If you’re waiting to see what’s new in the 2026 Release Wave 2 for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, you can stop looking.
On 25 August 2026, Microsoft announced it’s ending the twice-yearly release wave model for Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Dataverse. In its place is a single, always-on roadmap.
Admins who treat the two waves as fixed points to plan around will need a new way to see what’s coming.
Microsoft’s announcement
Microsoft published the news on its Dynamics 365 blog. In an FAQ about whether there will be a Release Wave 2 announcement, the answer is one blunt word: “No.”
It goes on to say:
“New capabilities will be disclosed on the AI at Work roadmap as they become committed, rather than grouped into a twice-yearly release wave announcement.”
Under the old cadence, Release Wave 2 plans would typically appear in mid-July, with general availability from 1 October. This wave would be expected to cover features due between October 2026 and March 2027.
Instead, from September 2026, Microsoft will publish new Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Dataverse capabilities to the AI at Work roadmap (the renamed Microsoft 365 Roadmap).
Timeline
- September 2026: new capabilities start appearing on the AI at Work roadmap, and new release plans stop being published to Microsoft Learn.
- September to November 2026: existing content with a public preview or GA date of 1 June 2026 or later moves to the new roadmap.
- By 15 November 2026: the Release Planner site retires.
How to track changes now
Access the roadmap at aka.ms/AIatWorkroadmap. You can filter by product, export to CSV, share a filtered link, and subscribe by RSS to a whole view or a single feature.
Message Center remains the place for tenant-specific change notifications, and Microsoft Learn is still the documentation home.
Steps worth taking now:
- Filter the roadmap to your apps and bookmark the link
- Set up an RSS subscription so changes come to you
- Confirm your Message Center email digest is on
- Update any bookmarks pointing at the Release Planner
Our view
None of this is a surprise. The twice-yearly wave has felt out of step in recent years, as Microsoft ships updates every month. Plenty of announced “wave” features never landed on their stated GA date, or at all, and plans kept shifting after publication.
The wave announcements had largely become a product-marketing set piece, a moment for Microsoft to tell customers and partners what was coming. Few people enjoyed navigating the Release Planner for new items and timeline changes, but the model did give some predictability.
While AI developments continue to move rapidly, Dynamics 365 customers will still reasonably expect to be told what is changing and when. An always-on roadmap should do that better than a plan published twice a year.