On-premises deployment updates

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In the Spring '18 release timeframe, releases (for new deployments) include:

Additional on-premises-specific features are listed below.

  • Setup and deployment. Improvements to setup and deployment greatly reduce the time to set up infrastructure. Increased automation and added multiple prerequisite checks improve reliability. For more information, see the most current setup instructions.

  • Servicing. After deployment, on-premises customers can apply Microsoft-released platform and application updates, and also code customizations, to their environment through Lifecycle Services. This lets customers stay current with the latest set of fixes and take new customizations without having to reconfigure an existing environment or redeploy the on-premises environment. Customers can roll back code changes if package application fails. Note that the reconfigure feature will remain available for environments deployed with Platform update versions earlier than Platform update 12. 

  • Disconnected client experiences. You can disable experiences that depend on internet connectivity on the client machine, even when the client is connected to the internet, by using a simple configuration update from the application.

  • Data management. The ability to import and export data in Data management via integration APIs is available for on-premises deployments. This functionality lets you integrate external applications with Finance and Operations so that you can import and export data by using data entities.

  • Retail. The following retail head-office capabilities will be included in the Spring ’18 timeframe:

    • Product categories 

    • Channel categories and product attributes 

    • Attributes, attribute types, and attribute groups 

    • Trade agreements 

    • On-hand quantities 

    • Stock counts 

    • Assortments 

    • Retail catalogs 

    • Retail product kits 

    • Cross-docking and buyer's push 

    • Call Center

    • Customer Loyalty

    Retail channel components, including support for Retail Server and Point of Sale, will be available in the Fall ’18 timeframe.