Across conversations with leaders in government, critical infrastructure and regulated industries, one priority consistently rises to the top: putting technology to work on the most important systems while maintaining the control those systems require. The post Advancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure Blog, AI + machine learning, Hybrid + multicloud, Microsoft Sovereign Cloud
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The Azure DevOps Plugin is now available in Microsoft Copilot. It brings Azure DevOps directly into Copilot Cowork, so you can work with your projects, work items, pull requests, test plans, pipelines, and more without switching to Azure DevOps. The plugin also includes built-in skills to help with everyday development tasks. You can quickly see […] The post Azure DevOps available in Microsoft Copilot Cowork appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
Dynamics 365 Business Central introduces a new feature called Shopify Tax Matching, which helps reduce repetitive tax setup when importing orders from Shopify that contain multiple US tax jurisdictions.
Business Value Reduce repetitive tax setup when you import Shopify orders that contain multiple United States tax jurisdictions. Shopify Tax Matching suggests how free-text tax lines map to configured tax jurisdictions and keeps you in control of exceptions before you create sales documents. Details The Shopify Tax Matching capability is available in public preview for organizations in the United States that use the Shopify connector. When standard tax-area mapping doesn't resolve an imported order, the capability uses AI to suggest tax jurisdictions based on Shopify tax-line titles and rates,…
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
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In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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The GitHub Copilot SDK gives your application an agent runtime. BYOK lets you keep that runtime while sending model requests to your own Microsoft Foundry or Azure OpenAI deployment. Here is the complete C# setup. The post Bring Your Own Model to the GitHub Copilot SDK with C# appeared first on .NET Blog.
Dynamics 365 Business Central now supports self-billed invoices, allowing buyers to generate invoices for vendors under a mutual agreement. This feature is enabled automatically for end users and is available in a preview version starting April 2026.
Business Central offers full support for self‑billed invoices in the purchase process. Buyers can now generate invoices on behalf of a vendor when a self‑billing agreement is in place. A new Boolean field on the Vendor Card page enables this agreement, and all Purchase Invoices created for that vendor, whether from Purchase Orders or directly, are automatically marked as self‑billed. Vendors can also be assigned a dedicated No. Series for self‑billed invoices, ensuring correct document sequencing. A new report layout, Posted Purchase Invoice – Self‑Billing Invoice, formats the invoice to align…
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M365 Roadmap
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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The feature introduces four new APIs in the Sustainability area to improve interoperability and enable automated data flows between Business Central and external applications. The new APIs are: Goals: Provides read, insert, and modify operations for sustainability goals. ESG Reporting Staging: Read-only API for accessing staged ESG reporting data. Emission Value Entry: Read-only API for retrieving emission value entries calculated in Business Central. Purchase Lines with Sustainability Detail: Enables read, insert, and modify operations on purchase lines, including sustainability-related field…
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central is adding subcontracting capabilities to its supply chain management solution, allowing for better tracking and management of external vendors in production processes. Admins can enable this feature for their users starting from July 2026.
What you should do
Admins should review and enable the subcontracting feature key on the Feature Management page before July 2026 to ensure smooth migration for users. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
The standard Dynamics 365 Business Central solution already meets many global needs. We expand that solution to meet local needs by adding capabilities that include: Logistics flows that manage subcontractor transfers for raw materials and components, along with warehouse handling and item tracking. Flexible pricing that considers the work center, item, dates, and quantity. Finished goods receipts with item tracking and warehouse handling from purchase orders. Logistics flows that manage subcontractor transfers of finished goods. Enhanced usability and more transparency in production processes…
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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New read-only APIs for Dynamics 365 Business Central approval workflows are introduced, allowing secure access for auditing and reporting purposes. These APIs are enabled for end users automatically and will be generally available in June 2026.
In this release wave, we're introducing read-only APIs on the (workflow) approval system. This allows for establishing security and auditing analytics and reporting outside Business Central—for example, creating reports with Power BI or agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio and MCP Server for Business Central. The APIs are read-only and allow querying for: Workflow Workflow and User mappings Workflow, User, and Action history We're also introducing a new permission set that allows a user to use approval APIs. This shouldn't be granted to standard users, but might be included in security-related…
Type
M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Microsoft introduces a new feature allowing the creation of Dataverse agent users with Microsoft Entra agent identities, enabling secure and compliant management of AI agents.
Organizations can securely deploy AI agents to access and interact with Dataverse data by using enterprise‑managed Microsoft Entra agent identities. This feature enables agents to be provisioned as Dataverse agent users with dedicated, least‑privileged security roles based on their intended capabilities. This feature ensures agents have only the access required to perform tasks autonomously or on behalf of users. By using identity‑based role assignment and full auditing of agent‑driven actions, organizations can enforce security and compliance policies across both human users and AI agents whi…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Dataverse, Web
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Business Central introduces new capabilities in excise journals to calculate tax amounts for plastic and sugar based on legislation requirements that use weight, content, and transaction quantities as the basis for excise taxes. The new Excise Tax Type, Qty. for Excise Tax, and Excise UOM fields on the Item Card and Fixed Asset Card pages let you define material composition and the relevant quantity basis for each product or fixed asset. For tax on plastic, Business Central calculates excise quantities by aggregating item ledger entries from purchases, positive adjustments, production output, …
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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New read-only APIs for analyzing permissions in Dynamics 365 Business Central are introduced, allowing external auditing and analytics. This feature is enabled for end users automatically and generally available in June 2026.
In this release wave, we're introducing read-only APIs on the permission system. This allows for establishing security and auditing analytics and reporting outside Business Central—for example, creating reports with Power BI or agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio and MCP Server for Business Central. The APIs are read-only and allow querying for: Permission Set Object, Scope, Extension info, and Permission Set Permission Set and Security Group mappings Permission Set and User mappings We're also introducing a new permission set that allows you to use the new permission APIs. This shouldn't be …
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central updates its UK localization to include new data points and a dispute mechanism for payment practices, helping organizations comply with new UK regulations.
Business Central extends UK localization to support the updated Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) Regulations 2024. The system introduces new data points to the existing Payment Practices page, including the total value of payments made during the period, late payments relative to agreed terms, and the percentage of late payments caused by disputes. A dispute mechanism is added to purchase invoices to link delayed payments directly to dispute status. The report can be exported in CSV format for submission or further processing. Business Value: New legislation in the UK…
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central's Shopify Connector now supports B2B features on all Shopify plans, previously limited to Plus plans. Admins need to update the connector settings to enable these features.
What you should do
Admins should update the Shopify connector settings by turning it off and then back on to enable B2B features on all Shopify plans. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
Shopify expanded its B2B capabilities to all plans, and the Shopify Connector for Business Central is updated accordingly. Core B2B features that previously required a Shopify Plus subscription now work on Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans. The following capabilities are available on all Shopify plans: Company sync: Import Shopify B2B companies and company locations and map them to customers in Business Central. B2B order processing: When a B2B order arrives, the connector identifies the company and resolves the correct bill-to and ship-to customer based on the company location. Market catalogs:…
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central adds support for e-invoicing and e-reporting in France, enabling the use of Peppol BIS3 and Factur-X formats starting August 2026.
Business Central adds support for e-invoicing and e‑reporting in France, following the DGFiP five‑corner model. Microsoft doesn't operate as a certified Partner Dematerialization Platform (PDP); instead, companies can use existing E‑Document connectors to exchange invoices and lifecycle messages through certified PDP providers. The localization app enables two compliant formats: Peppol BIS3 (XML) and Factur‑X (PDF/A‑3 with embedded XML). The feature supports sending and receiving structured e‑invoices for sales and purchase processes, including all mandatory lifecycle statuses. Companies will …
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Microsoft Dataverse for Finance and Operations now integrates telemetry with Azure Application Insights, allowing admins to monitor data import and export jobs in real-time.
By integrating data management framework telemetry for Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps, organizations can gain deeper visibility into data management executions, such as import and export jobs. This integration streams telemetry directly into the customer's own Azure Application Insights instance. By using this integration, customers can: Monitor import and export data management functions with start and end times. Monitor job status from source to staging and staging to target. Monitor failures with error messages at a granular level. Set up alerts and dashboards for proactive monito…
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M365 Roadmap
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Dataverse, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central now allows administrators to upload, install, and manage per-tenant extensions directly from the admin center and through APIs, simplifying deployment workflows.
Business Central offers full management of per-tenant extensions (PTEs) in the admin center and through admin center API endpoints. In addition to viewing and uninstalling extensions, administrators can upload PTE packages, install them immediately or schedule installations, and view upcoming extension versions. The API accepts extension package uploads directly, making it easier to integrate with build pipelines and deployment automation. This removes previous limitations that required using the Automation API, which involved more complex configuration and constraints. All new endpoints are a…
Type
M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central now allows marking e-documents as fully paid, partially paid, or unpaid, which helps with payment tracking and compliance.
You can mark an e-document as fully paid, partially paid, or unpaid. The system sends this information through accounts payable access points or receives it through accounts receivable access points, based on your e-document configuration. The payment tracking feature in e-documents includes details such as: Date of payment collection Amount collected, including VAT Base amount and VAT amount at the time of payment Business Value: Boost productivity with enhanced tracking of e-documents by quickly identifying whether each document is fully paid, partially paid, or unpaid. This feature also hel…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central now includes a feature to comply with Australian Payment Times Reporting requirements, automatically enabled for end users.
Every six months, Australian companies with more than AUD100 million in annual turnover must report how and when they pay small business suppliers (suppliers with annual turnover under AUD10 million). This feature organizes vendors by size or payment terms and creates reports that meet local authority requirements. The average agreed payment period. The average actual payment term. The proportion of invoices paid after the agreed payment period. Select the period for the calculation and choose a grouping for the details. For each grouping, you can view the sourced entries. Use this feature by …
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Microsoft is introducing read-only APIs for generating PDFs of document reports in Dynamics 365 Business Central, enabling automation with Power Automate or Microsoft Copilot Studio.
We're introducing read-only APIs in the document report system. The APIs help establish automation on document reporting outside Business Central. For example, to create agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio and MCP Server for Business Central to automate business processes that involve document PDFs. The APIs are read-only and allow you to query the following types of documents: Sales documents Blanket sales orders Sales return orders Sales shipments Return receipts Sales archive quotes Sales archive orders Sales archive returns Sales archive blanket orders Purchasing documents Purchase quotes…
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M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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The MCP server for Dynamics 365 Business Central has been updated to expose all Microsoft APIs and support API queries, making it easier to build integrations and agents that interact with Business Central data.
With this update of the MCP server for Business Central, customers and developers can expose a broader set of Business Central APIs as tools, making it easier to build solutions that interact deeply and consistently with Business Central data and processes. Key improvements include: Access to all Microsoft APIs The MCP server can now surface the full set of standard Microsoft APIs in Business Central. This enables agents and integrations to work with a wider range of entities and actions out of the box, reducing the need for custom extensions and ensuring more consistent access to business dat…
Type
M365 Roadmap
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Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Administrators must choose an email review policy for the Payables Agent, which affects accounts payable teams by allowing them to automatically process emails from known senders, reducing manual approval requirements.
What you should do
Select an email review policy for the Payables Agent before the August 2026 release. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
This feature introduces email review policy and a Known Senders list page to give accounts payable teams more control over which incoming emails require human approval before the Payables Agent processes them. A new Email review field in the Payables Agent setup lets administrators choose when incoming emails require human approval. The following options are available: Always: Every email requires approval, regardless of the sender. Never: No emails require approval. Only if untrusted (recommended): Only emails from senders who aren't on the list of known senders require review. This is the re…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central introduces a free trial mode for the Payables Agent that allows users to start without administrator assistance or email setup, by uploading invoice PDFs directly.
Payables Agent introduces a free trial mode that any user can start without help from an administrator or having paid credits. You can start the trial directly from the agent setup card or from the Purchase Invoices page. You don't need to have an administrator role or configure an email account. You upload invoice PDFs manually to start processing, bypassing the email-based sourcing flow entirely. The trial activates immediately the first time you upload an invoice. The trial includes 50 free invoice uploads. Each upload counts against the quota. You can track your remaining quota on the agen…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Discover how Azure is advancing cloud-native infrastructure to help organizations build, run, and optimize applications and agents at scale. The post Evolving the cloud-native foundation for the next generation of AI appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Explore the new Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release, with AI agent tools for Terraform, backup, recovery, and troubleshooting, plus stronger security defaults. The post Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release: More tools. More possibilities app
Explore the new Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release, with AI agent tools for Terraform, backup, recovery, and troubleshooting, plus stronger security defaults. The post Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release: More tools. More possibilities appeared first on Azure SDK Blog.
We're building operational consistency through Azure and Azure Arc, and infrastructure consistency through Hyper-V. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms appeared first on
We're building operational consistency through Azure and Azure Arc, and infrastructure consistency through Hyper-V. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.