Microsoft have recently announced update 23.5 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 release wave 2. This update includes new features, bug fixes, and changes to existing features. Some of the important points are that hotfixes are now available, and the way invoices are posted is changing. Users can now manage environments with a new role, and developers can extend G/L entry aggregations when posting invoices.
Hotfixes
There are a number of hotfixes is included in this update, for a complete list, see the Microsoft website here: Update 23.5 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (on-premises) 2023 Release Wave 2 (Application Build 23.5.16757, Platform Build 23.0.16502) – Microsoft Support
Important: It is recommended that you contact us before you install hotfixes or updates. It is important to verify that your environment is compatible with the hotfixes or updates that may be installed.
Release Plan
To get a comprehensive overview of what’s new and planned for Business Central online for the entire 2023 release wave 2 (release from October 2023 through March 2024), visit the Microsoft Website here: New and planned features for Dynamics 365 Business Central, 2023 release wave 2 | Microsoft Learn
This is a summary of all the features announced for public preview in March.
Power Platform
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Manage work orders in Field Service, invoice them in Business Central | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Use virtual tables to expose more Business Central data in Dataverse | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar-24 | To be announced |
Application
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Archive projects | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Usability improves for service and projects | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Define a service invoice posting policy for various users | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Define default location for project or project phase | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Block item, item variant or service item from use in service management transactions | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Connect Business Central with Shopify B2B | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Export and import multiline text using Configuration Packages | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Simpler Shopify connection | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Use general ledger account revaluation for more accurate financial statements | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Get more productive while entering time sheets | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Create projects that you can invoice to multiple customers | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Assign salesperson to customer ship-to addresses | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| View incoming documents in archived quotes and orders | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Assemble to project | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Invoice a customer for multiple projects | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Use standard terminology for project management | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Use currencies when posting employee transactions | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
Development
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Handle multiple file uploads and file drop zones | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
Governance and Administration
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| View and filter users with additional user details | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Control partner access per environment | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Mar-24 |
| Improved update release processes | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | – | Mar-24 |
User Experiences
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
| Search for pages and data in the mobile app | Users, automatically | Sep 1, 2023 | Oct 3, 2023 |
| Get to data search from anywhere in Business Central | Users, automatically | Oct 2, 2023 | – |
| Use drag and drop to attach multiple files | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Use actions to navigate and highlight or fix platform-generated errors | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Access worksheet pages from mobile phones | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
| Share error details to get help from another user | Users, automatically | Mar-24 | To be announced |
Description of Enabled for column values:
- 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.
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