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Microsoft publishes 2025 Release Wave 1 Plans for Biz Apps, Role-based Copilots, Industry Clouds

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com
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Microsoft has added a new volume to its semiannual release wave planning for business applications with the announcement of updates coming in 2025 Release Wave 1. 

Along with Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Cloud for Industry plans, the company has separated out “Role-based Copilot offerings” for sales, service, and finance into a new plan.

Early access to the new features and experiences will begin in non-production environments on February 3, 2025, wrote director of PM Ryan Darby Martin. The features in these plans will be arriving to customers between April and September 2025.

Here are the Microsoft Learn links

Some community experts have been sharing new features they find noteworthy.

Microsoft MVP Malin Donoso Martnes explained all the listed features for Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys, noting that many are scheduled to go live by April 2025. For example: 

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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