What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

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This topic lists features that are planned to release between April and September 2019. Previews for some features will start in February 2019.

These release notes describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (see Microsoft policy).

When a month is used in the Date column, the feature will be delivered sometime within that month. The delivery date can be any day within that month, not just on the first day of the month.

For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, see the International availability guide.

Financial management

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Bank foreign currency revaluation General Availability Both May 16, 2019
Expense client usability General Availability Both June 13, 2019
Edit bank statement date and view edit history General Availability Both May 16, 2019
Recover vendor invoices General Availability Both May 16, 2019
Accounts payable vendor invoice change with exchange rate field General Availability Both June 13, 2019
Mark free text invoice templates assigned to customers as inactive General Availability Both June 13, 2019
New fixed exchange rate in vendor invoices, sales orders, and sales agreements General Availability Both July 9, 2019

Public sector

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Accounts Payable
Associate federal 1099 default value to main account General Availability Both September-November 2019
Payment journal summary report General Availability Both October-December 2019
Restrict ability to edit accounting distributions on accounts payable vendor invoices General Availability Both October-December 2019
Budgeting
Hourly rate field on forecast positions General Availability Both April-June 2019
Summary budget vs. actual report General Availability Both May-July 2019
Financial dimension allocation on forecast positions General Availability Both May-July 2019
Forecast position reports General Availability Both June-August 2019
Job description update for Forecast position and Position General Availability Both September-November 2019
Remove option to replace budget plans General Availability Both September-November 2019
Cash and bank management
Escheatment General Availability Both May-July 2019
Cash control General Availability Both June-August 2019
General ledger
Interest distribution General Availability Both April-June 2019
Update bank balances when posting transactions using advanced ledger entry General Availability Both July-September 2019
Daily statement of treasurer's accountability General Availability Both August-October 2019
Canadian Harmonized Sales Tax General Availability Both December 2019-February 2020
Procurement and sourcing
Apply general budget reservation to multiple purchase agreement lines General Availability Both May-July 2019
Ability to apply general budget reservation to multiple purchase requisition lines at once General Availability Both April-June 2019
Calculate purchase order delivery dates based on lead times and working days General Availability Both May-July 2019
Vendor bidding – RFQ questions from vendors and summarized responses General Availability Both August-October 2019
RFQ activity General Availability Both July-September 2019
Purchase agreement enhancements General Availability Both July-September 2019
Add RFQ link to purchase order line details General Availability Both July-September 2019
Purchasing card processing General Availability Both May-July 2019
New field on receipt form for entering quantity to receive General Availability Both December 2019-February 2020
Delegation of multiple purchasing work items General Availability Both September-November 2019
Projects
Project contract funding limit committed amount detail General Availability Both May-July 2019
Circular A-133 report for grants (SEFA) General Availability Both January 2020-March 2020
Project invoice proposal selection parameter by funding source General Availability Both December 2019-February 2020
Generate earnings statements from project timesheets General Availability Both October-December 2019

Product information management and inventory

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Inventory performance optimizations General Availability Cloud April 2019
Unit of measure conversions for product variants General Availability Both April 2019

Warehouse management

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Catch weight product processing with warehouse management Public Preview Both April 12, 2019
Work line details Public Preview Both April 12, 2019
System-directed work sequencing Public Preview Both April 12, 2019
Advanced wave label printing Public Preview Both April 12, 2019

Sales and procurement

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Simplified view - templates General Availability Both Undetermined

Manufacturing

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Master planning stability and recovery improvements General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Improved removal of obsolete planning data General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Master planning configuration wizard General Availability Both September 13, 2019
Planning optimization Public Preview Cloud September 13, 2019
Asset management Public Preview Both July 23, 2019

Globalization

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Additional Russian localization features General Availability Both April and May 2019
Expanded regional coverage for Regulatory Configuration Service (RCS) deployments Public Preview Cloud March 8, 2019
Electronic reporting - Performance optimization of customer-built configurations General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Electronic reporting - Setting up parameters by legal entity General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Electronic reporting - Post-processing of generated files General Availability Both May 16, 2019
Electronic reporting - Post-processing of imported files General Availability Cloud March 8, 2019
Electronic reporting - Generate documents in PDF format by filling in PDF templates General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Electronic reporting - Specify a custom storage location for generated documents General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Global Tax Engine (India) - Improving tax configuration usability with reduced number of lookups General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Global Tax Engine (India) - Simplifying tax setup maintenance with Excel integration General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Global Tax Engine (India) - Enabling tax configuration with tax currency and sales tax codes General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Regulatory updates General Availability Both Continuous
Cash flow management General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Incomes and expenses profit tax registers General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Localization of process industries General Availability Both March 8, 2019

Platform

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Analytics
Entity store support for on-premises deployments Public Preview On-premises May 16, 2019
Web edit tooling for analytical workspaces Public Preview Cloud April 12, 2019
Personalization options for analytical workspaces Public Preview Cloud July 9, 2019
System management of network printers Public Preview Cloud April 12, 2019
Client alert notifications by email Public Preview Both April 12, 2019
Client
Alert users before sessions end due to inactivity General Availability Both July 9, 2019
Improved "Add filter fields" experience General Availability Both April 12, 2019
Updated navigation bar that aligns with the Office header General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Clear identification of preview builds General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Ability to recover a user session to its last state Public Preview Both April 2019 – July 2019 (Incremental feature releases)
Enhanced grid experiences Public Preview Both October 2019
Saved views Public Preview Both October 2019
Client productivity and usability improvements General Availability Both Undetermined
Development
Developer tools and application lifecycle management Public Preview Both April 2019 – July 2019 (Incremental feature releases)
Platform extensibility enhancements General Availability Both March 8, 2019
Platform extensibility enhancements wave 2 General Availability Both April 12, 2019
Platform extensibility enhancements wave 3 General Availability Both May 16, 2019
Platform extensibility enhancements wave 4 General Availability Both June 13, 2019
Platform extensibility enhancements wave 5 General Availability Both July 9, 2019
Analyze runtime events using Application Tracker General Availability Both May 16, 2019

Integration

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Business events for integrations General Availability Cloud May 16, 2019
Finance and Operations data in Common Data Service Public Preview Cloud July 24, 2019
Entity store in your own Business Data Lake Public Preview Cloud June 2019

Cloud operations and Lifecycle Services

Feature Release type Cloud or on-premises Date
Data residency – China cloud General Availability Cloud April 2019
One Version experience General Availability Cloud April 1, 2019
Self-service deployment General Availability Cloud May 2019
Business process modeler (BPM) user interface improvements General Availability Cloud March 4, 2019
Onboard to Azure Monitor General Availability Cloud August 2019
LCS updates for One Version General Availability Cloud July 9, 2019