What's new or changed in Lifecycle Services (LCS)
Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) provides a cloud-based collaborative workspace that customers and their partners can use to manage projects from pre-sales through implementation and operations. LCS provides checklists and tools to help you manage your project, based on the phase of the project and the industry that you're working in. It also provides a dashboard, so that you have a single location where you can obtain up-to-date project information.
To get started with LCS, see the Lifecycle Services (LCS) user guide.
Important
LCS features and service changes will no longer be announced via blog posts. Descriptions of LCS features are provided in the release plans.
The following sections list the features that are included in LCS releases.
June 2020 - wave 1
| Area | Feature | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Business process modeler (BPM) | Download task recording (AXTR) | General availability |
| Service updates | View canceled updates | General availability |
May 2020 - wave 2
This release contains general performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
May 2020 - wave 1
| Area | Feature | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Issue Search improvements | Lifecycle Services Issue search improvements | General availability |
April 2020 - wave 2
| Area | Feature | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Environment actions | Lifecycle Services support for dual-write capabilities | Preview |
| Environment actions | Removing Remote Desktop access to Tier 2-5 Standard Acceptance Test (or sandbox) environments | Preview |
April 2020 - wave 1
This release contains general performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
March 2020 - wave 2
| Area | Feature | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Admin APIs | RESTful APIs for database export | Preview |
| Environment actions | Apply data upgrade packages for AX2012 customers on sandbox environments | General availability |
| Environment actions | Platform update 20 required for database movement operations | General availability |
March 2020 - wave 1
This release contains general performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
February 2020 - wave 2
| Area | Feature | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Environment actions | Platform update 20 required for database movement operations | General availability |
February 2020 - wave 1
| Area | Feature | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Admin APIs | Database movement RESTful APIs | General availability |
LCS releases before November 2019
For information about LCS releases that occurred before November 2019, see the blog posts that the Lifecycle Services team published on the Dynamics 365 blog.