Microsoft Dynamics 365 2025 Release Wave 2: Transforming Finance & Supply Chain operations

The 2025 Release Wave 2 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 introduces powerful innovations in Finance and Supply Chain Management. These updates focus on automation, compliance, and operational agility, helping organizations streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and respond faster to market demands. Here’s a closer look at the key features and their strategic value that are expected to be released from October 2025 through March 2026.

Dynamics 365 Finance: driving efficiency and control

Preview automatic bank reconciliation matching results

Finance teams will be able to preview matching results before posting during automatic bank reconciliation. This capability allows users to review exceptions, validate matches, and make corrections without creating reversal entries. By enabling this level of control, organizations can improve accuracy, reduce errors, and accelerate the processing of bank statements while maintaining confidence in financial data and compliance. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

New journal framework

Microsoft plans to introduce a modernized journal framework designed to address long-standing challenges in journal processing. This framework will deliver significantly better performance for importing, validating, and posting large journals. It will also support multi-company entries in a single journal and will simplify reversals. These enhancements allow global organizations to process transactions faster, reduce complexity, and improve visibility into errors. The new framework also introduces voucher type giving you more insights. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Accounting rules for journals

The new accounting rules feature will centralize the setup of posting accounts and will enforce consistent rules for general ledger postings. Those rules will provide traceability and versioning for audit purposes, ensuring that every change is documented. This functionality strengthens governance, reduces posting errors, and maintains a clear audit trail, which is critical for compliance and internal controls. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

AR/AP currency revaluation across companies

Organizations will be able to run foreign currency revaluations for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable across multiple legal entities from one centralized screen. This eliminates repetitive tasks, saves time, and ensures consistent financial reporting across global operations. Combined with automation, this feature reduces the risk of discrepancies and accelerates month-end processes, enabling finance teams to close books faster and with greater accuracy. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Import remittance advice from customers

This feature envisions to automate the import and mapping of remittance advice using AI, integrating directly into payment journals and settlement processes. It also provides reporting for payment status, outstanding invoices and cash flow insights. By reducing manual reconciliation work, businesses can process customer payments faster, improve cash flow visibility, and enhance liquidity management, leading to more efficient financial operations. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Boost finance productivity with copilot

Microsoft is also introducing Copilot-powered experiences that transform how users interact with Finance and Operations apps.

The new Immersive Home serves as an AI-first landing page, replacing static dashboards with a dynamic, personalized workspace. It surfaces priority tasks, AI-driven suggestions, and agent activity in one view, reducing navigation and helping users stay focused on what matters most. Users can act on approvals, review agent-prepared actions, and monitor automation performance without leaving the page, creating a more intuitive and efficient workflow. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

In addition, Copilot will enable users to ask questions about ERP data in natural language, making it easier to retrieve insights without navigating complex menus or running reports. Whether checking outstanding invoices, analysing expense trends, or reviewing vendor performance, users can simply type a question and receive accurate, context-aware answers instantly. Together, these capabilities bring conversational AI and intelligent automation into the core of financial operations, improving decision-making, reducing manual effort, and accelerating day-to-day processes. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: agility and intelligence at scale

Enable quality control with sample management

Manufacturers will be able to define sampling plans and track samples throughout their lifecycle without holding them in inventory. Sampling frequency can be based on production batches or license plates. Quality orders ensure compliance before goods are released. This functionality improves product quality, reduces compliance risks, and enhances traceability, helping manufacturers meet regulatory standards and customer expectations. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Capture worker IDs for warehouse packing events

The Warehouse Management mobile app will log worker IDs during key packing steps, providing full traceability of who performed each action and when. This capability boosts accountability, supports audits, and helps identify training needs to reduce errors. It also improves operational transparency and quality control in warehouse processes, ensuring that every step is properly documented. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Improve picking efficiency with wrist-mounted scanners

Native support for wearable scanning devices will allow workers to scan without holding a separate device, saving several seconds per scan and reducing repetitive strain. Organizations can achieve significant improvements in picking accuracy and speed, leading to faster order fulfillment and higher worker satisfaction. This is particularly valuable in high-volume environments where efficiency and ergonomics are critical. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Optimize placement of on-hand inventory for efficient picking

AI-driven dynamic slotting continuously analyzes demand and automatically adjusts warehouse layouts so high-demand items are always in the most accessible locations. This reduces pick times, increases throughput, and lowers operational costs. By enabling warehouses to respond quickly to seasonal demand shifts, this feature improves customer satisfaction and profitability while making operations more resilient. Find out more at learn.microsoft.com.

Discover how Dynamics 365 updates can unlocking lasting value

The 2025 Release Wave 2 represents a strategic leap toward automation, intelligence, and global scalability. These features empower finance teams to close books faster and maintain compliance, while supply chain teams gain unprecedented agility and efficiency. Together, they help organizations reduce costs, improve accuracy, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

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