The Complete List of New Features in Business Central 2026 Release Wave 1

With every release wave, Business Central gains dozens of improvements — and it can be hard to know which ones actually matter for your business. That is exactly why Microsoft publishes a complete, structured list of new and planned features for each wave. For 2026 Wave 1, this list is your single best planning tool.

What the feature list contains

The planned-features page breaks down every improvement across the product, organised by functional area:

• Finance — reporting engine, withholding tax framework, subscription billing.
• AI and Copilot — new agents and expanded Copilot scenarios.
• Supply chain and operations — quality management and approvals.
• Development and administration — governance, extensibility, and deployment.

Each entry tells you what the feature does, how it is enabled (automatically or by an admin), and the target date it becomes available.

How to read it like a pro

Do not try to adopt everything at once. Instead, filter the list by the areas that matter most to you, and mark the features that solve a real problem your team faces today. Pay attention to the enablement type — some features switch on automatically, while others need an administrator to turn them on.

Why it matters for your business

A feature list is more than documentation; it is a roadmap. Reviewing it helps you budget time for testing, prepare your users for change, and avoid surprises when a feature turns on automatically. Businesses that plan around the roadmap adopt new capabilities smoothly instead of scrambling later.

The path forward

Bookmark the page, share it with your finance and operations leads, and build a short adoption shortlist. That simple habit keeps your Business Central investment paying off wave after wave.

Explore the full list on the New and planned features page.