What's new and planned for Finance and Operations cross-app capabilities
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to What's new or changed in Finance and Operations apps home page. 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 October 2021 through March 2022. 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.
For a list of the next wave's release plans, go to 2022 release wave 1 plan.
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.
Cross-app features
Capabilities and features that apply to all Finance and Operations apps.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enhanced support for full feature lifecycle in Feature management | Users, automatically |
Aug 2, 2021 |
Oct 1, 2021 |
| Improved legal entity support for saved views | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 2, 2021 |
Oct 1, 2021 |
| Updates to client feature states with version 10.0.21 | Users, automatically |
Aug 2, 2021 |
Oct 1, 2021 |
| WCAG 2.1 accessibility support for the Finance and Operations apps web client | Users, automatically |
Aug 2, 2021 |
Oct 1, 2021 |
| Visual Studio 2019 support X++ Development | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2021 |
Oct 1, 2021 |
| RSAT supports parallel execution | Users, automatically |
Nov 1, 2021 |
Nov 1, 2021 |
| New color picker control | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Sep 3, 2021 |
Nov 5, 2021 |
| Open-source software update – upgrade Moment and remove jQWidgets | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Sep 3, 2021 |
Nov 5, 2021 |
| Power BI integration supports latest Power BI desktop releases | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Nov 15, 2021 |
| Open attachments in a new window | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Oct 15, 2021 |
Dec 31, 2021 |
| Removal of header/lines proxy buttons on Details Transaction forms | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Oct 15, 2021 |
Dec 31, 2021 |
| Enable auto-update for all sandbox environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 15, 2021 |
Jan 3, 2022 |
| RSAT improvements for the out-of-the-box experience and installation | Users, automatically |
Jan 25, 2022 |
Mar 3, 2022 |
Data and process integration
Finance and Operations app data and processes are available in Microsoft Dataverse and Azure Data Lake Storage.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Increase in Legal Entity limits for dual-write integration | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Sep 27, 2021 |
Oct 4, 2021 |
| Finance and Operations data in Microsoft Dataverse – phase 5 | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jan 28, 2022 |
Feb 18, 2022 |
| Export to Azure Data Lake feature adds regions, including China | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Mar 2022 |
| Get recommendations on best practices via dual-write table map health check | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Mar 31, 2022 |
| Change feeds in data lakes | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Apr 30, 2021 |
Mar 2022 |
Near-zero downtime
The goal of this initiative is to reduce downtime for maintenance operations such as updates to operating systems, security, apps, and infrastructure.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batch OData API | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 1, 2021 |
Dec 1, 2021 |
Power Platform convergence
This section covers the scenarios and features enabled by converging Finance and Operations apps with Microsoft Power Platform.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| New scenarios enabled with Power Platform convergence | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 30, 2021 |
Oct 22, 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.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.