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This article describes removed features, or features that are planned for removal in platform updates of finance and operations apps.

  • A removed feature is no longer available in the product.
  • A deprecated feature isn't in active development and may be removed in a future update.

This list is intended to help you consider these removals and deprecations for your own planning.

Detailed information about objects in finance and operations apps can be found in the Technical reference reports. You can compare the different versions of these reports to learn about objects that are changed or removed in each version of finance and operations apps.

Feature deprecation effective October 2024

User Authentication Changes in Finance and Operations: Transition to Object ID and Tenant ID

   
Reason for deprecation/removal Finance and operations apps are transitioning to a more robust user identification method using Object ID and Tenant ID from Microsoft Entra ID. We're continuing our efforts to modernize and streamline user authentication in finance and operations apps. This migration to Object ID and Tenant ID is part of the ongoing deprecation of legacy authentication mechanisms, following recent changes such as the removal of support for unregistered Microsoft Account and external Entra ID users and the deprecation of non-Entra ID external user sign-in.

This update aligns with the Microsoft Entra goal of providing secure adaptive access by using strong authentication and conditional access policies to protect data without compromising user experience. The changes also align with Microsoft's focus on unified identity management to centralize and streamline access for both cloud and on-premises environments. This ensures consistent security policies and better visibility and control for managing all organizational identities.
Replaced by another feature? Yes. The new authentication approach uses the Object ID and Tenant ID that are recommended for enhanced reliability and consistency in user management. This transition is part of broader efforts to standardize identity management across the platform.
What do you need to do? Step 1. Verify User Accounts in Microsoft Entra ID:

  • Ensure that all users in your environment are properly configured with their Microsoft Entra presence and that their Object ID is correctly assigned as the user telemetry ID.
  • Follow the detailed guidance on how to import users from Microsoft Entra ID.

    Step 2. Review and Fix noncompliant Users:

  • Identify users who are listed as noncompliant on the Invalid users page. These users may have incorrect or missing Entra ID settings that lead to sign-in issues after the rollout is complete.
  • Use the steps provided in the Invalid Users Documentation to proactively repair these users and ensure their settings are compliant.
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    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status Support for the existing user authentication method is being deprecated, with the transition to Object ID and Tenant ID. Rollout has started, with full deprecation expected by October 30, 2024.

    Disable storage account key access to finance and operations managed storage accounts

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Improve platform security, and disable storage account key access to finance and operations managed storage accounts.
    Replaced by another feature? Microsoft Entra ID–based authentication
    What do you need to do?

    When the Allow storage account key access option is disabled, any requests to the account that are authorized with Shared Key, including shared access signatures, will be denied. (Any shared access signature URL is generated by using GetSharedAccessSignature.)

    • For customers who haven't done any type of customization, and who interact with the storage account based on the existing exposed platform APIs, the existing functionality remains unaffected.

    • For customers where the storage connection string is acquired by third-party code that doesn't use any public API that is present in the platform, some of the functionality might be affected.

      Recommendations:

      • If Azure.Storage.Blobs is used for storage account interaction, use user-delegated shared access signature URLs.
      • If WindowsAzure.Storage v9.3.3 is still used for storage account interaction, you can use a platform API to get a user-delegated shared access signature URL.

    Note: LBD and CHE environments remains unaffected.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status

    Rollout for the change begins in October 2024 in a phased manner. Changes will be backported to 10.0.41 (PU65) and all later releases.

    For more information, and for updates about this change, see Finance and operations storage account security updates.

    Migration from deprecated libraries – WindowsAzure.Storage and Microsoft.Azure.Storage to Azure.Storage.Blobs

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal

    Improve platform security, and remove the dependency on deprecated NuGet packages:
    Replaced by another feature? Use Azure.Storage.Common, Azure.Storage.Blobs, Azure.Storage.*, and Azure.Data.Tables.
    What do you need to do?

    Customers and independent software vendors (ISVs) should review their dependencies/customizations and make any necessary changes to move to the new libraries before release 10.0.43 (PU67) service updates.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status

    Phase 1: Release and feedback (October 2024–November 2024)

    The new code will be released to a selected group of users for beta testing. Feedback will be collected, and any necessary adjustments will be made. The code will be fully rolled out after all fixes are made. During this period, we'll continue to support the old package.

    Phase 2: Deprecation timeline for customers – release 10.0.43 – PU67 (March 2025)

    This phase is the timeline when customers must move to new libraries before release 10.0.43 (PU67) service updates (general availability approximately March 2025).

    Phase 3: Stop shipping old libraries in version 10.0.44 – PU68 (June 2025)

    In version 10.0.44 (PU68) service updates (June 2025), support for the old package will end. Therefore, we'll stop shipping the old libraries, and the old code will be removed after telemetry data is validated to ensure that customer scenarios aren't affected. For more information, see the service updates schedule.

    For updates, see Finance and operations storage account security updates.

    Platform is changing the authentication protocol from password based auth to Microsoft Entra ID based authentication for 10.0.39 and greater releases.

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Improve platform security and remove dependency on password-based authentication.
    Replaced by another feature? Microsoft Entra ID based authentication.
    What do you need to do? This change impacts the following set of functionalities.

    1. The SQL Connection string acquired by third-party code that isn't using any platforms public API present in platform.

    Recommendation: Switch to public API rather than reading it directly from config.

    2. Long-running transactions that run for several hours.

    Recommendation: Reduce the time the connection is opened and keep the transactions as short-lived as possible.

    NOTE: LBD and CHE environments still use password-based authentication.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status End of support date is Oct 2024 starting with 10.0.39 (PU63) and greater releases.

    Feature deprecation effective September 2024

    End of support for sharing storage account connection strings via public API GetCsuStorageConnectionString

    Public method Microsoft.Dynamics.Clx.ServicesWrapper.CloudInfrastructure::GetCsuStorageConnectionString() will be deprecated.

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Maintaining storage connection string usage is a security issue. We want a more secure approach for connecting to the storage account.
    Replaced by another feature? Microsoft Entra ID–based interaction with the storage account
    What do you need to do?
    • For new tenants that are created after August 19, 2024, the connection string won't be available to you. You'll use public APIs from the platform SharedServiceUnitStorage class to interact with the storage account.
    • For existing tenants that were created before August 19, 2024, your current code will continue to function. However, because GetCsuStorageConnectionString will be deprecated in version 10.0.43 (PU67) service updates (March 2025), we recommend that you remove direct dependency on the storage connection string. Instead, use public methods from SharedServiceUnitStorage to interact with the storage account.
    • For ISVs, if you have direct use of the connection string in your solutions, it must be removed. Public APIs from SharedServiceUnitStorage will be used to get relevant storage objects for interaction with the storage account.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status

    The rollout of this change is being done in phases, beginning with sandbox environments. The change will then be applied in production environments for tenants that were created after August 19, 2024. The full rollout is estimated in October 2024. Changes will be backported to 10.0.39 (PU63) and all later releases. The method will be fully deprecated for all finance and operations customers in 10.0.43 (PU67) service updates (March 2025). For more information, see the service updates schedule.

    For updates, see Finance and operations storage account security updates.

    Microsoft will no longer ship or support the Visual Studio extensions for finance and operations apps, Power Platform tools, and Visual Studio versions prior to 2022.

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We want to focus our attention on one platform, harvesting the benefits provided from the 64-bit platform.
    Replaced by another feature? Visual Studio 2022.
    What do you need to do? Install Visual Studio version 2022.
    Product areas affected Development for finance and operations apps, including the Unified Development experience, and development of plugins with the Power Platform Tools.
    Deployment option All
    Status This change is effective as of Platform update 65 and Dynamics 365 Finance version 10.0.41 and later.

    Feature deprecation effective August 2024

    Support for unregistered Microsoft account and external Microsoft Entra ID users

    Login will be blocked for unregistered Microsoft Account (MSA) and External Microsoft Entra ID users in Finance and Operation Apps

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal To enhance the security and performance of finance and operations apps, we're announcing the deprecation of support for unregistered Microsoft account users and external Microsoft Entra users in finance and operations apps.
    What is changing? Users not registered as a member or guest in the Microsoft Entra ID tenant can't access the finance and operations applications. If you aren't registered you receive the following error message:

    "AADSTS50020: user account 'contoso@contoso.com;' from identity provider 'https://sts.windows.net/{tenant ID}/' doesn't exist in tenant '{tenant name}' and can't access the application '{application ID}'(Finance and operations environment name) in that tenant. The account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant first. Sign out and sign in again with different Microsoft Entra ID user account."

    During the initial rollout phase, access to user will be failing with the following error message:

    “You aren't authorized to log in with your current credentials. You'll be redirected to the login page in a few seconds. To troubleshoot login issues, please visit Invalid Users Guide”

    Later these users will be blocked at the Microsoft Entra ID Tenant level. This change doesn't affect Granular Delegated Admin Permissions (GDAP) or CSP users. The user is blocked at the Microsoft Entra ID tenant level. This change doesn't affect granular delegated admin permissions (GDAP) or CSP users.
    What do you need to do? If a user who isn't part of your Microsoft Entra requires access to finance and operations apps, that user must be added to the Microsoft Entra ID tenant as an external user or guest user. For more information, see B2B collaboration overview.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status This change reaches your environment beginning last week of September 2024.

    Feature deprecation effective July 2024

    Azure Active Directory Graph to Microsoft Graph Migration

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal To enhance platform security and compliance, we're deprecating Azure Active Directory Graph in finance and operations apps.
    Replaced by another feature? Microsoft Graph - To ensure the security and integrity of your system and data, we strongly encourage all our customers to migrate to the more secure Microsoft Graph for making graph calls.
    What do you need to do? We strongly recommend that any customers with dependencies on the GraphAPIClient class (responsible for making Azure Active Directory Graph calls) migrate to the MicrosoftGraphClient (responsible for making Microsoft Graph calls) as soon as possible to avoid service disruptions.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status The Support for Azure Active Directory Graph will end in 10.0.41/PU65.

    SharePoint integration authentication using a Microsoft-managed high-trust connection

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The authentication mechanism used to integrate to SharePoint is being removed.
    Replaced by another feature? An alternate authentication mechanism is available via the SharePoint user authentication feature. For more information about setup, including a one-time permission grant to the application at the tenant level, see Configure document management. Calling SharePoint as a user that isn't the currently logged in user is no longer supported.
    Product areas affected System administration
    Deployment option Microsoft-managed cloud environments
    Status The SharePoint user authentication feature is available in Dynamics 365 Finance version 10.0.40, and is mandatory in version 10.0.42. Migration to the new SharePoint authentication must occur by February 28, 2025, at which time the current SharePoint connection stops working.

    Feature deprecation effective April 2024

    Token resource or audience without an environment URL in finance and operations apps

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal To enhance security compliance, we're deprecating the use of tokens that aren't acquired with the resource or audience that's set as the environment URL in finance and operations apps.
    Replaced by another feature? To ensure the security and integrity of your system and data, we strongly encourage all our customers to ensure that tokens are acquired only with the resource or audience that's set as the environment URL. Failure to comply with this requirement results in API calls in finance and operations apps beginning to fail. We encourage all developers and administrators to update their token acquisition processes accordingly to avoid any disruption in API functionality.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status To enhance security compliance, support for tokens with an audience claim value other than the environment URL is removed by April 2024 for nonproduction environments and by May 2024 for production environments. Platform update 63 and Dynamics 365 finance version 10.0.39 and later.

    To troubleshoot unauthorized 401 errors, see Check token compliance.

    Multitenant apps without a service principal in the Microsoft Entra ID tenant

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Multitenant apps that don't have a client service principal have been recognized as vulnerable, because they pose a significant risk of acquiring cross-tenant Open Authorization (OAuth) app-only tokens for multitenant services across arbitrary tenants. To address this security vulnerability, apps without a service principal in the tenant is no longer authenticated. Finance and operations APIs will start to fail from these apps in deprecated environments.
    Replaced by another feature? No. To ensure the security and integrity of your system and data, we strongly encourage all our customers to provision the multitenant apps in their Microsoft Entra ID tenant. For more information, see Create an enterprise application from a multitenant application. If application onboarding isn't expected, remove that app or replace with a compliant app that has a client service principal in tenant.
    What do you need to do? Step 1. Review your onboarded applications:

  • Go to System administration > Setup > Microsoft Entra ID application, or Azure Active Directory applications to review onboarded applications
  • For information about how to review your onboarded applications, see Register your external application.

    Step 2. Provision Application Service Principal:

  • Create a Service Principal in your Microsoft Entra ID tenant for above listed applications. Follow these steps. Skip provisioning for Microsoft applications and those already provisioned with a service principal ID.
  • Remove or replace any unexpected application onboarding with a compliant app.

    Step 3. Review the configured Endpoint:

  • Make sure the access token being acquired should be from your tenant endpoint https://login.microsoftonline.com/{yourtenant} and not your organization endpont https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations.
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    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status Support for app-only tokens by multitenant apps that don't have a service principal ID will be removed by February 2024 for nonproduction environments and by April 2024 for production environments. Platform update 63 and Dynamics 365 finance version 10.0.39 and later

    To troubleshoot unauthorized 401 errors, see Check token compliance.

    Feature deprecation effective March 2024

    Non Microsoft Entra ID external user sign-in

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We're discontinuing onboardings for all users, both Service to Service and Interactive, who aren't present in the Microsoft Entra ID tenant associated with your Finance and Operations environment. Microsoft has flagged this access method as a security concern. For more information, see Manually add a new user.
    Replaced by another feature? No, to ensure compliance among existing users, you must either extend invitations to users with the same email addresses to your Microsoft Entra ID or remove these users from the Finance and Operations system, create new user accounts within your Microsoft Entra ID, and proceed to import them accordingly. For more information, refer How to create or delete users in Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status The rollout for sandbox environments begins from Feb 2024 and for prod environments from March 2024.

    Feature deprecation effective February 2024

    ISV Licenses generated using SHA1 algorithm (signature version 1)

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The SHA1 algorithm was widely recognized as vulnerable to security breaches due to its susceptibility to collision attacks. To address this security requirement, imports for ISV licenses that are generated using the SHA1 cryptographic algorithm are longer supported.
    Replaced by another feature? SHA256 - To ensure the security and integrity of your system and data, we strongly encourage all our customers to migrate to the more secure SHA256 algorithm for generating ISV licenses.

    Migrating to SHA256 is straightforward: You need to use signature version 2 or keep this field empty while generating license using AxUtil tool to generate a new license using SHA256. For more information, see Independent software vendor (ISV) licensing.

       
    Product areas affected System Administration
    Deployment option All
    Status Support for SHA1 is removed by February 2024 (10.0.39/PU63)

    Feature deprecation effective January 2024

    System Admin > Inquiries > User Log

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The Inquiries > User Log is a legacy page that was built for the older client/server architecture. The information on this page isn't always accurate and can be misleading.
    Replaced by another feature? In finance and operations apps, this information is captured in telemetry and Lifecycle Services has details. For more information, see Track user sign-ins.
    Product areas affected System Administration
    Deployment option All
    Status The User Log page will be removed by Jan 12 2024 (10.0.38/PU62)

    Exchange email provider

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The authentication mechanism that the Exchange email provider uses is being removed, and the Exchange provider never supported sovereign clouds.
    Replaced by another feature? Customers who use the Exchange email provider should migrate to the Microsoft Graph email provider. For more information, see Configure and send email.
    Product areas affected System administration
    Deployment option All
    Status The Exchange email provider stops sending emails as of September 15, 2024.

    Feature deprecation effective October 2022

    Microsoft SQL Server 14.x or older

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We're discontinuing support for Microsoft SQL Server 14.x and older versions in Finance and Operations (Dynamics 365), as active support for 14.x ended in October 2022. Starting from 10.0.40 (PU 64), there may be SQL-related updates in FinOps that aren't compatible with older versions of MS SQL Server.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, customers can use Microsoft SQL Server 15.x or higher with their Finance and Operations (Dynamics 365).
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated. End of support date is targeted for 10.0.28 (PU 52), which went out of support on October 21, 2022.

    Feature deprecation effective August 2022

    Lifecycle Services features deprecated in August 2022

    As part of the One Dynamics One Platform work effort, the following Lifecycle Services features are deprecated.

    Feature name Used with AX 2012? Used with finance and operations apps? Replaced by another feature?
    Announcements Yes Yes Yes: Banners exist on individual project and environment pages for notifications.
    Configuration manager Yes No No
    Crash and dump analysis Yes No No
    Feedback and bugs Yes Yes No
    My subscription Yes Yes No
    Office 365 Yes Yes Yes: Microsoft Entra ID or Microsoft admin portal.
    Impact analysis No Yes No
    Total economic impact estimator No Yes No
    Service requests No Yes Yes: Self-service deployments
    SharePoint integration Yes Yes No
    Configuration and data manager No Yes No
    Process data packages No Yes Yes: Data Import Export Framework (DIXF)
    Environment upgrade No Yes Yes: One Version service updates are available.
    Infrastructure estimator Yes No No
    License sizing Yes No No
    Usage profiler Yes No No
    Customization analysis Yes No No
    System diagnostics Yes Yes No
    Business process modeler Visio management Yes Yes No
    AX 2012 cloud environment management Yes No No
    RDFE Azure connectors Yes Yes No
    AX 2012 versions Yes No No
    Work items stored in Lifecycle Services storage Yes Yes No
    Hotfix requests Yes Yes No

    Transport Layer Security (TLS) RSA cipher suites

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The following list of cipher suites is removed to comply with our current security protocols.

    TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
    TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
    TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
    TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
    TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
    TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
    Replaced by another feature? Beginning January 2023, customers can only use our standard cipher suites. This change impacts your clients and servers that communicate with our servers. For example, it may impact your third party integrations that aren't adhering to our standard cipher suites.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option Cloud deployments
    Status Deprecated. Customers must upgrade their servers before January 2023. For more information about configuring TLS Cipher Suite order, see Manage Transport Layer Security (TLS).

    Feature deprecation effective June 2022

    Finance and operations (Dynamics 365) mobile application and mobile platform

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We're deprecating the finance and operations (Dynamics 365) mobile application and platform to consolidate to a single mobile platform, which is Power Apps.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, mobile experiences over finance and operations app data can be built with Power Platform integration. For more information, see the blog post What’s happening to the Finance and Operations (Dynamics 365) mobile workspaces? and Building mobile experiences.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated. End of support date is targeted for October 2024.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.29 of finance and operations apps

    Panorama tab style

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Horizontally scrolling pages align to outdated layout patterns that have known usability and accessibility issues.
    Replaced by another feature? No, but other tab styles are still available.
    Product areas affected Web client
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated.

    Feature deprecation effective April 2022

    XML URL resolution in Data management

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We're removing support for XML URL resolution since it was identified as a potential security vulnerability. This change means that external resources associated with XML files are no longer resolved.
    Replaced by another feature? No
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated.

    Feature deprecation effective March 14, 2022

    XSLT scripting in Data management

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The support for XSLT scripting in Data management is deprecated to improve security and data protection within finance and operations apps.
    Replaced by another feature? No, customers and ISVs should consider reimplementing their solutions based on X++ language, in place of XSLT scripting.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated

    Exception: Customers who are currently using XLST scripting can continue to use it until they update to version 10.0.30 or later. For earlier versions, the exception expires effective January 31, 2023. Customers with this exception have received a notification in the Message center available in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

    Feature removal effective October 2021

    Microsoft Azure SQL reports in Lifecycle Services

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal All activities and monitoring are performed internally, by the platform, through automation. This change won't require any manual intervention.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, there's now an automated system, which renders these capabilities obsolete.
    Product areas affected SQL reports: Current DTU, Current DTU Details, Get Lock Details, List of Current Plan Guide, Get List of Query IDs, Get the SQL query plan for a given Plan ID, Get query plans and execution status, Get throttle config, Get wait stats, List most expensive queries
    Deployment option Cloud deployment: Affects Microsoft-managed production environments and Tier 2 through Tier 5 sandbox environments.
    Status Removed

    Azure SQL actions in Lifecycle Services

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We're deprecating some SQL actions in Lifecycle Services. All activities and monitoring are performed internally, by the platform, through automation. This change won't require any manual intervention.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, there's now an automated system, which renders these capabilities obsolete.
    Product areas affected SQL actions: Create a plan guide to force Plan ID, Create a plan guide to add table hints, Remove Plan guide, Disable/Enable page locks, and lock escalation, Update statistics on a table, Rebuild Index, Create Index
    Deployment option Cloud deployment: Affects Microsoft-managed production environments and Tier 2 through Tier 5 sandbox environments.
    Status Removed

    Feature deprecation effective October 2021

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The feature was returning unexpected results.
    Replaced by another feature? No, any further plans regarding this functionality is communicated through our standard release wave disclosure process.
    Product areas affected Web client - Document attachment experience
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated

    Platform updates for version 10.0.23 of finance and operations apps

    OnDBSynchronize event

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal There's no control to execute this event.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, move existing methods subscribed to by the OnDBSynchronize event to a SysSetup extended class.
    Product areas affected Database synchronization
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated. Planned removal date is October 2022.

    SystemNotificationsManager.AddNotification API

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Microsoft requires more parameters when adding notifications.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, the SystemNotificationsManager.AddSystemNotification() API. This API requires that you explicitly set ExpirationDateTime and RuleID for generated notifications.
    Product areas affected Web client
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated. Planned removal date is April 2023.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.21 of finance and operations apps

    Skype for Business Online support

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Skype for Business Online was retired. For more information, see The Skype for Business Online service has retired.
    Replaced by another feature? Not currently, although we may consider adding presence from Teams in the future.
    Product areas affected Web client
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated. The Skype enabled setting was turned off starting in release 10.0.21. The removal of this setting is targeted for April 2022; however, the feature stops functioning after the Skype team shuts down the service.

    Feature deprecation effective August 2021

    Microsoft Azure SQL reports in Lifecycle Services

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal All activities and monitoring are performed internally, by the platform, through automation. This change won't require any manual intervention.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, there's now an automated system, which renders these capabilities obsolete.
    Product areas affected SQL reports: Current DTU, Current DTU Details, Get Lock Details, List of Current Plan Guide, Get List of Query IDs, Get the SQL query plan for a given Plan ID, Get query plans and execution status, Get throttle config, Get wait stats, List most expensive queries
    Deployment option Cloud deployment: Affects Microsoft-managed production environments and Tier 2 through Tier 5 sandbox environments.
    Status Deprecated: Planned removal date is October 2021.

    Azure SQL actions in Lifecycle Services

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We're deprecating some SQL actions in Lifecycle Services. All activities and monitoring are performed internally, by the platform, through automation. This change won't require any manual intervention.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, there's now an automated system, which renders these capabilities obsolete.
    Product areas affected SQL actions: Create a plan guide to force Plan ID, Create a plan guide to add table hints, Remove Plan guide, Disable/Enable page locks, and lock escalation, Update statistics on a table, Rebuild Index, Create Index
    Deployment option Cloud deployment: Affects Microsoft-managed production environments and Tier 2 through Tier 5 sandbox environments.
    Status Deprecated: Planned removal date is October 2021.

    Feature deprecation effective May 2021

    Globalization portal in Lifecycle Services

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal We're deprecating the Globalization portal in Lifecycle Services as this feature was superseded by other Lifecycle Services-based services.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes, Lifecycle Services Issue search and Dynamics regulatory alert submission service replace this feature.
    Product areas affected Globalization portal in Lifecycle Services
    Deployment option Cloud deployment
    Status Deprecated: Planned removal date is May 2022.

    Feature removed effective January 28, 2021

    Batch job to handle SQL index defragmentation

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal In order to reduce the overhead of operating, monitoring, and maintaining the index management by customers, this feature was removed.
    Replaced by another feature? After this update, Microsoft Services performs the index maintenance. This maintenance happens continuously without affecting the user workloads.
    Product areas affected Finance and operations apps
    Deployment option Cloud deployment - affects Microsoft-managed production environments and Tier 2 through Tier 5 sandbox environments.
    Status This feature is removed.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.17 of finance and operations apps

    Visual Studio 2015

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal To support the latest versions of Visual Studio, some changes have to be made to the X++ extensions for Visual Studio. These changes are incompatible with Visual Studio 2015.
    Replaced by another feature? Visual Studio 2017 replaces Visual Studio 2015 as the deployed and required version.
    Product areas affected Visual Studio development tools
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated: After you update to version 10.0.17, the previous X++ tools are removed from Visual Studio 2015, and the updated tools won't install on Visual Studio 2015. There isn't an impact on hosted builds. For build virtual machines, the build pipeline (build definition) needs to be manually updated to change the dependency from MSBuild 14.0 (Visual Studio 2015) to MSBuild 15.0 (Visual Studio 2017) as described in Update a legacy pipeline in Azure Pipelines.

    User avatar

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The user avatar that displays on the right side of the navigation bar was retrieved using an API from the Dynamics 365 header control, which was deprecated.
    Replaced by another feature? Users see their initials in a circle in the navigation bar instead. This same visual is currently used on development machines.
    Product areas affected Web client
    Deployment option All
    Status Removed as of version 10.0.17

    Enterprise Portal (EP) deprecation

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The metadata artifacts associated with Dynamics AX 2012 Enterprise Portal (EP) are deprecated, as EP was never supported in the finance and operations apps.
    Replaced by another feature? No
    Product areas affected Web client
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated: All EP code is removed in the October 2021 release.

    Deprecation effective December 2020

    Internet Explorer 11 support for Dynamics 365 is deprecated

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Effective December 2020, Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 support for all Dynamics 365 products and Dynamics Lifecycle Services is deprecated, and Internet Explorer 11 won’t be supported after August 2021.

    This change impacts customers who use Dynamics 365 products and Lifecycle Services designed to be used through an Internet Explorer 11 interface. After August 2021, Internet Explorer 11 won't be supported for such Dynamics 365 products and Lifecycle Services.
    Replaced by another feature? We recommend that customers transition to Microsoft Edge.
    Product areas affected All Dynamics 365 products and Lifecycle Services
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated: Internet Explorer 11 won’t be supported after August 2021.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.15 of finance and operations apps

    Visual Studio add-in to apply metadata hotfixes

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Metadata hotfixes are no longer supported with the One Version service updates that were introduced in July 2018 with version 8.1.
    Replaced by another feature? Individual metadata hotfixes aren't available for supported versions. Cumulative quality updates are applied instead.
    Product areas affected Visual Studio add-ins
    Deployment option Development virtual machines
    Status With version 10.0.15, the add-in is no longer included in the Visual Studio tools.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.14 of finance and operations apps

    Online users page

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The Online users page is a legacy page that was built for previous client/server architecture. The information on this page isn't always accurate, which can be confusing and misleading.
    Replaced by another feature? We'll provide a new page in a future update. As a workaround, use the table browser for the SysClientSessions table to view client sessions.
    Product areas affected System Administration
    Deployment option All
    Status This page will be removed in a future release.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.13 of finance and operations apps

    Custom code defined in SSRS report properties

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal In general, custom code offers limited benefits while at the same time, requires significant resourcing and compute to support. Custom code is primarily used by report authors to call public methods from a custom code assembly. However, the cloud-hosted service doesn't support references to custom assemblies for SSRS reports.
    Replaced by another feature? Report authors may choose to continue referencing public .NET APIs for Math, Conversion, and Format operations from any textbox expression. For more information, see Add Code to a Report (SSRS).
    Product areas affected Subset of application report designs that are defined in RDL and contain custom code.
    Deployment option All
    Status With version 10.0.13, the compiler begins issuing a warning for instances where custom code is detected in an SSRS report definition. To fix the issue, open the report design definition and remove all custom code artifacts. This warning will be replaced with a compiler error in a future update.

    Upgrade of three jQuery component libraries

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Three jQuery component libraries are being updated for security fixes and to maintain currency.
    Replaced by another feature? The following libraries are being affected: jQuery (to version 3.5.0 from version 2.1.4), jQuery UI (to version 1.12.1 from version 1.11.4), jQuery qTip (to version 3.0.3 from 2.2.1). Migration guidance was provided online by jQuery.
    Product areas affected Extensible controls, custom JavaScript code utilizing deprecated, or removed APIs.
    Deployment option All
    Status With version 10.0.13/Platform update 37, customers can optionally move to the latest libraries by enabling the "Upgrade three jQuery component libraries" feature. Moving to the new libraries are mandatory with the April 2021 release to allow time for migration of affected APIs.

    Existing grid control/forceLegacyGrid() API

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The new grid control replaces existing grid control.
    Replaced by another feature? The new grid control
    Product areas affected Web client
    Deployment option All
    Status The new grid control is mandatory with the October 2022 release (version 10.0.29). The forceLegacyGrid() API is currently still being honored if the old grid is still needed; however, this API is deprecated in the October 2023 release. When the deprecation of this API is announced, it's available for at least 12 months before no longer being available.

    Personalization without saved views

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The personalization subsystem was overhauled with the saved views feature, so that it has better performance and offers more capabilities.
    Replaced by another feature? Saved views
    Product areas affected Web client
    Deployment option All
    Status In version 10.0.13/Platform update 37, the saved views feature is generally available, and customers can optionally turn on this feature. The saved views feature becomes mandatory in the October 2021 release.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.12 of finance and operations apps

    Grid or group control from extensions containing invalid field references

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The data group property on grid or group controls is used to automatically show all the fields of a field group. A grid or group control added by extension could contain fields that are no longer defined on the field group, or it might be missing fields defined on the field group. This group can cause inconsistent behavior at runtime. Platform updates for version 10.0.12 of finance and operations apps now categorize this issue as a compiler warning. To fix this issue, open the form extension and save it.
    Replaced by another feature? This compiler warning is replaced with a compiler error in a future update.
    Product areas affected Visual Studio development tools
    Deployment option All
    Status A compiler warning is introduced in platform updates for version 10.0.12 of finance and operations apps.

    Platform updates for version 10.0.11 of finance and operations apps

    Explicit safe lists for self-service environments

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The process for moving IP to safe lists changed. Self-service no longer supports IP safe lists.
    Replaced by another feature? For more information, see Configuring Conditional Access.
    Product areas affected Security
    Deployment option Cloud
    Status Deprecated: This feature is fully deprecated for self-service deployments.

    Visual Studio 2015

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal To support the latest versions of Visual Studio, some changes have to be made to the X++ extensions for Visual Studio. These changes are incompatible with Visual Studio 2015.
    Replaced by another feature? Visual Studio 2017 replaces Visual Studio 2015 as the deployed and required version.
    Product areas affected Visual Studio development tools
    Deployment option All
    Status Virtual machines deployed on version 10.0.13 (Platform update 37) or later contain Visual Studio 2017. Version 10.0.16 (Platform update 40) is the final release with support for Visual Studio 2015. Virtual machines with only Visual Studio 2015 can't update to version 10.0.17 (Platform update 41).

    Field groups containing invalid field references

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Field groups in table metadata definitions can contain field references that aren't valid. If these field groups are deployed, they can cause runtime failures in Financial Reporting and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Platform update 23 introduced a compiler warning that enabled this metadata issue to be addressed. Platform updates for version 10.0.11 of finance and operations apps categorize this issue as a compiler error.

    To fix this issue, follow these steps.

    1. Remove the invalid field reference from the table field group definition.
    2. Recompile.
    3. Make sure that any errors are addressed.
    Replaced by another feature? This compiler error permanently replaces the compiler warning.
    Product areas affected Visual Studio development tools
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated: The compiler warning is a compiler error in platform updates for version 10.0.11 of finance and operations apps.

    ISV licenses created by using the SHA1 hashing algorithm

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The process for creating independent software vendor (ISV) licenses has changed. For more information, see Independent software vendor (ISV) licensing.
    Replaced by another feature? Yes. Use Windows PowerShell to create licenses.
    Product areas affected Visual Studio development tools
    Deployment option All
    Status Deprecated: ISV licenses that were created by using the SHA1 hashing algorithm. This algorithm depended on certificates that were created by using the MakeCert utility, and this utility was deprecated.

    Deprecated: The use of SHA1 for security or hashing purposes. SHA1 ceases to function in early 2021. Therefore, it should no longer be used.

    Removed: Support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and TLS 1.1 incoming or outgoing requests.

    Platform update 32

    Workflow request change dialog box no longer includes user selection drop-down list

       
    Reason for deprecation/removal The user selection drop-down list was a security issue because the request for change could be sent to an unintended user. This usability issue forced the user to determine who the workflow originator was and manually select them.
    Replaced by another feature? No
    Product areas affected Workflow
    Deployment option All
    Status The user selection drop-down list was removed from the request change dialog box in Platform update 32. Request change requests are automatically sent to the originator as intended. For more information about this functionality, see Actions in workflow approval processes.
       
    Reason for deprecation/removal Navigation URLs embedded in documents rendered by the service may contain sensitive business data. We're removing support for embedded drill-through links in documents as a security precaution to further protect customer's data. Users benefit from improved performance while interactively producing documents as a result of this change.
    Replaced by another feature? No
    Product areas affected Reporting
    Deployment option All
    Status This feature is actively being removed from the service.

    The modern client offers numerous options for producing views that include auto generated links to help navigating the application. Paginated documents rendered by the service are recommended for external communications that are emailed, archived, and printed for recipients. We improved the experience for previewing documents directly in the browser, which offers direct access to local printers. For more information, see Preview PDF documents with an embedded viewer.

    Previous announcements about removed or deprecated features

    To learn more about removed or deprecated features in previous releases, see Removed or deprecated features in previous releases.