What's new and planned for Microsoft Cloud for Retail
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to What's new in Microsoft Cloud for Retail. For the latest release plans, go to Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Cloud for Industry release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2023 through September 2023. 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 2023 release wave 2 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.
Intelligent stores
Intelligent stores transform the customer shopping experience through data analytics and new store technology.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make informed decisions with product recommendations | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
May 1, 2023 |
Sep 1, 2023 |
| Optimize store activity with predictive foot traffic | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 1, 2023 |
Sep 1, 2023 |
Retail workforce management
Retail workforce management improves the efficiency of store operations and improves customer experience to drive sales.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrate SOA with Microsoft Teams Approvals | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 23, 2023 |
Aug 23, 2023 |
| Provide advanced analytics dashboard for store leadership | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 1, 2023 |
Sep 1, 2023 |
| Use Customer Insights in Store Operations Assist | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 10, 2023 |
Sep 1, 2023 |
| Pin SOA mobile app in Teams Mobile | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 1, 2023 |
Sep 1, 2023 |
| Integrate SOA with Microsoft Teams Shifts | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Sep 30, 2023 |
Sep 30, 2023 |
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.