Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Release Wave 1 Release Highlights
Business Central 2025 release wave 1 highlights video covering three features. Autofill uses AI to suggest field values, such as customer addresses, when creating records. Summarize lets Copilot show an instant summary on the most used pages, with quick links. Scope 3 value chain process automation calculates the carbon dioxide equivalent of finished goods for indirect emissions reporting. The video does not say whether these features are in preview or generally available.
- Introduction and Autofill Overview
- Autofill Demo and Capabilities
- Summarize Capability with Copilot
- Summary Insights and Quick Links
- Scope 3 Value Chain Process Automation
- Scope 3 Emissions Measurement and Reporting
Overview
A short release highlights video from the Business Central channel, published 2025-03-14. It covers three areas: faster data entry with AI, instant Copilot summaries, and sustainability reporting.
Autofill suggests customer information when creating new records, including addresses found by searching the web and frequently used answers. Summarize with Copilot shows important and urgent items on the most used pages, including items from related pages and custom fields. Scope 3 value chain process automation is built into the standard ERP processes and calculates carbon dioxide equivalent for finished goods.
Key points
- Autofill suggests likely values when a user creates a new record, for example a customer: it can search the web for the customer’s address or suggest the most frequently used or most sensible answer for the next field.
- Autofill is described as using AI grounded in Business Central data.
- The Summarize capability shows an instant Copilot-generated summary on the most used pages in Business Central.
- Summaries highlight important or urgent items from the current page and from related pages, including information from custom fields, and are tailored to the user’s role.
- Quick links in the summary go straight to the relevant content in the record, and users can click for more insights and ask Copilot how to take action.
- Scope 3 value chain process automation is embedded across the standard Business Central ERP processes.
- The Scope 3 feature calculates carbon dioxide equivalent for finished goods from raw material emissions data on purchase documents, plus emissions from operations in manufacturing processes, for reporting indirect emissions across the upstream and downstream value chain.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Autofill | status not stated, demoed | 0:11 |
| Summarize with Copilot | status not stated, demoed | 0:52 |
| Scope 3 Value Chain Process Automation | status not stated | 1:32 |
Quotes
- 0:11 “we’re making it easier to get crucial information into business Central and intelligent insights out”
- 0:32 “autofill is a huge productivity booster and Time Saver using the power of AI grounded in business Central data”
- 0:52 “with a new summarized capability you can do just that on the most used pages in business Central you can now see an instant”
- 1:12 “it’s not just servicing what’s important or urgently needs your attention from that page but also from related Pages including information from Custom Fields”
- 1:12 “the quick links will direct you straight to where that content is in in the record”
- 1:32 “scope 3 value chain process automation is now embedded across the standard business Central Erp processes”
- 1:52 “the feature will automatically calculate the carbon dioxide equivalent for your finished goods by using raw material emissions data from purchase documents and adding”
- 2:13 “scope 3 represents the majority of your emissions and is the most complex to measure”