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What's new in Business Central 2025 release wave 2 (v27)
Update 27 (2025 release wave 2) is a consolidation release: fewer headline-grabbing agents, more polish on the things people use every day. The theme is making existing capabilities — Copilot, Power BI, e-documents, financial reporting — actually usable in production. Here is what we think earns its place.
Copilot you can find things with
Two changes make Copilot more practical. Advanced Tell Me search uses semantic search so users find pages and reports by describing what they want, not by guessing the exact menu name. Enhanced chat with Copilot and enhanced analysis assist round out the experience, and there is now a clear breakdown of how each Copilot and agent capability is billed.
Why it matters: the number one support question for new BC users is “where is the thing that does X?” Semantic Tell Me cuts that down directly. And the billing transparency matters more than it sounds — being able to predict Copilot consumption is what lets a finance team approve rolling it out at all.
Power BI apps go open source
Microsoft has open-sourced the Power BI apps for Business Central, and the Finance, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing and Projects apps all received enhancements — including drill-back into BC and dynamic dimension names.
Why it matters: open-sourced apps are a turning point for reporting. Instead of accepting the standard report or commissioning a bespoke one, your partner can fork the official app and adapt it — faster, cheaper and on a foundation Microsoft maintains. For clients who have been quoted large sums for “custom dashboards,” this is the conversation to reopen.
E-documents grow up
The E-Documents framework gains a Clearance model (for countries that require real-time tax-authority approval), the ability to send via a service and email simultaneously, export reminders and finance charges as PEPPOL, create e-documents from posted sales invoices, and integrate with Power Automate.
Why it matters: e-invoicing mandates are spreading across Europe, and the clearance model is exactly what compliance in those regimes requires. Building this into the standard framework means clients can meet a new mandate by configuration rather than a rushed custom project. If e-invoicing is on your country’s roadmap, this is the release that makes you ready.
Smaller wins that add up
- Concealed text field type and UI masking for sensitive data — useful for anyone handling personal or payment data.
- Create multiple fixed asset cards at once, and alternative posting groups for employees.
- For developers: cancel build and publish from VS Code, a
TruncateTableAL method, and SQL call information in performance profiles.
Why it matters: the performance-profile and TruncateTable additions are the kind of thing that turns a two-day performance investigation into a two-hour one. Concealed fields close a real compliance gap without custom development.
Our take
Update 27 will not change how you pitch Business Central, but it removes friction in the places people feel it daily. The open-sourced Power BI apps and the e-document clearance model are the two we would build a roadmap conversation around.
Wondering whether the open-sourced Power BI apps could replace a custom report you are paying for — or whether your country’s e-invoicing mandate is covered? Tell us your story for an honest, free assessment.