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Dynamics 365 Business Central major version 25 (also known as 2024 release wave 2) is generally available.
What’s new and planned for Business Central 25
The scope of planned changes that have been included in the major release of BC 25 and later minor versions is described in a separate news: What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central 25 (2024 release wave 2).
Business Central online
New environments for BC online will now automatically launch on version 25. Existing BC online environments will receive an upgrade to major version 25 in accordance with the current and updated in this version major version and minor version update policy for BC online environments ↗. Notification recipients set in the Business Central admin center under the Notification Recipients section will receive an e-mail informing them when the upgrade will be available for their environment, along with a specified upgrade window (which since the 2024 release wave 2 will be 5 months – only for Microsoft-localized versions; for Partner-localized version it remains 60 days until December 2024).
Business Central on-premises
For on-premises environments, major version 25 is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center as a DVD image for all localization versions released by Microsoft: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 25.0 on-premises DVD image ↗.
Artifacts for BC Docker containers
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Major version 25 artifacts for BC Docker containers of the Sandbox and OnPrem types have been published and are available by selecting the latest version using the -select Latest parameter in the Get-BcArtifactUrl command of the BcContainerHelper module.
Business Central Launch Event
As is tradition for a new BC release, Microsoft is organizing an online event called Business Central Launch Event (BCLE), where the new features and changes of the latest version will be presented. I highly encourage you to participate!
The event will take place online from October 8-11, 2024 (starting with the keynote session on October 8, at 4:30 PM CEST). Registration for the event is free and can be done at: aka.ms/BCLE ↗. All sessions highlighting the latest features will be recorded and available on the YouTube channel: aka.ms/BCYouTube ↗.
Take BC 25 for a spin
You can now try, check, and test the new version of Business Central on your own! I wrote about different ways to create environments, e.g. for your own testing purposes, in the article Ways to create a BC test environment.
Thanks! 🙌
