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This article outlines the major version lifecycle policies for Mobile WMS for Business Central (Cloud and On-Prem)


Every 6-month Microsoft will release a "major" version of Business Central, also known as "Wave 1" (April) and "Wave 2" (October).

  • This lifecycle policy is based on major versions.  See more: Version numbers in Business Central
  • In practice, this only affects On-prem installations, as cloud tenants receive a new major version every 6 months


What it means to be in an active lifecycle

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  • Both new features and bug fixes are released
  • Documentation is maintained

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  • Features or bug fixes are no longer released
  • Documentation may no longer fully match the experience of this release

Policy

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Rules

MS rule

  • 6 months of full support and 12 months with only bug fixes, for a total of 18 months of support

Mobile WMS rule

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  • BC Cloud using AppSource

    • A supported version of Mobile WMS is always available (our two years end date is longer than needed, as cloud production servers get a new major version every 6 months)

  • BC On-prem

    • You should upgrade Business Central at least every two years or you may not be able to install the new Mobile WMS releases


Rules overview

Major BC Version

Mobile WMS

rule

Rule

MS

end dateResulting Mobile WMS end date

End Date

Initial End Date

Status

13

BC13 is extended

Extended MS by 3 years

Apr.

April 2020

April

2023 Extended 3 years

2023 

❌ Retired

14 -18

BC14 has the same

Same end date as MS (14 is the last

C/AL

CAL version)

Oct.  2023

Oct.

2023  Same as MS

  2023

✅ Oct.  2025 Extended to match BC22

19

Extends

Extended MS by 6 months

April 2023

Oct.

2023  Extends MS by 6 months

  2023 

✅ Oct.  2025 Extended to match BC22

20

Extends

Extended MS by 6 months

Oct.  2023

April 2024

Extends MS by 6 months

✅ Oct.  2025 Extended to match BC22

21

Extends

Extended MS by 6 months

April 2024

Oct.

2024  Extends

  2024 

✅ Oct.  2025 Extended to match BC22

22

Extended MS by 6 months

Oct.  2024

April 2025 

✅ Oct.  2025


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