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Two AI agents now generally available, four Power BI apps included at no extra cost, a rebuilt financial reporting engine and a global withholding tax framework. Here's what's worth your attention.
Microsoft's 2026 Release Wave 1 for Business Central covers features shipping between April and September 2026. It's a large release, so here's the short version: this is the wave where AI agents stop being a demo and start doing real work.
AI agents are now generally available
The headline is that the Payables Agent and Sales Order Agent have reached general availability, and Microsoft has previewed a new Expense Agent.
This matters because these agents don't just suggest — they carry a process. The Sales Order Agent turns incoming customer emails into quotes and orders, checking products, pricing and availability. The Payables Agent assists with capturing invoices, interpreting and categorising documents, and moving them through approval workflows.
That's work most mid-market ERPs still leave entirely manual.
You can now build your own agents
Arguably the bigger long-term story: Agent Designer. Teams can prototype and refine custom agents directly inside Business Central, defining how an agent behaves, what data it uses and how it interacts with processes — without a lengthy development cycle.
Practical examples: an agent that monitors overdue invoices and triggers follow-ups, or one that flags exceptions in purchasing and inventory workflows.
There's also a new agent task pane, giving one consolidated view of what every agent is working on and what's been completed. Control and visibility were the two biggest objections to autonomous agents — this addresses both.
Four Power BI apps included
Wave 1 embeds four Power BI apps — Finance, Sales, Supply Chain and Subscription Billing — at no extra license cost. If you've been budgeting separately for reporting, revisit that assumption.
Under the hood
- A rebuilt financial reporting engine
- A global withholding tax framework — relevant if you operate across multiple countries
- MCP Server improvements, making it easier to connect Business Central with Copilot Studio and custom AI
What we'd do about it
If you're already on Business Central, the agents and the included Power BI apps are the two things to evaluate first — they have immediate payback and you're already paying for them.
If you're still on a legacy ERP, this release widens the gap. Agentic capability only runs in the cloud version; on-premise systems can't touch it.
One caution: Microsoft's release plans describe functionality that may change or ship later than planned. Treat feature dates as guidance, not guarantees, and validate anything critical in a sandbox before you build a process on it.
Talk to us about which agents would pay off fastest in your setup.
FAQ
Do I have to do anything for a release wave? In the cloud, no: it arrives automatically in your update window. You choose the date and should test in a sandbox first.
Do release waves break customizations? Clean AL extensions, no. Modifications to the standard, possibly — which is why the preview exists.
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