Lifecycle Policy

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 ✅

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

What it means to be out of lifecycle ❌

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

Policy rules

MS rule

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

Mobile WMS rule

• Extend MS end date by 6 months for a total of 2 years of support

Consequences

• BC Cloud

  • 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 must upgrade BC every two years or you may not be able to install the new Mobile WMS releases

Rules overview

Graphical overview

See also

• On-Prem Lifecycle https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/terms/lifecycle-policy-on-premises
• On-Prem Fixed Policy for BC14 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/dynamics-365-business-central-onpremises-fixed-policy