Show avatars for record creators and modifiers in lists | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Envision and design AI agents in Business Central | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Feb 6, 2026 |
May 2026 |
| Review content generated by agents directly on pages | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Discover emails in the mailbox that have been processed by Payables Agent | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Manage expenses in Business Central using Expense Agent | Users, automatically |
May 8, 2026 |
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| Stop all active tasks for selected agent | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Country and regional
Business Central is now available in almost all countries and regions to help businesses run smoothly and comply with regulatory requirements.
Development
Our focus is on making Business Central AL developers more productive and empowering consultants, citizen developers, and users to do more while lowering the cost of changes.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enable Troubleshooting MCP Server for AL | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Allow developers to define data analysis definitions in their apps | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Get more secure outgoing HTTP calls by default | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Discover new ALTool features | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Attach to and debug Business Central agent sessions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Learn what the AI evaluation tool now supports | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Run AL tests from Visual Studio Code | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Download symbols from NuGet feed | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Control content filtering and XPIA when extending Copilot in Business Central | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Run AL objects and open record references using fully qualified names | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Add default namespace and sort using statements by namespace with new code actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Make apps that use Base64 encodings faster | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Use AI agent tools for AL development | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 3, 2026 |
Apr 3, 2026 |
| Evaluate AL coding agents with BC-Bench | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Ecommerce
Broaden your customer reach and handle business-to-business transactions seamlessly with Business Central and Shopify.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use the latest update for the Shopify connector | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Assign custom collections to items exported to Shopify | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Export items to Shopify with product options based on item attributes | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Use checkout currency when you create sales documents from Shopify orders | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Sync images of product variants between Business Central and Shopify | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Electronic documents
Electronic documents in Business Central support compliance, streamline document exchange, improve data accuracy and security, and deliver meaningful time and cost savings that enhance overall operational efficiency.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use payments with the E-Document framework | Users, automatically | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Set a default e-document type on vendor templates | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Set up Service Participants to Company Information | Users, automatically |
Mar 1, 2026 |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Link inbound e-documents to purchase invoices | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Use purchase draft page to preview Peppol electronic invoices | Users, automatically | Aug 2026 | - |
Financial Management
Improve daily accounting tasks and forecasting, accelerate financial close, and get real-time performance metrics while fostering compliance and security across subsidiaries.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use self-billed invoices | Users, automatically |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Jun 2026 |
| Calculate taxes for plastic and sugar | Users, automatically |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Jul 2026 |
| Manage employee expenses using expense reports | Users, automatically |
May 8, 2026 |
Oct 2026 |
| Enable accelerated depreciation methods for fixed assets | Users, automatically | Jun 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Reduce time spent on recurring invoicing in Subscription Billing | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Calculate withholding taxes for vendors | Users, automatically |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Jun 2026 |
| Calculate excise taxes | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Oct 1, 2025 |
May 8, 2026 |
| Enable Investment Boost for fixed assets | Users, automatically | - |
May 8, 2026 |
Governance and administration
We're adding new tools and improving existing tools for administrators to manage environments, apps, and data migrations.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manage database index usage and cost per company | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Run reimplementation projects using cloud migration tool | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jun 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Migrate to the cloud from any SQL database | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Mar 2, 2026 |
Apr 1, 2026 |
| Comply with local data residency requirements in Italy | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Jun 2026 |
| Audit user and group permissions across apps | Users, automatically | - |
May 1, 2026 |
| Connect AI agents to the admin center through MCP server | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 1, 2026 |
- |
| Comply with local data residency requirements in Poland | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | Jun 2026 |
Productive with Microsoft 365
A seamless experience when working with Microsoft 365 is helping users be more productive.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stay in flow of work with updated Outlook integration | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Reporting and data analysis
Access to the right reports and data analysis capabilities is essential for companies wanting to be in control of the business and identify new growth opportunities.
Service and platform
We're continuing to invest in the fundamentals of our service, with focus on performance, stability, resource governance, security, and compliance.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| See benefits of external storage support for document attachments | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Supply chain management
Business Central has rich supply management functionality from sales, purchase, invoice, inventory and warehouse management, project management, service order management, and manufacturing. In each release, we expand the capabilities in these areas to help users be more productive.
Sustainability Management
Sustainability in Business Central enables customers to drive positive environmental and social impact, enhance operational efficiency, meet regulatory requirements, and contribute to a more sustainable future.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use new APIs in Sustainability for better integration | Users, automatically |
Apr 1, 2026 |
Jun 2026 |
| Use new sales document report layouts that show your carbon footprint | Users, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2026 |
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 information on data residency in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, visit the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform data residency documentation. For more information about geo availability, visit the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.