Microsoft is moving Dynamics 365 and Power Platform product plans to the AI at Work roadmap

MSDW Insight: The 12+ year old release wave model had outlived its usefulness in today's all-AI Microsoft product development lanscape. The new home for features could meaningfully improve visibility for customers and partners.

Microsoft announced it will move its product roadmaps for Dynamics 365 apps and Power Platform services away from the “release waves” approach and begin publishing the guidance to the AI at Work roadmap.

“We’re making this change because of how our customers actually work. Few organizations run a single Microsoft product in isolation,” wrote Microsoft GM Richard Riley. “Bringing this content together means you can see what is coming across all of these products in one view, filter it to your own environment, and plan across products.”

New Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Dataverse capabilities begin publishing to the AI at Work roadmap in September 2026, with existing roadmap content related to Public Preview or GA features that was targeted for June 1 being migrated by November. The Release Planner from the release wave era will be retired by November 15. 

Microsoft has been using some form of the ‘release wave’ approach to Dynamics apps since at least 2013 and 2014, when the CRM team was still betting on acquisitions like Parature and Social Listening. In recent times, observers have noted delays in updates to the Release Planner site.

With the new approach, roadmap items will progress through In Development, Rolling Out, and Launched phases, with status updates as plans evolve.

The AI at Work roadmap was designed to support planning, according to Riley. Features include the ability to filter by product, feature ID, and other attributes, export views to CSV, and to subscribe via RSS. And there is a Release Communications MCP Server that allows customers to query the roadmap information through AI tools and workflows.

The change of venue will not “change how our products are built, released, or deployed.” Release schedules will continue, Message Center will still be used, and Microsoft Learn will remain the home for product documentation.