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The update with minor version 25.5 for the Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 release wave 2 is generally available.
Scope of minor version 25.5
Information about the update and the scope of changes included in minor version 25.3 can be found in the documentation: Update 25.5 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central online 2024 release wave 2 ↗. The list of hotfixes included in the update can be found in the Microsoft support entry (link ↗).
Hotfixes
Minor version 25.5 does not bring any new features announced for the 2024 release wave 2. We will have to wait for the next batch of new features with the next release wave, which is just next month! Meanwhile, version 25.5, although without new toys, includes a substantial list of hotfixes (link ↗), which is worth reviewing.
Personally, I’m interested in those related to the functionality of Item Tracking and the bug fixes in the Manufacturing/Production area:
- Item Tracking doesn’t work as expected when running the planning worksheet and posting the partial consumption in the Consumption Journal (562934),
- error Cannot Match Item Tracking appears in the Reservation Worksheet when the Item Tracking is assigned to sales lines (563475),
- the Released Production Order Statistics report shows incorrect overhead and expected cost values (561759),
- in a directed warehouse setups (Directed Put-away and Pick), when we add Item Tracking Lines to a production order component, then create and register a partial Warehouse Pick and delete the Warehouse Pick, then while creating a new Warehouse Pick for remaining qty., resulted in no suggested tracking numbers (lot and/or serial numbers) in the pick lines (564648),
- … and even few more!
Additionally, the response time for the Chat with Copilot feature has been shortened, which, along with the previous minor version (25.4), became widely available – Chat with Copilot available in all countries and regions.
What’s new and planned for Business Central 25
The scope of planned changes that have been included in the entire 2024 release wave 2 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 25.5. Existing BC online environments will receive an update to minor version 25.5 in accordance with the current and updated in the version major 25 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 update will be available for their environment, along with a specified update window (as part of the preview version of the new update policy changes introduced in the 2024 release wave 2, the update window will be 5 months for Microsoft localized versions; the transition from preview to general availability is still planned for March 2025 – until then, the update window for Partner localized versions should stay 60 days).
Business Central on-premises
For on-premises environments, minor version 25.5 is now available for download from the Microsoft Support site (link ↗) as a DVD image for all localization versions released by Microsoft. However, the download link for minor version 25.5 from the Microsoft Download Center is not yet available.
Different installation path since version 25.2
For on-premises deployments, remember the new installation path since minor version 25.2, which can be important for updates, etc.
Artifacts for BC Docker containers
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Minor version 25.5 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.
Take BC 25.5 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.
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