In 2022 release wave 1, Microsoft are focusing on
- Helping users get to productive usage faster, by providing in-app improvements to help them get started.
- Improving the capabilities of the Help pane and make it the go-to resource for users
- Improving performance and usability with easier navigation in menus
- Enhanced reporting capabilities with Excel layouts
In detail
Application
- Better reporting
- Improve the control of deferral postings
- A new Shopify connector, giving seamless connection between the two systems. The connector will synchronise order, stock, and customer information.
- Default dimensions on locations
- Several improvements to the supply chain area.
- Synchronise sales orders both ways in Business Central and Dynamics 365 Sales. This Sales users will be informed about shipment delays, inventory shortages, or other changes to the sales quotes and orders.
Microsoft 365 Integration
- Better integration with Excel – using the Excel layout capabilities
- Bring Business Central pages into a Teams channel
- More Business Central info shown in Teams
- Directly add attachments from Outlook to records in Business Central
International
Now available in 70+ countries
Onboarding and Help
- An improved help area which displays help specifically for the area you’re currently working in.
- Tailored information specific to your supplier
- Context specific links to documentation and training
- Guided tours to show users where to find settings and personalisation options.
Reporting
- Excel Layouts – Users can now create and edit report layouts simply by using the standard features in Excel such as sliders, diagrams, charts, and pivot tables.
In detail
Application
Better with Microsoft 365
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancements to Microsoft Teams integration | Users, automatically | – | Apr 2022 |
| Outlook add-in – add email attachments to Business Central records | Users, automatically | ✔ Feb 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Share a file through OneDrive | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 7, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
Country and regional
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country/regional expansion – Angola | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | May 2022 |
Development
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isolated events | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Apr 2022 |
| New isolated event OnCompanyOpenCompleted | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Apr 2022 |
| Auto-deploy dependent projects in workspace | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Demo tool and demo data for manufacturing scenarios | Users, automatically | – | Apr 2022 |
| In-client performance profiler | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| AL-Go for GitHub – modern DevOps for partners | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Telemetry – company name as a custom dimension in AL LogMessage | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Users can export report datasets to XML | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
Governance and administration
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allow security administrator to define default permission set assignments when user is signing up | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ✔ Feb 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Updating only licensed users from Microsoft 365 runs faster and more efficiently | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | May 2022 |
| Delegated admin’s job queue entries are run by user | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2022 | May 2022 |
| Permission set handling enhancements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2022 | Jun 2022 |
Microsoft Power Platform
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dataverse data change events | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | – |
| Action group to run chosen instant Power Automate flow | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Apr 2022 | May 2022 |
| Improvements to the Power Automate and Power Apps connector | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2022 | May 2022 |
Modern clients
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy link from Share menu | Users, automatically | ✔ Feb 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| New desktop app delivering full web client experience on desktop is listed in the Microsoft Store | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Usability improvements to the web client | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 9, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
Onboarding
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context-aware links in the Help pane from Microsoft and partners | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Guided tour that helps users find settings and personalization tools | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Support for rich text in teaching tips and tours | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Tour of the Role Explorer and how to filter it | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
Reporting
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| New capabilities for financial reporting with account schedules | Users, automatically | ✔ Mar 1, 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Use Excel to design layouts for reports | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
Service and platform
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance – partners can get insights into database wait statistics | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Telemetry – error dialogs are logged to telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Telemetry – support engineers can now see user IDs in telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Telemetry – the action of enabling detailed telemetry is logged to telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Telemetry – when a database deadlock occurs, it is logged to telemetry | Users, automatically | Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
