Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1

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• Overview of Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1
  • Two annual upgrades
  • A quick overview of new features in Business Central 20
• New and planned functions and opportunities in D365 Business Central
• Application improvements
• Better integration with Microsoft 365
• Developer enhancements
• Administration and management
• Microsoft Power Platform
• Client improvements
• Onboarding
• Reporting
• Service og platform

Overview of Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1

Dynamics 365 2022 Release Wave 1 includes hundreds of new features and capabilities that go across all the business apps that make up Dynamics 365, but on this page we focus on the improvements in Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1 which is also named Business Central 20 due to the version number.

Two annual upgrades

Business Central is a comprehensive all-in-one enterprise application whose functionality covers all of the company's business areas, regardless of industry and size. Twice a year, upgrades to Business Central are released. The upgrades are part of the big Dynamics 365 Release Wave upgrade waves, which are launched every year in April and October.

A quick overview of new features in Business Central 20

In Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1, which with version number 20 becomes Business Central 20, we will among other things see further improvements in the application, which focuses on helping both new or existing customers and users to get started faster and to productive use. This means, among other things, that the possibilities in the 'Help' pane are expanded and made the preferred resource to help both new and existing Business Central users.

Other initiatives and improvements in Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1 / Business Central 20 include improving performance in daily operations and ease of use by making menus easier to navigate.

In order to help daily users increase productivity, the reporting features with Excel layouts have also been improved. In addition, Microsoft is continuing its geographic expansion to make Business Central accessible to even more users.

Improved business areas in Business Central:

• Hassle-free service:
  Regardless of the type and size of the company and the industry in which it operates, the business users of the financial solution expect a reliable service and platform from which they can run their business.
• Administration:
  With Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1, Microsoft releases a range of features and capabilities designed to simplify and optimize the way Business Central partners manage their tenants and the way administrators manage and administrate licenses and permissions.
• Application:
  The finance and supply chain functions are core functionality in Business Central and in 2022 Business Central Release Wave 1, these functions are optimized through a number of improvements so that Business Central users can execute business processes more efficiently and productively.
• Better with Microsoft 365:
  In Dynamics 365 2022 Release Wave 1 the efficiency of the collaboration processes in Microsoft Teams is improved and the Excel and Outlook add-ins is also optimized
• Country and regional expansion:
  With 2022 release wave 1, Business Central will be available to users and businesses in even more countries and regions.
• Onboarding:
  With Business Central 20, customers and users will be able to get to productive use even faster with the help of the new modern help window in Business Central.
• Development tools:
  Since Microsoft has completely switched to Visual Studio Code, they also continue to invest in a number of areas that increase the productivity and efficiency of BC developers. In addition, GitHub Go is introduced, so partners can now configure CI/CD for their apps without prior knowledge of pipelines, Docker or PowerShell.
• Power Platform:
  Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1 improves Power Automate features, making it much easier for business users to set up workflows to a company's specific needs and requirements.

New and planned functions and opportunities in D365 Business Central

Here you will find an overview of the new functions and opportunities that are planned for release in the period from April 2022 to September 2022.

Please note that launch schedules may change and expected functionality may not be released.

General availability
The column to the right 'General availability' indicates the month in which the function in question is delivered. The date of delivery of the specified function can be any day of that month.

Public preview
The 'Public preview' column indicates in which month the function in question is released as a publicly available trial version. The release date of the specified trial may be any day of that month.

Checkmark
The checkmark (✓) means that the function in question has already been released for public preview or early access and general availability.

Users, automatically
These features include changes to the user experience and are activated automatically.

Administratorer, udviklere, marketingfolk eller analytikere, automatisk
Disse Featureer er beregnet til at blive brugt af administratorer, udviklere, marketingfolk eller forretningsanalytikere og aktiveres automatisk.

Users by admins, makers, or analysts:
These features must be enabled or configured by administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available to their users.

Application improvements

In 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft delivers a series of updates and new features, which are based on the most requested and popular improvement requests from Business Central users. Among other things, Microsoft has invested in improving reporting and optimizing the supply chain area.

Better integration with Microsoft 365

In 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft prioritizes a stronger reporting history, which includes better integration with Excel. In Business Central 20, Microsoft also focuses on optimizing additional support for collaboration processes to Microsoft Teams so that business users can use Business Central pages in a Teams channel.

Developer enhancements

Also in Dynamics 365 2022 Release Wave 1, Microsoft has focused on a far-reaching range of expansion capabilities in developers' tooltips, including making the AL language even stronger and more efficient, giving Business Central developers a better user experience.

Administration and management

In Business Central 20, which is launched with Dynamics 365 2022 Release Wave 1, Microsoft releases a set of administrator and management features designed to help administrators and IT professionals manage, configure, manage, secure, manage and monitor customer environments.

Microsoft Power Platform

In Dynamics 365 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft improves the integration with Microsoft Dataverse and the applications that make up the Microsoft Power Platform, that is, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps and Power Virtual Agents.

Client improvements

With Business Central 20 released with Dynamics 365 Release Wave 1 in 2022, Microsoft is improving the comprehensive portfolio of Business Central clients. This means that with Business Central 20, usability, stability, availability and not least performance are improved.

Onboarding

With this Dynamics 365 release wave, Microsoft also has a special focus on onboarding. The goal of Microsoft is not only to make onboarding new customers easier and faster, but also to make it easier and faster for new users to onboard Business Central.

Reporting

For many business users, Reporting is the most important part of Business Central. Both because reporting is an essential way to gain insight into new growth and business opportunities, but also because reports can be an effective way to share data, and thus to create a basis for necessary and rewarding business planning discussions.

Service and platform

Regardless of the company's type, size or industry in which it operates., Solution users expect a reliable service and platform on which they can operate and develop their business. Therefore, Microsoft has also with Business Central 20 focused on improving service and platform.