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BC 2026 release wave 2unofficial launch event map, by waldo

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Web and general knowledge answers

GA · 4 min in 3 videos · dev relevance low · documented as Enable Microsoft Copilot chat experience medium match

Web and general knowledge answers

Copilot answers questions not tied to Business Central data using the internet and documentation, such as sales tax setup or travel directions. It can also combine Business Central data with web data, like converting item prices with a web exchange rate.

Area: Copilot and agents. Status: GA. Developer relevance: low. Airtime: 4 min across 3 videos, demoed.

Status evidence

  • Nothing said about status; launch event convention: generally available unless stated otherwise.

Where they talk about it

Quotes

  • 0:56 "Copilot pulls data from the internet and from various other sources and provides all the answers I need." - States that the chat is not limited to Business Central data and can use outside sources.
  • 1:43 "can answer questions about Business Central uh data, but also questions that are not fully related to Business Central." - Shows the scope goes beyond Business Central data.
  • 1:45 "it didn't use Business Central data, but still it was very useful for Business Central user." - Clarifies that the first demo used no Business Central data, so it shows general help only.
  • 2:11 "data coming from documentation, from internet and also with the context of Business Central" - Lists the sources used for answers in the first demo.
  • 4:57 "But this will be so much outside of Business Central area, I will let you try that yourself" - Acknowledges the chat can answer questions beyond Business Central scope.

Caveats mentioned

  • This example did not use Business Central data
  • Outside the Business Central area

Documented features match

  • Enable Microsoft Copilot chat experience - medium confidence (llm). Docs say: Public preview, roadmap id 573362. Capability of the new Copilot chat
  • Product documentation: Work with Business Central data in Microsoft Copilot, checked 2026-10-02. Microsoft Copilot can use current, publicly available information from the web when your organization allows web search. Note: Article is marked prerelease / production-ready preview documentation for the new Microsoft Copilot in Business Central (version 29). Covers exchange-rate conversion and sales tax examples.

Docs checked on 2026-10-02: the match is against Microsoft's what's new pages for the wave as they were on that date. Microsoft keeps filling the documentation, so "no documented item" can go stale.

Tags: copilot, chat, web, documentation, finance, sales-tax, ux, citations, inventory

Generated by pipeline step 06. Source: YouTube auto-captions of the launch event videos, see the deep links. Not official.