Microsoft Cloud for Industry: 2025 release wave 1 plan
The Microsoft Cloud for Industry release plan for the 2025 release wave 1 announces the latest updates to customers as features are prepared for release. You can browse the release plan online (updated throughout the month) or download the information as a PDF file, which is updated with every publish. The plan for 2025 release wave 1 covers new features for Microsoft Cloud for Industry releasing from April 2025 through September 2025.
Download the 2025 release wave 1 PDF for Microsoft Cloud for Industry or select the option at the bottom of the table of contents.
The Dynamics 365 features coming in the 2025 release wave 1 have been summarized in a separate release plan as well as a downloadable PDF.
The Microsoft Power Platform features coming in the 2025 release wave 1 have been summarized in a separate release plan as well as a downloadable PDF.
The role-based Copilot offering features coming in the 2025 release wave 1 have been summarized in a separate release plan as well as a downloadable PDF.
2025 release wave 1 overview
The 2025 release wave 1 for Microsoft Cloud for Industry brings new innovations that provide you with significant capabilities to transform your business. The release contains several new features across Microsoft Cloud for Industry applications, including Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty, Microsoft Cloud for Retail, Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, and Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.
Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty
Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty's Sovereign Landing Zone (SLZ) now provides more configurability and aligns better with the Azure Landing Zone. SLZ on Terraform will move from public preview to become generally available. Several new policy initiatives will augment the existing portfolio. Customers can use these policies to help customize deployments in accordance with established regulatory compliance and government requirements.
Microsoft Cloud for Retail
Microsoft Cloud for Retail is transforming with AI, enhancing customer experiences and operations. Data silos and privacy concerns remain challenges. To mitigate these, investments in security and standardized data solutions are increasing.
Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing
Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing brings the best of Microsoft and our partners to jointly accelerate the digital transformation in manufacturing by enabling intelligent factories and helping modernize the shop floor. With the 2025 release wave 1, we’re excited to announce the launch of an enhanced manufacturing data solution in Microsoft Fabric with analytics capabilities and the factory operations agent on Azure AI.
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability will continue to build on capabilities delivered over past waves by expanding Scope 3 Category 15 calculations for insurance emissions and enabling the ability to ingest and analyze energy data directly in Sustainability Manager. Sustainability Data Solutions in Fabric will support data connections with additional data sources. Copilot in Sustainability Manager will bring richer experiences to automate and recommend actions to bring greater efficiency and accuracy.
Key dates for the 2025 release wave 1
These release plans describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (go to Microsoft policy).
Here are the key dates for the 2025 release wave 1.
| Milestone | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Release plans available | January 23, 2025 | Learn about the new capabilities coming in the 2025 release wave 1 (April 2025 - September 2025) across Microsoft Cloud for Industry, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Role-based Copilot offerings. |
| Release plans available in additional languages | February 7, 2025 | Microsoft Cloud for Industry, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Role-based Copilot offerings release plans are published in 11 additional languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and Swedish. |
| General availability | April 1, 2025 | Production deployment for the 2025 release wave 1 begins. Regional deployments will start on April 1, 2025 |
Just like the previous release waves, we continue to call out how each feature will be enabled in your environment:
- Users, automatically: These features include changes to the experience for users and are enabled automatically.
- Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, 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.
You can get ready with confidence knowing which features will be enabled automatically.
We have done this work to help you—our partners, customers, and users—drive the digital transformation of your business on your terms. We are looking forward to engaging with you as you put these new services and capabilities to work, and we are eager to hear your feedback as you dig into the 2025 release wave 1.