Business Central Update 27.5 - And How to Prepare for the Next Major Update
- Ken Sebahar
- Apr 2
- 3 min read
What's New in Business Central Update 27.5
In this video below, I explain everything you need to know about Business Central update 27.5:
When is it available?
What Improvements and Hotfixes are included?
What New Features are included?
For the full list of hotfixes and new features, please refer to this page:
Plus, we will take a sneak-peak at some of the key new features you can expect to received when this update (28.0) is deployed next month.
Finally, I will provide a suggested process for planning and scheduling the deployments of major updates into Production environments.
Additional highlights from this video include the following:
1) With 2026 Release Wave 1 right around the corner, we preview some of the key new features you should expect when this update (28.0) is deployed. Here are my own personal favorites:
Business Central MCP Server Overview and Setup - Business Central | Microsoft Learn
Currently, Microsoft has deployed the Sales Order Agent and the Payables Agent. With this new feature, custom agents can be created within Business Central to complete tasks. This allows organizations to incorporate their own tailored agents into their process workflows to optimize and improve efficiency and output.
Financial Reporting enhancements | Microsoft Learn
This is listed as a single improvement, but it is indeed an entire series of improvements made to how Financial Reports (formerly known as "Account Schedules) are created, generated, and distributed. As a former accountant and lead cheerleader for the functionality that Financial Reports provides, I am very excited about these improvements!
Create purchase orders from drop shipments | Microsoft Learn
This new feature adds some long overdue efficiency improvements related to the creation and management of drop shipment type sales orders and purchase orders. There are two additional improvements related to drop shipments that further increase efficiency and ease-of-use when working with drop shipment orders:
2) With the next major update (2026 Release Wave 1) right around the corner, it is important to plan when this update is applied to your Production environment.
Suggested steps to Prepare for a Major Update to Business Central:
Review the list of new features to be included in the next major update to familiarize yourself with which new features your organization may be able to leverage and what changes your users should expect.
For version 28.0, here is the list:
Assuming you are set up to receive Notifications within the Business Central Admin Center, when you receive the email that the update to version 28.0 is available and/or scheduled, use the Admin Center to complete the following:
Create a new Sandbox environment using a copy of the Production environment.
Schedule this new Sandbox environment to be updated ASAP.
Schedule the Production environment update date far into the future.
Once you receive notification that the Sandbox has been updated, perform testing of existing functionality. Also, consider testing some of the new functionality if it is expected to be deployed and utilized immediately upon completion of the update.
Once you are comfortable with the update, re-schedule your Production environment update based on a date and time that will best serve the organization.
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