--- id: video/Xc3ISQ7NAaQ type: video title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" summary: "Payables agent in Business Central (2025 release wave 2): AI-powered vendor invoice processing, in preview in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand. The video demos email-based PDF ingestion, draft review with reasoning, and vendor creation with blocking, then covers the roadmap." tier: official language: en tags: - payables agent - invoice processing - vendor invoices - ai-powered automation - purchase orders - approvals - fraud detection - e-invoicing - preview - general availability system: purchasing review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T22:54:52.063Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-07T22:54:52.140Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: 0e6e3dbad1519863276dcce6866519f8e811d66af41c3fe7732f14f952003c38 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=112s title: "AI-powered invoice processing: preview" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 112 quote: So the agent is in preview in four countries United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=612s title: "General availability rollout: announced" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 612 quote: What we're doing next and coming up in this wave is we want to make the agent available to as many customers as possible. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=20s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 20 quote: accounts payables is the backbone of quality financial data. What does that mean? Well, it means that if you make a mistake in your - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=98s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 98 quote: right now the payables agent is in preview and we call it the first line of defense against the poor quality data and accounts - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=112s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 112 quote: the agent is in preview in four countries United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and it has a lot of great functionality - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=272s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 272 quote: all of this content has been AI generated. So a human needs to review as there can be errors. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=402s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 402 quote: the blocked field on the vendor will be set to all. And that's because we want to respect any due diligence or processes you - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=451s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 451 quote: there is not much setup uh required. The idea was that the agent will be a one uh oneclick stop for configuration. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=612s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 612 quote: we want to make the agent available to as many customers as possible. That means worldwide availability what we call general availability of the - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=678s title: "What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 678 quote: the vision of the agent is that it's all you need to handle your vendor invoice processing from start to finish. 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That means worldwide availability what we call general availability of the check: exact - t: 678 text: the vision of the agent is that it's all you need to handle your vendor invoice processing from start to finish. Basically we want check: exact --- # What's New: Payables Agent Update (2025 release wave 2) > Payables agent in Business Central (2025 release wave 2): AI-powered vendor invoice processing, in preview in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand. The video demos email-based PDF ingestion, draft review with reasoning, and vendor creation with blocking, then covers the roadmap. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-10-01 · 14:44 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video presents the payables agent, which handles vendor invoice processing from a monitored email address. It reads PDF invoices, proposes a draft with line items and deferrals, and shows its reasoning. A human must review the AI-generated content and confirm before a purchase invoice is created. It also covers setup, which needs little configuration and no mapping of items or accounts. The roadmap includes better vendor matching, purchase order matching, e-invoices, fraud detection, approvals, optional autonomous posting and general availability with possible language and geographic restrictions. ## Key points - The payables agent is in preview in four countries: United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. - The agent monitors a configured email address for PDF invoice attachments. You can expose the address to vendors or use it only for internal forwarding. - All agent output is AI-generated and needs human review. A human must confirm before the final purchase invoice is created. - Vendors the agent creates are set with Blocked = all. The user must unblock them before processing continues, which respects due diligence and approval processes. - Setup is minimal, with no mapping of items or accounts. Optional parameters can adjust the processing workflow and matching algorithms. - Planned but not yet implemented: better vendor matching, two-way and three-way purchase order matching, e-invoices, fraud detection, approvals from anywhere, and optional autonomous posting. - General availability is intended to be worldwide, but language and geographic restrictions may remain and timing is to be announced. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=0s) Introduction and Overview of Payables Agent - [1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=112s) Key Functionality and Preview Status - [2:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=137s) Demo: Invoice Processing Workflow - [7:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=425s) Setup and Configuration Details - [8:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=511s) Customer Feedback and AI Development Philosophy - [10:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=612s) Near-term Roadmap and Functional Expansion - [11:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=666s) Long-term Vision and Future Capabilities - [14:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=850s) Closing and Resources ## Features | Feature | Status | At | Evidence | |---|---|---|---| | AI-powered invoice processing | preview, demoed | [0:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=50s) | "So the agent is in preview in four countries United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand" ([1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=112s)) | | Email-based invoice ingestion | status not stated, demoed | [2:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=159s) | | | Draft invoice review with reasoning | status not stated, demoed | [3:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=235s) | | | Vendor creation with blocking | status not stated, demoed | [6:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=366s) | | | Minimal setup required | status not stated, demoed | [7:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=451s) | | | Vendor matching improvements | status not stated | [10:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=640s) | | | Purchase order matching | status not stated | [10:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=640s) | | | E-invoice support | status not stated | [11:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=678s) | | | Fraud detection | status not stated | [11:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=678s) | | | Approval automation | status not stated | [13:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=799s) | | | Autonomous invoice posting | status not stated | [13:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=819s) | | | Payment suggestions | status not stated | [13:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=819s) | | | General availability rollout | announced | [10:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=612s) | "What we're doing next and coming up in this wave is we want to make the agent available to as many customers as possible." ([10:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=612s)) | | Continuous learning from usage | status not stated | [1:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=86s) | | ## Quotes - [0:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=20s) "accounts payables is the backbone of quality financial data. What does that mean? Well, it means that if you make a mistake in your" - [1:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=98s) "right now the payables agent is in preview and we call it the first line of defense against the poor quality data and accounts" - [1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=112s) "the agent is in preview in four countries United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and it has a lot of great functionality" - [4:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=272s) "all of this content has been AI generated. So a human needs to review as there can be errors." - [6:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=402s) "the blocked field on the vendor will be set to all. And that's because we want to respect any due diligence or processes you" - [7:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=451s) "there is not much setup uh required. The idea was that the agent will be a one uh oneclick stop for configuration." - [10:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=612s) "we want to make the agent available to as many customers as possible. That means worldwide availability what we call general availability of the" - [11:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=678s) "the vision of the agent is that it's all you need to handle your vendor invoice processing from start to finish. Basically we want" ## Disclaimers in the video - [1:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=98s) preview: the payables agent is in preview - [1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=112s) preview: the agent is in preview in four countries United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand - [4:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=272s) preview: all of this content has been AI generated. So a human needs to review as there can be errors. - [10:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=625s) subject-to-change: There might still be some language and geographical restrictions even if we go general availability - [10:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=640s) coming-later: we want to improve the matching of vendors - [11:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=692s) coming-later: we want to be able to source any invoice whether it's an electronic invoice like the e invoices - [11:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=706s) coming-later: we want to help with identifying fraudulent invoices in different anti-fraud scenarios - [13:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3ISQ7NAaQ&t=819s) coming-later: we also want to handle approvals basically we want you to be able to approve an invoice from from anywhere Presenters (as heard): Saurin, Hos Antonio, Jose.