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Business Central 22 2023 release wave 1
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Dynamics 365 Business Central
Business Central is a comprehensive business management application that allows you to automate and streamline your company's diverse business processes. Business Central is feature-rich and extremely customizable, making the solution ideal for companies worldwide to manage their finances, supply chain, manufacturing, shipping, project management, services and so on.
Business Central is quick to implement, easy to adapt, and it is with a focus on simplicity when Microsoft adds new and innovative functions and options within product design, development, implementation and user-friendliness.
Via AppSource, companies can easily and quickly add specific functionality relevant to their region and business and adapt Business Central to support highly specialized industries and business areas.
Overview of Dynamics 365 2023 release wave 1
In April, the rollout of the next Dynamics 365 upgrade wave starts. Here, a new version of Business Central is also being launched.
With release wave 1 in 2023, among other things, the following improvements will be introduced in Business Central:
Intercompany functions
In April, support for the administration of several companies will be introduced, as well as improvements to the existing intercompany functions.
Fast onboarding
By creating a seamless onboarding user experience, further supported by quality content from Microsoft and its partners, the time it takes customers to get up and running with Business Central is reduced.
Automation of regulatory tasks
Microsoft is introducing new features and upgrades in Business Central 22 that automate regulatory tasks, helping companies worldwide stay compliant with various government regulations so they can focus on their core business. For example, the W1-version adds support for non-deductible VAT, and then adds it in phases to the Microsoft country versions that support VAT.
Ease of use
As always when a new version of Business Central is launched, Microsoft has also in 2023 release wave 1 focused heavily on ease of use. In Business Central 22, Microsoft will increase user efficiency when working with lists of records. This means that in Business Central 22 you will be able to customize columns by adding any field from the table, use mass actions on several rows and get more comprehensive views to work smarter and thus faster.
Note that with Dynamics 365 release wave 1 in 2023, Microsoft introduces AL Explorer in Visual Studio Code. This addition provides seamless development collaboration through GitHub and adds self-service capabilities for administrators tasked with managing apps and environments. Microsoft will also enable us ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) to transact through the AppSource marketplace.
New functions in Business Central 22
Below you have an overview of the new features and capabilities that are planned to be released with Dynamics 365 release wave 1 in 2023 from April 2023 to September 2023. Please note that there may be deviations in the release times, so the features are not released on a specified time or that the expected functionality is not released at all.
The rollout of Dynamics 365 release wave 2 in 2022 to Business Central will continue until April 2023. For an overview of this release wave, go to Business Central 2022 release wave 2.
Rapid adaptation with Microsoft Power Platform
Business Central 22 makes it easier to set up repetitive approval workflows in Dynamics 365 Business Central. This means that it will be even easier to automate a number of business processes, so that your employees, rather than spending their time on trivial tasks, can instead spend their time on developing your company and business. With Business Central release wave 1 in 2023, Microsoft is also providing trial apps, helping Power Apps developers get up and running faster.
With the release wave 1 in 2023 upgrades, the integration between Business Central and the business app platform Power Platform is improved, increasing the productivity of your company.
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use business events to notify and trigger external systems | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | April 2023 | - |
| Get started and up and run with more sample Power Automate templates and Power Apps | Users, automatically | May 2023 | - |
| A brand new approval workflow experience with the Power Automate templates | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Support dynamic environment and company in the Microsoft Power Platform connector | Users, automatically | April 2023 | May 2023 |
| Remove modification limits for triggering flows | Users, automatically | April 2023 | June 2023 |
| Use Microsoft Power Automate to post adaptive card or link to D365 Business Central record | Users, automatically | April 2023 | June 2023 |
Application improvements
With release wave 1 in 2023, Microsoft will deliver a series of application updates based, among other things, on the most popular requests for improvements by BC users. In the area of financial management, Microsoft has invested in intercompany capabilities and with Business Central 22 now provides the possibility of general ledger settlement. With release wave 1 in 2023, it will also be possible to export SAF-T audit files in all countries. Supply chain functions have also been given a boost with Business Central 22 and have been improved with several optimizations that let you run your warehouse and storage processes more smoothly and efficiently.
Overall, the many new application functions and improvements have been added to increase business productivity, create a better overview and also enable compatible accounting and reporting.
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easily adjust exchange rates easily, replace the built-in batch job | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | April 2023 |
| Use different general ledger accounts for payables, receivables | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | April 2023 |
| Avoid document number errors when you post item journals | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Company Hub now lets admins add user-specific settings | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Define content of created warehouse documents with filters | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Intercompany posting setup supports more transaction types and streamlines flows | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Preview item journals before posting | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Faster review of general ledger accounts | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Set up and sync master data across companies | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Ship and receive non-inventory items on warehouse documents | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| The Shopify connector becomes extensible | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Synchronize returns, refunds from Shopify | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Undo transfer shipments | Users, automatically | March 2023 | Apr 2023 |
Countries and regions
With Dynamics 365 2023 release wave 1, Microsoft continues the country and region expansion of Business Central, meaning that the solution has now been added to more than 100 countries and regions. The expansion of Business Central to more countries and territories is largely achieved through partner-led localization. The Business Central partner network builds relevant localization apps and publishes them through AppSource. This, combined with the built-in language offerings, means that Business Central is now available to serve customers in even more countries and regions worldwide.
Business Central is available in more than 130 countries and Microsoft also provides all statutory feature updates to countries where they are responsible for localization
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish localization extension | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Supporting even more countries and regions | Users, automatically | May 2023 | June 2023 |
Development
Developers are in high demand, and Microsoft therefore wants to increase productivity among Business Central AL developers. Therefore, with Dynamics 365 2023 release wave 1, a number of features are added to Business Central to enable developers to work more efficiently. In addition, Microsoft is adding a number of capabilities in Business Central 22 that aim to empower consultants, citizen developers, and users to be more self-driving and thus do more to relieve developers, increase flexibility, and lower the cost of customizations.
By adding visual abstractions on top of AL code that allow developers and consultants to easily get an overview of and navigate across all AL objects in a workspace or project, with Dynamics 365 2023 release wave 1, Microsoft has improved the user experience of Visual Studio Code. This new addition helps developers better understand application boundaries and makes it easy to jump directly to a source or run objects. Business Central developers get better compiler resource management and code analyzer performance, as well as the ability to attach with the normal debugger to user sessions.
With Business Central 22, Microsoft also enables AppSource publishers to release preview apps to selected customers, get better runtime package management and, not least, monetize their apps via the AppSource Marketplace. Users also get the option to add existing table fields to existing pages as code-free personalization or customization.
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL Explorer and AL Home in Visual Studio Code AL extension | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | February 2023 | April 2023 |
| Attach AL debugger to active session or next session | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Improved compiler resource handling and faster code analyzers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Optimized runtime package generation for sharing with other users | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Provide Title and custom actions to Error dialogs | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Control database locking behavior | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | April 2023 | April 2023 |
| AL-Go for GitHub - modern DevOps for partners | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| ISVs can organize and create a preview for their AppSource apps | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
Legislation
With the Dynamics 365 release wave 1 upgrade of Business Central, Microsoft delivers regulatory updates based on the most popular user requests for improvements in the area of regulatory compliance management. Microsoft brings features and regulatory automation to meet the various regulations set by government agencies, allowing business users to focus on their business and core business. In the future, Microsoft plans to take a step toward standardized functionality so that all of these enhancements are delivered as standard features across all supported countries and regions where the functionality is relevant.
Microsoft's primary focus of regulatory efforts in Business Central 22 is on non-deductible VAT in the base application. Both features are available in some locations, but are required in almost all regions. The features will be standardized and made available as extensions, making it easy for partners to add them if needed.
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improved and expanded VAT functionality with non-deductible and partly deductible VAT functionality | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Eksport af revisionsfil letter SAF-T-overholdelse | Users, automatically | April 2023 | May 2023 |
Onboarding
Today, companies to a great extent expect out-of-the-box user experiences when selecting new business solutions. That's why onboarding is a key area of focus for Microsoft in each new Dynamics 365 release wave. Better onboarding experiences allow business users to get up and running with Business Central in minimal time with minimal effort.
By leveraging better out-of-the-box data content and user assistance elements, companies with the D365 2023 Release Wave 1 upgrades can get up and running with Business Central even faster.
Many of the standard tooltips are enhanced to help self-learning users understand how to use Business Central. Microsoft is updating the look and feel of tooltips in Business Central 22 to present them to users in a modern way and also updating their content. This improvement goes hand in hand with an update of localized master data such as the Chart of Accounts for selected countries.
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easily find and install Payroll apps from within Dynamics 365 Business Central | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Modern tooltips are both easy to read and understand | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Refresh of content to support modern tooltip UI (User Interface) | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
Better productivity with Microsoft 365
Business users work more efficiently and business teams perform better when business apps are combined with productivity apps. Microsoft has ensured that Business Central is closely integrated with the market-leading apps that make up Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Excel, Word, OneDrive and Teams, with the aim that the company's employees can work smarter and more efficiently with collaboration experiences, tools and insights into their workflows.
The enhancements in Dynamics 365 Business Central release wave 1 in 2023 build on improving collaboration apps and driving broader product engagement and access to data across the organization.
- By attaching quotes and invoices from Outlook, users can respond to inquiries faster.
- Analyze, share or bulk-edit records directly in Microsoft Excel.
- Start a conversation in Teams about a record, or gather your team around important data points.
- View, share and co-author business documents using Microsoft OneDrive for Business.
- Write presentable reports and other templates in Microsoft Word.
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experience the improved adaptive cards in Teams | Users, automatically | - | April 2023 |
| Configure security controls for Microsoft Teams cards | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | April 2023 |
User experience
Business Central comes with a variety of user interfaces that enable business users to work with their data regardless of location and device, including an installable desktop app, browser web application and mobile apps. So whether you as a user need to enter business data at high speed, randomly update your entries or analyze relational data, Business Central offers a wide range of functions that are both efficient and easy to get started with.
Every time Microsoft releases a new version of Business Central, improvements to usability, availability, performance, and reliability are introduced. Business Central 22 increases efficiency when working with actions and lists of records. Microsoft has also given customers and consultants the opportunity to personalize the fields on a page by choosing from existing table fields, making it easier and faster for them to optimize their workspace.
| Feature | Available for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add existing table fields to improve your pages | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | June 2023 | - |
| Drag and drop files onto the file upload dialog | Users, automatically | Januar 2023 | April 2023 |
| Access actions and navigation menu better and more efficiently with your keyboard | Users, automatically | February 2023 | April 2023 |
| Become more efficient and get more productivity out of an optimized Action Bar on all app pages | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Get unblocked using actionable error messages in selected application areas | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Customize the action bar to fit your needs on document lines | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
| Copy and paste readable hyperlinks | Users, automatically | March 2023 | April 2023 |
Information about the table descriptions
Feature
Description of the new function launched in Business Central 22.
Available for
Description of which users the new feature is available to.
- Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are activated automatically.
- Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are intended to be used by administrators, developers, marketers or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
- 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.
Public preview
In the 'Public preview' column, it is indicated in which month the function in question is released as a publicly available trial version. The release date of the specified trial version can be any day of the month in question.
General availability
The column on the far right 'General availability', indicates in which month the function in question is delivered. The date of delivery of the specified feature can be any day of the specified month.
FAQ
If you have a question about Business Central 22 (2023 release wave 1) that is not answered here, you are of course very welcome to contact us. You will find our contact information here.
When will Dynamics 365 2023 release wave 1 start?
The rollout of the Dynamics 365 2023 release wave 1 upgrade wave starts April 2023 and continues until October 2023.
When will Business Central 22 be released?
Business Central 22 will be released in April 2023 with the Dynamics 365 2023 release wave 1 upgrade wave.
How much does it cost to upgrade to Business Central 22?
It all depends on where you are upgrading from. If you now have a Dynamics NAV installation, it can be a major project to upgrade to Business Central 22. If, on the other hand, you run on the online version of Business Central 21, you will automatically and free of charge be upgraded to Business Central 22.