Business Central 2021 Release Wave 2 (rel. 19) is available!
Today October 1 2021, “Business Central 2021 Release Wave 2” is available Online (Cloud SaaS) and on Docker distributions, soon the On-premise installation DVD will be available.
All what’s new for this October’s release can be found on the ms-docs page (below the link)
New customers will automatically get the latest builds of Business Central 2021rw2 (version 19).
Microsoft Docs Link “What’s New and Planned for Business Central 2021 Release Wave2”
New and planned features for Dynamics 365 Business Central, 2021 release wave 2 | Microsoft Docs
Business Central 2021 Wave2 Launch Event
Registration will open soon, bookmark this link: https://aka.ms/BCLE
15+ sessions you can view on-demand.
How to configure\test the new release?
Create a new Sandbox Environment (Online Cloud SaaS and, Onpremise distribution, Docker artifact)
#1 – Create a new Online Sandbox (BC Online 2021 release wave 2)
Today you can create a new Production or Sandbox Environment based on v. 19.0.29894.30403 (BC 2021 Wave 2)
Example: create a new sandbox from Admin Console
Now you can use the new Sandbox
#2 – Run on Docker distribution (BC On-premise 2021 release wave 2)
On Docker-HUB https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-businesscentral-onprem
On Container Registry https://mcr.microsoft.com/businesscentral/onprem
** Try today or wait until the docker images will be uploaded on Azure Container Registry
#3 – Download the DVD Distribution (Microsoft Partnersource)
Download link On-premise DVD Distribution from Microsoft Partnersource
About New Features
For most important new features, take a look to my old post:
On-Premise DVD link doesn’t work at the time of writing (6th Oct 2021 – 17:01 BST)..
Still not available on 19th Oct 2021.
This link seems to work reliably:
https://businesscenter.mbs.microsoft.com/#contentsearch/partneronlydownloads?t=1634672840945
There is a tiny-print link in the lower right hand corner of the Orders and Content menu that takes you there.