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The first wave of updates for Dynamics Business Central in 2020 is coming! Those in early access will get to test out a lot of these features starting February 1st. Public availability for all features will drop to users in April. Microsoft has released a pretty extensive set of webpages that detail each feature. Below you will find a list of the planned updates and upgrades along with a link to the explanation of each feature.
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For a complete list of the Dynamics 365 Business Central features, see What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central.
| Feature | Enabled for | Early access | General availability |
| AL interfaces | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Application version for aliasing base application | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Auto-insert recurring sales and purchase lines | End users, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Bank reconciliation improvements | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Business Central integration with Common Data Service | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Camera/location AL API available in the browser | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Disable export of data to Excel | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Enable non-interactive printing with advanced printer selection | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Enhanced customer and vendor document layout | End users, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Enhanced Dynamics GP Chart of Accounts migration | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Enhanced mobile accessibility related to device orientation | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Expanded country and regional availability | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Import profiles and UI customizations | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Improved load time for pages | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Improved onboarding experience | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Improvements to data entry | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Improvements to filters and views on lists | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Improvements to pages composed of multiple parts | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Look up events and insert event subscriber in code | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Manage direct-debit collections in Service Management | End users, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Migrate all or only active customer master records from Dynamics GP | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Migrate all or only active vendor master records from Dynamics GP | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Migrate data from Business Central 14.x on-premises to Business Central 15.x online | End users, automatically | Jan 6, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Multiple languages | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Multiple variable declarations of the same type in the same line | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Navigate trees more easily | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Notify requester about all changes for an approval request | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Obsolete tag and URL properties | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Print to attachment | End users, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Receive more items than ordered | End users, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Register capacity in seconds | End users, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Resource limits for reports and web service calls | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Revert Qty. to Invoice when canceling order | End users, automatically | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Telemetry in Application Insights for partners | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| Unhide parts on a page | End users, automatically | Feb 1, 2020 | Apr 2020 |
