What’s new and planned Business Central 2025 Wave 2 – v27🔔
Business Central 2025 release wave 2 (v27) covers capabilities planned between October 2025 and March 2026, centered on deeper generative AI through Copilot and autonomous agents. It also improves manufacturing quality management and outsourcing, sustainability, e-documents, and Shopify and Field Service integrations, and aims to lower customization cost for developers. The post mainly links to release plans, key dates, deprecations and upgrade paths.
post Gerardo Rentería Blog
"The 2025 Wave 2 release of Business Central introduces deeper integration of generative AI through Copilot and autonomous agents."
Key points
- Copilot and autonomous agents target repetitive tasks, order processing and data entry suggestions; AI can also estimate emissions in sustainability records
- Manufacturing gains focus on quality management and outsourcing, alongside sustainability and e-document improvements
- Shopify and Dynamics 365 Field Service integrations are strengthened for planning, purchasing, inventory and pricing
- Developer tooling aims to reduce customization cost and complexity, with better support for extending Copilot
- Early access features can be tested from August 4, 2025; the post links lists of deprecated items, features becoming mandatory, and warnings turning into errors
Quotes
- “The 2025 Wave 2 release of Business Central introduces deeper integration of generative AI through Copilot and autonomous agents.” (Establishes the central theme that AI is fundamental to this release wave’s capabilities)
- “New tools and enhancements aim to reduce the cost and complexity of customizations, making it easier to create and maintain tailored solutions.” (Highlights how the release targets developer productivity and cost efficiency for building custom solutions)
- “Enhanced integrations with Shopify and Dynamics 365 Field Service enable efficient management of planning, purchasing, inventory, and pricing.” (Shows the expanded ecosystem connectivity that improves operational workflows across multiple systems)
Context
- Features: Copilot and autonomous agents, Order processing automation, Intelligent data entry suggestions, Quality management, Outsourcing management, Sustainability emissions estimation, Electronic documents, Shopify integration, Dynamics 365 Field Service integration
- Versions: 27.0, 2025 Wave 2
Source: Gerardo Renteria, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.