Microsoft D365 BC Wave 1 Release 2022

March 1st, 2022 Techuser Dynamics 365

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a robust, flexible, and scalable solution that connects your finance, sales, service, project, warehousing, and manufacturing teams to help you adapt faster and work smarter, which in turn helps your business to thrive.

Business Central has been making headlines since its launch in April 2021. It has already set a successful track record and made a big splash this year with the limitless functionalities it offers, and it continues to simplify user experiences by upgrading, developing, and introducing new features as suggested by users from across the world.

Microsoft has published its release plans for the next cloud update wave across Dynamics 365. The 2022 Release Wave 1 will span from April 2022 to September 2022, commencing with regional deployments from the 2nd of April 2022. Some features will also be available starting February for early access.

Release Plans

Release plans enable customers and partners to learn about the new capabilities that Microsoft would be rolling out across Dynamics 365 modules in the upcoming cycle (April and September 2022).

This tactical document is designed to capture the vision for each product and to track the timeline for the release of these new features. These timelines are subject to change and may be introduced earlier for a public preview.

Let’s Get Started

All the features listed in this blog are categorized into distinct fields by Microsoft. The glossary for the same is mentioned below:

1. Hybrid Work Models

• 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.

2. In the General availability column, the feature would 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 the release.

This checkmark (✔️)  indicates features that have been released for public preview and early access.

In this blog, we will cover the following topics:

• Application
• Better with Microsoft 365
• Development
• Governance and administration
• Microsoft Power Platform
• Modern clients
• Onboarding
• Reporting
• Service and platform

APPLICATION

In 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft has announced updates based on the most popular requests received from users all over the globe. It has focussed on investing in better reporting and several other improvements in the supply chain area.

Better with Microsoft 365

In 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft has invested in a stronger reporting story, including better integration with Excel. It has also focussed on improving the support for collaborative business processes in Teams to enable the user to bring Business Central pages into a Teams channel.

Development

Microsoft continues to invest in a rich spectrum of extensibility tooling capabilities for developers, including making the AL language even stronger to improve the developer experience. The features are as mentioned below:

Governance and Administration

Business Central 2022 release wave 1 delivers a set of admin and governance capabilities to help admins and IT pros set up, secure, manage, govern, and monitor customer environments.

Microsoft Power Platform

In 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft improves the integration with Microsoft Dataverse and Microsoft Power Platform.

Modern Clients

In 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft made improvements for our extensive portfolio of clients with the focus on better usability, accessibility, performance, and stability.

Onboarding

Onboarding is a key focus in every release wave. The aim is to make the onboarding of new customers faster.

Reporting

Reporting is amongst the highest priorities for most business users, both to get insight into new growth opportunities and to share data as a foundation for business planning discussions. Here are the new release updates:

Service and Platform

Whether it is a small or medium-sized business (SMB) or a larger one, business users expect a dependable platform & services to run their business smoothly.

Thus, we come to the end of the Wave 1 Release Plans for 2022. As mentioned earlier, the introduction of some features and release dates could be pushed back and there might be additional feature announcements, so keep in touch with us to stay updated on the release plans and never miss an important update. Contact us today to learn more.

We at Intech Systems are committed to providing our customers with the best solutions according to their business requirements. Our firm focuses on implementation, development, and support services for Microsoft Business Applications. Intech is amongst the top Microsoft Dynamics partners in India today and is trusted by 200+ customers globally for its digital transformation solutions. With offices in India and the United States, Intech has over four decades of experience in delivering top-notch technology solutions for Microsoft Dynamics 365, F&O, Business Central, CRM, Power BI, Power Apps, Microsoft Azure Cloud, AI, loT, and other custom-developed applications.

We are on a mission to help businesses like yours get ready to embrace and leverage these technological changes to position themselves better for the future. Whether you want to migrate from Navision to Business Central or from a non-Microsoft ERP system, we are here to provide you with the best possible solution.

Email us at sales@intech-systems.com to start your digital transformation journey today.

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About Intech

Intech Systems is a three-cloud Microsoft-certified partner that boasts deep expertise in providing digital transformation solutions for organizations by leveraging the Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Azure solution stack. Intech is recognized as a top-tier Microsoft implementation partner globally and specializes in transformative technology solutions such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Business Process Automation, Business Intelligence, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Management, Productivity & Collaboration and Generative AI (Gen-AI) solutions. As a trusted Microsoft Solutions Partner, we are capable of doing complex technology implementations catered to an organization’s specific needs & also rapid solution implementation such as our Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central implementation packages. We pair our implementations with end-to-end customer support, offshore development & 3rd party integrations. With offices in India, USA (United States of America), and Singapore, we work with clients across globe to empower businesses with cutting-edge technology solutions. Our latest services aim at delivering business ready AI solutions to the customer, like our  Microsoft Copilot Consulting Services & Solutions for small, medium & large enterprises. Intech’s expertise lies in building software solutions for Manufacturing, Professional Services & Healthcare.  Our Dealer Management System, Sales and Service CRM for Manufacturing, Field Force Automation for Pharmaceuticals and Manufacturing Central are some of our leading industry solutions. Intech’s vision is to catalyze digital futures for operation-centric industries globally, we are at the forefront of innovation, helping organizations drive growth and innovation like never before. Contact Us to learn more.