Microsoft made Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 release wave 2 (version 29) generally available in early October 2026. New online customers get it straight away; existing customers receive an email from Microsoft when their environment can update. If your business runs on Business Central, this is the month to plan the move, not the week before it happens.

What's new that a business owner will notice

AI agents that do real work. The Payables Agent now matches invoices using line amounts and expected receipt dates, and its warnings no longer block you from finalising a draft. The Expense Agent adds mileage rates by date and vehicle type, VAT and withholding tax, better duplicate detection and approvals against policies written in plain language. A new agent task pane lists everything agents have done, and a review bar shows where they need a person to check.

Finance. Report packs run several financial reports as one PDF. Changes to report rows, columns and definitions are now always written to the change log. Items can carry more than one excise duty, and withholding tax now works for employee transactions as well as vendors.

Supply chain and manufacturing. A guided setup for subcontracting, direct transfers from warehouse locations, quality inspections that calculate passed and failed quantities, and production orders created straight from planning suggestions.

Shopify and e-documents. The Shopify connector moves to Shopify's July 2026 API and adds B2B companies and catalogues, HS codes and country of origin, and a choice between credit memos and return orders for refunds. E-Documents gains EDI support, starting with Peppol order exchange.

For developers. Page Scripting is now generally available, so key user journeys can be recorded and replayed as tests. Table extensions move to a new data model that stores a table's fields together, for better performance.

Three things to check before you update

  1. Shopify deadline. The connector shipped in the spring 2026 release uses a Shopify API version that Shopify supports only until 31 December 2026. If you sell through Shopify, update Business Central before then.
  2. Custom extensions. The new table extension data model is a behind-the-scenes change, but any custom extension or AppSource app should be tested on version 29 before production moves.
  3. Preview features. Several of the new agent features arrive as previews. Switch them on in a sandbox first and decide, feature by feature, what your team is ready for.

A safe update in seven steps

  1. Copy your production environment to a sandbox.
  2. Update the sandbox to version 29.
  3. Test every extension and AppSource app you rely on.
  4. Run your critical journeys: order to invoice, purchase to pay, month-end close.
  5. Check reports, Power BI dashboards and integrations such as Shopify.
  6. Show your team the agent task pane and review bar before agents go live.
  7. Schedule the production update inside Microsoft's update window, away from month-end.

How Solinovo helps

We run this as a fixed-price update check: a sandbox copy, testing of your extensions and integrations, a written list of anything that breaks with the fix, and a production update scheduled for a quiet day. If you'd like a second pair of eyes before version 29 reaches your company, book a health check. Book a health check.

Related service: Microsoft Dynamics 365

Sources