ERP Top Ten: The Most Exciting New Updates in Dynamics 365 Finance
- Charlie West
- May 7
- 2 min read
The features from 2025 Release Wave 1 are piling up, and we looked at what we feel will be the most impactful for users of Dynamics 365 Finance. The release is packed with innovative features that use the power of AI to make users more productive and help make better decisions.

Top Ten Exciting Updates
AI-Powered Enhancements:
Autonomous Financial Applications: The release strengthens autonomous financial application goals by introducing additional copilot and agentic capabilities. This sets the foundation for end-to-end automation and copilot experiences.
Real-Time Account Reconciliation: The account reconciliation agent now offers a systematic, real-time experience, moving away from end-of-period processes.
New Journal Framework: This brings additional control, hyper-scale, and multicompany capabilities to both entry and import experiences.
Enhanced Automation and User Experience:
Modern Bank Reconciliation: Enhanced automation based on user feedback, making bank reconciliation more efficient.
Globalization Updates: Expanded out-of-the-box localizations for Türkiye and Argentina, ensuring compliance with evolving electronic invoicing, tax reporting, and other legislations. Enhanced tax automation capabilities are also included.
Business Performance Analytics and Planning:
Increased Data Freshness and Extensibility: Business performance analytics now offers increased data freshness and extensibility capabilities.
Intelligent Actions and Templates: Business performance planning introduces intelligent actions and templates for quickly starting the continuous planning process.
Copilot-First Experience:
Deep Insights and Automation: Copilot features provide deep insights across documents, fixed assets book, and help increase automation in bank reconciliation. This reduces manual work involved in managing taxes and applying regulatory updates.
Investment Areas:
Business Performance: The suite of capabilities brings together analytics, planning, and insights on a single platform to continuously plan, act, and analyze financial and operational data.
Globalization Studio: Used by customers in over 210 countries and regions, this solution meets various tax compliance and local requirements. It offers out-of-the-box localizations and continuous regulatory updates, available in multiple languages. The no-code/low-code Globalization Studio services automate complex tax scenarios, enabling easy extension of localizations.
Big Picture
These updates are designed to make your financial operations more efficient and your decision-making faster and more informed. With AI-powered assistance, enhanced automation, and comprehensive globalization support, Dynamics 365 Finance is set to transform your financial management experience.
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