What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central

This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2020 through March 2021. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released

LINKS

https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2020/07/08/2020-release-wave-2-plans-for-dynamics-365-and-power-platform-now-available/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2020wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2020wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features

PDF – Download the 2020 release wave 2 PDF

Features for migration from Dynamics on-premises products to Business Central online.

Migrate from Business Central 14.x on-premises to Business Central 16.x online

Migrate from Business Central 15.x on-premises to Business Central 16.x online

Teams Integration!

GREAT FEATURES!

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Business Central in Microsoft Teams	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2020	Dec 2020

Support for an unlimited number of production and sandbox environments

Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically

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Oct 2020

Restoring environments to a point in time in the past

Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically

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Oct 2020

Key dates for the 2020 release wave 2

This release plan describes functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (see Microsoft policy).

Here are the key dates for the 2020 release wave 2.

Milestone	Date	Description
Release plans available	July 8, 2020	Learn about the new capabilities coming in the 2020 release wave 2 (October 2020 – March 2021) across Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform.
Early access available	August 3, 2020	Test and validate new features and capabilities that will be a part of the 2020 release wave 2, coming in October, before they get enabled automatically for your end users. You can view the Dynamics 365 2020 release wave 2 early access features now.
General availability	October 1, 2020	Production deployment for the 2020 release wave 2 begins. Regional deployments will start on October 2, 2020.