What's new and planned for Dynamics 365 Human Resources
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to What's new or changed in Human Resources. For the latest release plans, go to Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2021 through September 2021. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.
In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.
Benefits management
Benefits management provides you with a flexible solution that supports a wide variety of benefit options. Human Resources also includes an easy-to-use employee experience that showcases your offerings.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom field support in Benefits management | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 20, 2021 |
Apr 20, 2021 |
| Custom field support for eligibility processing | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 17, 2021 |
Jun 30, 2021 |
| Benefits management workspace | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Apr 1, 2021 |
To be announced |
| Benefits summary statement | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Sep 27, 2021 |
To be announced |
Employee and manager self-service
Employee and manager self-service allows both employees and managers to view and maintain their own information or information for their directs and extended reports.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restrict employees from editing business contact details | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Feb 22, 2021 |
Apr 5, 2021 |
Integrations and extensibility
A core focus for Dynamics 365 Human Resources is ensuring customers are able to extend and expand application functionality through integrations and customizations. We're making new integrations available and providing new features that streamline custom integrations through Microsoft Dataverse.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enable simplified integration with payroll providers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 12, 2021 |
Sep 20, 2021 |
| Enable employees to be marked as ready to pay | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jul 1, 2021 |
Sep 20, 2021 |
| Enable leave and absence integration with payroll providers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jul 1, 2021 |
Sep 20, 2021 |
Leave and absence
The leave and absence workspace provides a flexible framework for creating new leave plans, workflows for managing requests, and an intuitive self-service page for employees to request time off. Analytics help your organization measure and monitor leave balances and usage for your leave plans.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leave and absence workflow experience enhancements | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Apr 22, 2021 |
Jun 1, 2021 |
| Configure attachment requirement per leave type | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 19, 2021 |
Sep 7, 2021 |
| Configure leave units per leave type | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 19, 2021 |
Sep 7, 2021 |
| Enable an absence manager to manage leave | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 19, 2021 |
Sep 7, 2021 |
Organization and personnel management
Organization management in Human Resources lets you define the groups, legal entities, operating units, and hierarchies in your organization.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years of service calculation | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Jul 19, 2021 |
Description of Enabled for column values:
Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.
Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.
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