Like many other Microsoft Partners, we are thrilled to share the exciting news about the latest release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: 2024 Wave 2.
This release brings a wealth of new features and enhancements designed to elevate your business processes, boost productivity, and provide deeper insights into your operations. Whether you’re a long-time user or new to the Dynamics 365 family, you’re going to want to know more about what’s coming…
So, what’s new? Let’s glimpse into the future…
Commitment to Improved User Experience
The second release of 2024 focuses on improving the user experience with a more intuitive and streamlined interface. Microsoft has made significant strides in ensuring that users can navigate the system effortlessly, reducing the learning curve and allowing you to do what you do best – growing your business.
- Access keys with Key Tips in more languages
- Use drag and drop on file upload dialog to attach multiple files
- Resize columns even when personalization isn’t enabled
Copilot and AI Innovation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the latest updates, offering predictive insights and recommendations that can help you make smarter decisions faster. Microsoft Copilot allows Business Central users to revolutionise the way they manage business operations, from easily forecasting demand to optimising inventory levels.
- Create sales lines easily with Copilot
- Experience enhancements to analysis assist with Copilot
- Complete bank account reconciliation faster with Copilot
- Extend Copilot using richer development
Improved Core Application Functionality
- Use new reports and demo data for financial reporting
- Reconcile payment transactions in Shopify with invoices
- Capture invoice and receipt data with Azure AI Document Intelligence
- Manage subscription billing and revenue and expense recognition
Productive Development
- Use the ‘this’ keyword for codeunit self reference
- Extend and customize profiles from other extensions
- Run code action for ‘with’ for file, project, or workspace
Increased Financial Benefits
With financial health being a key factor in any business, you need a system that you are sure can manage it. With improved financial reporting tools and, more accurate cash flow management, and accounting processes, users will have better control over finances.
- Invoice a customer for multiple projects
- Improve accuracy with general ledger account revaluation
- Manage subscription billing and revenue and expense recognition
Further benefits
Boost productivity
The features shared in this release wave have been designed with users in mind, to streamline business processes and boost productivity. With a focus on more advanced AI capabilities and improvements to interface, you and your team will be able to work more efficiently and effectively.
Enhanced Collaboration
Seamless integration with the Microsoft eco-system, meaning your team can collaborate more effectively and with minimal disruption between products. Whether that’s sharing Business Central data through Teams, or analysing reports in Power BI, the enhanced collaboration tools will help users break down silos and work towards common goals.
Make Better Informed Decisions
With the ability to access real-time data and advanced analytics being crucial for making informed decisions, Business Central 2024 Wave 1 provides deeper insights into your operations allowing you to make smarter decisions to drive growth and profitability.
Find out more
Whether you’re looking to do more with your existing Business Central system or considering implementing Dynamics 365 Business Central into your workplace, Dynavics are on hand and happy to help! As always, you can read more about the latest release on the Microsoft website.