Microsoft continues to evolve Dynamics 365 Business Central with regular updates designed to help businesses work smarter, improve efficiency, and make greater use of AI-powered automation.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central benefits from Microsoft’s continuous development approach, with major release waves delivered every six months alongside regular updates throughout the year. These updates bring new functionality, performance improvements, and innovations across the platform. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the key enhancements introduced in Version 28 (2026 Release Wave 1) including new AI capabilities, finance features, automation tools, and operational improvements.
AI and agents continue to evolve
One of the most significant areas of investment remains Microsoft’s growing collection of AI-powered agents.
Recent updates bring improvements to the Payables Agent, helping finance teams automate invoice processing more effectively. New capabilities include trusted sender recognition, allowing the agent to identify and process invoices from known suppliers more efficiently. Microsoft has also introduced a free trial mode, enabling organisations to experience the benefits of the Payables Agent without complex setup requirements.
The Sales Order Agent has also received enhancements, including smarter product matching, improved filtering, multilingual search capabilities, and support for running multiple agents within a single company. These updates help organisations process sales enquiries more accurately while reducing manual intervention.
Expense management is also becoming more intelligent, with Expense Agent enhancements that allow users to assign expenses directly to projects and project tasks. Microsoft has additionally expanded language support to make the tool accessible to more users globally.
Smarter financial management
Finance teams will benefit from several updates designed to simplify compliance, reporting, and transaction processing.
Business Central now includes enhanced support for electronic payments and electronic documents, helping businesses move towards more automated and paperless financial processes. New self-billing capabilities, withholding tax calculations, and accelerated depreciation options further strengthen the platform’s financial management functionality.
For organisations operating across multiple regions, Microsoft continues to expand localisation support, including updates for UK payment practices reporting and electronic invoicing requirements in various countries. These updates help businesses stay compliant while reducing the administrative burden associated with regulatory reporting.
Improved supply chain and manufacturing capabilities
Manufacturing and operations teams also benefit from new functionality.
Recent updates introduce enhanced subcontracting capabilities that provide greater flexibility when managing outsourced production processes. This gives manufacturers clearer visibility across their supply chains while helping to maintain control over costs and production activities.
Quality management has also received attention, with improved reporting layouts, simplified setup processes, and demo datasets designed to help organisations get up and running more quickly.
Better administration and governance
Behind the scenes, Business Central continues to become easier to manage.
Administrators now have additional tools for managing extensions and applications through the admin centre, alongside improvements that support cloud migration and reimplementation projects. Microsoft has also introduced new APIs to support auditing, permissions analysis, approval workflow monitoring, and document reporting.
These enhancements make it easier for IT teams to maintain governance, improve visibility, and support long-term Business Central growth.
Stronger integration across the Microsoft ecosystem
Microsoft continues to strengthen connectivity between Business Central and the wider Dynamics 365 ecosystem.
Recent updates improve integration with Dynamics 365 Field Service, ensuring service assets are synchronised more accurately and consistently. Organisations using multiple Microsoft business applications can benefit from smoother data sharing and better end-to-end visibility across departments.
Looking ahead
Business Central’s regular release cycle means customers continue to receive new functionality, performance improvements, and innovation throughout the year. Microsoft’s focus on AI, automation, and operational efficiency shows no signs of slowing down, with new Copilot and agent capabilities expected to play an even greater role in helping businesses reduce manual effort and improve productivity.
For organisations looking to get more from their ERP system, these latest updates reinforce why Dynamics 365 Business Central remains one of the leading business management solutions for growing businesses.
If you’d like to explore how the latest Business Central capabilities could benefit your organisation, get in touch with the Techsol team.
If you’d like to explore how the latest Business Central capabilities could benefit your organisation, get in touch with the Techsol team and speak to one of our experts on 03300 245447 or info@techsol.co.uk.
