--- id: video/jJxBswIy_Xw type: video title: "What's New: Subscription Billing (2024 release wave 2)" summary: "Subscription Billing module in Business Central (2024 release wave 2): contracts, service commitments, billing proposals, deferrals and usage-based billing, shown in a demo. It also notes that Excel reports and a Power BI embedded app are planned for minor release 25.2." tier: official language: en tags: - subscription billing - recurring invoicing - service commitments - deferrals - revenue recognition - contracts - billing proposals - pricing - automation - usage-based billing - contract management - data import system: sales review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T23:04:15.767Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-07T23:04:15.812Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: 8dbe600cc12252b62f207668a04767a1804ef523796e33825faaaeee5fef1f64 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s title: "Power BI Embedded Reporting: announced" date: "2024-10-08T15:00:51.000Z" commit: null t: 181 quote: later on in the minor release I think it's 25.2 we will have a popi app which means we will have embedded reporting for - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=24s title: "What's New: Subscription Billing (2024 release wave 2)" date: "2024-10-08T15:00:51.000Z" commit: null t: 24 quote: we have added a new module um for subscription and for subscription handling for recurring invoicing - 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It also notes that Excel reports and a Power BI embedded app are planned for minor release 25.2. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2024-10-08 · 25:44 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video introduces the new Subscription Billing module for recurring invoicing. It explains the new concepts (contracts, service commitments, billing proposals, deferrals) and walks through a demo: a sales order with hardware and maintenance services, order confirmation, contract creation and assignment, billing proposal and invoice creation, and deferral entries and their release. The second half covers extending a contract with service commitments, reporting, and usage-based billing. The usage-based part shows importing external usage data, processing it into billing data and invoices, and mapping it to contracts. Excel reports and a Power BI embedded app are mentioned as coming in minor release 25.2. ## Key points - Contracts hold service commitments that define what is invoiced (tickets, minutes, usage or recurring services). Commitments must be assigned to a contract before billing. - Billing proposals can be generated once a contract is set up. They can cover the next invoice, several invoices or an extended period, and can be filtered by contract and period. - The demo contract uses a 12-month billing base period and an annual billing rhythm. - Posting an annual invoice creates deferral entries automatically. A batch job releases them by date range to move revenue to GL accounts. - Only service commitments that support recurring billing can be added to an existing contract. Arbitrary lines cannot be added. - Usage-based billing imports external usage data from a file. It needs a data supplier and item references set up first, and processing can run step by step or as a batch. - If usage data is processed without a matching contract, the system gives an error. From there the user can create or extend a contract. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=0s) Introduction to Subscription Billing Module - [2:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=120s) Key Concepts: Deferrals, Pricing, and Automation - [3:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=201s) Demo Overview and Sales Order Setup - [4:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=250s) Hardware and Maintenance Service Configuration - [5:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=323s) Service Commitments and Order Confirmation - [7:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=443s) Contract Creation and Assignment - [8:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=525s) Billing Proposal Generation and Invoice Creation - [10:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=623s) Deferral Entries and Revenue Recognition - [12:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=737s) Deferral Release and Sales Process Workflow - [16:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=972s) Extending Contracts and Creating Billing Proposals - [18:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1086s) Reporting and Usage-Based Billing Overview - [19:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1147s) Usage-Based Billing: Data Import and Invoice Creation - [21:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1301s) Usage Data Mapping and Contract Workflows ## Features | Feature | Status | At | Evidence | |---|---|---|---| | Subscription and Recurring Billing Module | status not stated, demoed | [0:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=6s) | | | Contracts and Service Commitments | status not stated, demoed | [0:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=45s) | | | Billing Proposals and Schedules | status not stated, demoed | [1:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=85s) | | | Deferrals System | status not stated, demoed | [2:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=141s) | | | Contract Price Management | status not stated, demoed | [3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s) | | | Contract Renewals | status not stated | [3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s) | | | Power BI Embedded Reporting | announced | [3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s) | "later on in the minor release I think it's 25.2 we will have a popi app which means we will have embedded reporting for" ([3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s)) | | Excel Reports for Subscription Billing | status not stated | [3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s) | | | Service Commitment Price Calculation | status not stated, demoed | [5:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=323s) | | | Billing Base Period and Rhythm Configuration | status not stated, demoed | [5:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=323s) | | | Subscription Order Confirmation Layout | status not stated, demoed | [6:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=400s) | | | Deferral Release Batch Job | status not stated, demoed | [12:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=737s) | | | Contract Extension with Service Commitments | status not stated, demoed | [14:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=888s) | | | Usage-Based Billing Data Import | status not stated, demoed | [19:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1147s) | | | Usage Data Processing and Invoice Creation | status not stated, demoed | [20:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1206s) | | | Automatic Contract Mapping for Usage Data | status not stated, demoed | [21:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1301s) | | ## AL objects mentioned As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named. - table "Customer Contract Deferrals" at [10:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=643s) - page "Contract Deferral Release" at [12:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=757s) Not found in BC28-30: table "Customer Contract Deferrals", page "Contract Deferral Release". ## Quotes - [0:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=24s) "we have added a new module um for subscription and for subscription handling for recurring invoicing" - [0:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=45s) "there's a concept of contracts which you would normally expect when you have uh a subscription you have a contract for what it is" - [1:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=85s) "you can generate uh billing proposals uh or schedules uh once you have a contract once you have a setup uh you can get" - [2:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=141s) "but you in your accounting system you only recognize the the revenue for the individual periods so there is a deferrals um system for" - [3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s) "later on in the minor release I think it's 25.2 we will have a popi app which means we will have embedded reporting for" - [5:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=359s) "the billing uh base period is 12 months so it's annual and the billing rhythm is also uh annual which makes uh sense of" - [11:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=663s) "they're here and um they're ready to be released is a field whether they are released or not whether they have been moved to" - [14:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=868s) "when you post the invoice because it's an annual uh subscription uh deferral entries are created and you can then release them" - [15:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=925s) "you cannot just add any random uh line to a contract you can only add uh service commitments like things that we can uh" - [18:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1086s) "in the 25.2 minor we will provide Excel reports so you can get your data out and do analysis and you'll also uh see" - [18:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1127s) "the data for the individual invoices are based uh off of some external data um usually what the End customer assumes it could be" - [19:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1147s) "feed that data into the individual invoices for the recurring billing and this is what usage based billing can do" - [22:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1335s) "because I process data without having having a contract already uh the system will give me an error and I can just click on" - [24:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1478s) "it's a new module there are some new terminology uh but it supports uh recurring billing for uh Services you can start from an" ## Disclaimers in the video - [3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=181s) coming-later: later on in the minor release I think it's 25.2 we will have a popi app which means we will have embedded reporting for the subscription billing module - [18:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxBswIy_Xw&t=1106s) coming-later: in the 25.2 minor we will provide Excel reports and powerbi embed app Presenters (as heard): Brian Nelson.