Summary of what's new in Dynamics 365 for Retail
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This topic lists the features planned for release in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail between October 2018 and March 2019.
These release notes describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (see Microsoft policy).
When a month is used in the Date column, the feature will be delivered sometime within that month. The delivery date can be any day within that month, not just on the first day of the month.
For a list of the regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, see the International availability guide.
Planned features
| Feature | Release type | Cloud vs on-premises | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for upgrade and N-1 | General Availability | Cloud | October 2018 |
| Store hours | General Availability | Both | December 29, 2018 |
| Distributed order management (DOM) | General Availability | Cloud | October 1, 2018 |
| Upgrade and N-1 support for India | General Availability | Cloud | October 1, 2018 |
| Retail localizations for Eastern Europe | General Availability | Cloud | November 2018 |
| Fiscal printer integration sample for Italy | General Availability | Cloud | November 2018 |
| Suspend/resume improvements | General Availability | Cloud | November 2018 |
| Mobile POS improvements | General Availability | Cloud | November 2018 |
| Payment reliability and usability improvements | General Availability | Cloud | November 5, 2018 |
| Retail Cloud Scale Unit | General Availability | Cloud | November 6, 2018 |
| Support for on-premises (LBD) deployments | General Availability | On-premises | November 6, 2018 |
| Payment connector | General Availability | Cloud | November 30, 2018 |
| Improved extensibility | General Availability | Cloud | November 30, 2018 |
| Loyalty enhancements wave 2 | General Availability | Both | December 10, 2018 |
| POS journal improvements | General Availability | Both | December 2018 |
| Payment method restrictions for returns without a receipt | General Availability | Both | January 21, 2019 |
| Omni-channel auto-charges | General Availability | Cloud | January 21, 2019 |
| Support for sample orders in Ecommerce channel | General Availability | Cloud | January 21, 2019 |
| Order attributes | General Availability | Cloud | January 21, 2019 |
| Improved omni-channel order processing | General Availability | Cloud | February 2019 |
| Cash out gift card balance for a retail customer | General Availability | Both | January 21, 2019 |