What is new and planned for Dynamics 365 Human Resources – before and after merger
Read me first! Important note about the Dynamics 365 HR app being merged back into F&O
Please note that from January 2022, the Dynamics 365 Human Resource app is merged back into Finance and Operations.
Read more in our post The impact of merging D365 Human Resource app into Finance and Operations
Features that are planned to release from October 2021 through March 2022.
Because this topic lists features that may not have been released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.
For a list of the previous wave's release plans, go to 2021 release wave 1 plan.
In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.
Benefits management
Benefits management provides you with a flexible solution that supports a wide variety of benefit options. Human Resources also includes an easy-to-use employee experience that showcases your offerings.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redesign of bulk actions inquiry in Benefits management administration | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Nov 2021 | Jan 2022 |
Employee and manager self-service
Employee and manager self-service allows employees and managers to view and maintain their own information or information for their direct and extended reports.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee leave and absence experience enhancements in Microsoft Teams | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jan 2022 | Mar 2022 |
General
Microsoft is enhancing the user experience, and providing general improvements to Human Resources that apply to multiple workspaces and forms.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consistent environment management and integrations between Human Resources and Finance and Operations apps | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Aug 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| Create one set of human resources capabilities within Dynamics 365 | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Aug 2021 | Jan 2022 |
Integrations and extensibility
A core focus for Dynamics 365 Human Resources is ensuring customers are able to extend and expand application functionality through integrations and customizations. Microsoft is making new integrations available and providing new features that streamline custom integrations through Microsoft Dataverse.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improved extensibility options | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Aug 2021 | Oct 2021 |
Leave and absence
The Leave and absence workspace provides a flexible framework for creating new leave plans, workflows for managing requests, and an intuitive self-service page for employees to request time off. Analytics help your organization measure and monitor leave balances and usage for your leave plans.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manage employee sick leave | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar 2022 | To be announced |
Description of Enabled for column values
- Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.
- Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
- Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.
