Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1: Key Highlights from the Latest Release

At Square International Technologies Consulting, we’re excited to break down the most impactful updates from the 2025 Release Wave 1 of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Whether you’re a business leader, IT manager, or ERP consultant, this update brings features designed to boost productivity, improve user experience, and drive business intelligence across the board.

✨ Smarter Document Management with Copilot

Microsoft continues to evolve AI integration with Copilot, now offering:

• Enhanced order matching with memory of item references for quicker processing.

• Document-level AI suggestions and reduced manual intervention in daily workflows.

• ✅ Ideal for companies handling large volumes of purchase and sales orders.

🏭 Game-Changing Manufacturing Upgrades

Major strides in manufacturing and production planning include:

• The ability to block output for discontinued production orders.

• New options to cancel or reopen production orders, drastically reducing rework time.

• Embedded Power BI and Excel layouts for route planning and performance analysis.

🛒 Shopify Connector – Now Even More Powerful

With more businesses going digital, Business Central strengthens its Shopify integration:

• Assign products to specific sales channels (online, POS, or both).

• Bring in Shopify metafields for customers and products to enhance data visibility.

• Support for B2C and B2B e-commerce models.

🔄 Subscription Billing Just Got Smarter

Building on its recent debut, subscription billing is now:

• Renamed and refined for clarity.

• Equipped with churn analysis dashboards powered by Power BI.

• Streamlined onboarding and improved UI for a more intuitive experience.

📊 Next-Level Reporting & Analysis

Business Central delivers reporting flexibility like never before:

• New financial report layouts that can be filtered and saved on the fly.

• Enhanced Analysis Mode to include fields from related tables.

• AI-powered creation of custom analysis views using natural language.

🔧 Seamless Field Service Integration

The long-awaited Service Order to Work Order integration is here. Businesses can now:

• Sync with Microsoft Field Service for improved frontline workforce operations.

• Enable faster invoicing and payment cycles, ideal for service-driven organizations.

🖥️ UI & UX Refinements for Daily Users

User experience gets a big upgrade with:

• In-app PDF viewing of attachments.

• Resizable FactBoxes and better screen utilization.

• Improved field labeling for faster data recognition.

☁️ Flexible Update Management & Admin Tools

Partners and IT admins can now:

• Schedule updates across tenants using the new tenant discovery API.

• Manage all extensions — global, per-tenant, and dev — from a unified admin center.

• Leverage “Bring Your Own Key” encryption for regulated industries.

Why This Matters

These innovations reinforce Microsoft’s vision to make Business Central more intelligent, secure, and adaptable to evolving business needs.

Whether you’re in manufacturing, retail, professional services, or distribution, there’s something in this release that will save time, reduce costs, and help your teams work smarter — not harder.

Need Help Navigating the New Features?

Square International Technologies Consulting is here to guide you. As a certified Microsoft Solutions Partner with deep expertise in Dynamics 365 Business Central, we can help you:

• Assess the impact of the new features on your business.

• Implement and customize the latest capabilities.

• Train your teams to make the most of what’s new.

🎯 Smarter Reporting & Layout Control

With this wave, Business Central continues to empower users with more control over their report layouts. The enhanced Report Layouts feature now includes:

• Field Picker for Common Properties – Quickly add key details like report run time, user, or company name without coding.

• Advanced Visibility Management – Toggle control visibility with ease.

• Font & Layout Customization – Create beautiful, on-brand reports faster than ever.

These changes reduce reliance on developers and empower business users to get the data presentation they need—when they need it.

📦 Accurate Inventory Valuation (We Know You’ve Been Waiting for This!)

Inventory costing just got a major upgrade:

• Iterative Adjustments: Adjust costs period by period or item by item for deeper control.

• Force Adjustments: Revisit and correct any miscalculations from previous runs.

• Self-Diagnostics: Built-in insights guide users to correct setup issues and improve cost accuracy.

For finance teams and inventory-heavy businesses, this is a game-changer—ensuring financial accuracy and audit readiness with less manual work.

💻 Dev Tools: Better, Faster, Stronger for Partners & Developers

Wave 1 supercharges the dev experience:

• Move Fields Between Extensions: Refactor and modularize apps more easily.

• Package Resources With Code: Bundle everything in one place.

• Better JSON & YAML Support: Align with industry standards.

• Mocking External APIs: Test integrations without calling real services. (Yes, mocking is finally good here!)

VS Code, web client, and GitHub are more tightly integrated. Jump from app lists to source code, auto-generate launch configs, and analyze dependencies faster than ever.

📈 Performance Boosts You’ll Actually Feel

This is not just a patch release—this is a turbo boost:

• Concurrent Posting Refactor: Huge improvements to posting processes like Item Ledger, Value Entries, and Job Ledger. Up to 324% faster throughput for high-volume scenarios.

• Skip Calculation of Invisible FlowFields: Load pages quicker by skipping what users can’t even see.

• Faster Company Copying & Service Startup: Less waiting, more doing.

All of this translates to real productivity gains, especially for larger datasets and enterprise-level customers.

🎨 Seamless Power BI & New Page Types

Power BI visuals now blend seamlessly into Business Central with a new uncluttered canvas view. The added flexibility isn’t just cosmetic:

• Great for customer-facing dashboards

• Ideal for POS terminals and specialized controls

• 100% aligned with the BC user experience

⚙️ AL-Go for GitHub: DevOps Done Right

AL-Go continues to evolve:

• Faster Pipelines: Skip builds for unchanged apps.

• Better Testability: Run scripts, import tests to online environments, and automate confidently.

• Security Enhancements: Peace of mind built in.

If you haven’t jumped into AL-Go yet, now’s the perfect time to start.

📌 Final Thoughts

From developers to CFOs, from manufacturers to retailers—this release delivers value across the board. Whether you’re optimizing inventory, refactoring code, or just trying to load pages faster, Business Central 2025 Release Wave 1 helps you:

• ✅ Work Smarter

• ✅ Adapt Faster

• ✅ Perform Better

And yes… there’s even a theme song. 🎶 “Business Central—we’ll conquer forever.” 🎶

📌 2025 Release Wave 1 in a Nutshell: Business Central Is All In 🚀

From AI-driven insights and reporting enhancements to sustainability tracking and developer freedom, this release proves one thing: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the future of connected, intelligent ERP.

🔹 AI-Powered Business – Copilot gets smarter, financial reporting goes deeper, and sustainability gets measurable.

🔹 World-Class Service – Global scale, high availability, and a truly user-first experience.

🔹 Efficient Development – Developer love with smarter DevOps, better extensibility, and Copilot-ready APIs.

📸 Here’s a quick look at all the investment areas:

📣 Ready to Leverage Business Central for 2025 and Beyond?

As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, Square International Technologies Consulting is here to help businesses across the UAE and beyond:

• Optimize their operations

• Unlock AI-driven insights

• Seamlessly upgrade and innovate with every wave 🌊

👉 Let’s talk about how we can elevate your ERP strategy.

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