What’s New in Dynamics 365 Finance 10.0.43: A Comprehensive Overview

Dynamics 365 Finance continues to evolve, and the March 2025 release (build 10.0.2177) brings an array of new features, enhancements, and process improvements that empower organizations to streamline financial operations. In this post, we’ll dive into what’s new or changed in version 10.0.43, highlighting key modules, performance updates, and regulatory enhancements.

Release Schedule and Overview

The 10.0.43 release follows a phased rollout:

• Preview Release: January 2025

• General Availability (Self-update): March 2025

• General Availability (Auto-update): April 2025

This structured schedule ensures that organizations can test new functionality early and then benefit from a stable, up-to-date environment.

Key New Features

Enhanced Accounts Receivable

• Return Order Invoice Support via Dual-Write:
  New entities and mappings have been introduced to synchronize return order invoices seamlessly from Finance to your customer environment. This integration reduces manual intervention and improves invoice accuracy.

• Tax Adjustments for Consolidated Invoices (Japan):
  A default value is now set for sales tax adjustment transactions during the consolidated invoice process, minimizing errors related to missing financial dimensions.

Budget Control Improvements

• Non-Retrievable Purchase Orders Page:
  For the purchase order year-end process, a dedicated page now helps users identify why certain purchase orders aren’t available. This clarity supports a smoother year-end closing process.

Cash and Bank Management Enhancements

• Foreign Currency Revaluation Automation:
  Process automation has been extended to accounts receivable and accounts payable, simplifying foreign currency revaluation and reducing manual processing.

• Offset Account Financial Dimensions for GL Voucher Posting:
  Users can now define offset financial dimensions during bank account reconciliation—whether vouchers are posted manually or generated automatically.

• Payment Journal Cancellation:
  The Modern bank reconciliation worksheet now enables the direct cancellation of customer payment journals, ensuring that reversals are easier to process and maintain accurate financial records.

Subscription Billing and Electronic Reporting

• Performance Boost for Consumption Quantity Updates:
  This update enhances recurring contract billing, especially for usage-based billing schedules, ensuring that consumption updates are processed more efficiently.

• In-App PDF Conversion (Preview):
  The new in-app PDF conversion for configurable business documents means users can now convert Word or Excel documents to PDF directly within the application. This feature leverages Application Object Server (AOS) resources, reducing reliance on external services while ensuring high performance and security.

Regulatory Reporting Enhancements

• UK MTD VAT Integration (Production Ready Preview):
  For cloud-based deployments, security enhancements in the UK Making Tax Digital (MTD VAT) integration now update your test and returns electronic messaging processing automatically. Note that once enabled, this feature cannot be disabled.

• Poland’s SAF Accounting Books – JPK_KR_PD (Preview):
  In response to Poland’s mandatory reporting standards for detailed electronic accounting books, this new reporting standard supports compliance for businesses starting January 2025.

System Administration Advancements

• Master Company Data Sharing:
  Also known as single record sharing, this functionality allows a single physical record from a master company to be shared virtually across child companies. Updates made in one location are automatically reflected across the board, ensuring consistency.

Feature Enhancements and Performance Improvements

Beyond introducing new functionality, version 10.0.43 brings numerous enhancements designed to boost performance and user productivity:

• Accounts Receivable:

  • Removal of duplicate and overlapping indexes improves database efficiency.

  • A fix ensures that financial dimensions are correctly inherited during automatic transaction postings.

• Modern Bank Reconciliation:

  • Enhanced filtering and a dedicated grid for new transactions create a more intuitive reconciliation process.

  • Partial netting adjustments now allow finer control when processing invoices with singular entries.

• General Ledger and Fixed Assets:

  • Financial tags are now available within the Accounting source explorer, and users can navigate directly back to original documents from pending accounting entries.

  • Fixed asset split transactions are automatically propagated from the main asset book to derived books based on pre-set configurations, simplifying multi-book management.

• Subscription Billing:

  • The updated Mass stubbing page now features an “Add renewal term” button to streamline renewals for usage billing schedules.

  • Invoice generation performance has been enhanced, speeding up the creation of invoice proposals for deferred billing schedule lines.

• Tax Module Enhancements:

  • Applicability rules now support a value lookup, enabling users to choose conditions and outputs via dropdowns instead of free text.

  • New API support allows for flexible field label and help text management, and performance improvements have been made for both withholding tax calculations and GST based on invoice accounts.

Default-Enabled Features and Removals

Default-Enabled Features

A host of new features have been turned on by default to ensure that customers benefit from the latest functionality immediately:

• Advanced bank reconciliation improvements (including filtering, batch mode posting, and automatic clearance of bridged transactions)

• Foreign currency revaluation performance improvements

• Customer and vendor netting, along with enhancements for vendor payment BI reporting

• Exchange rate types for sales tax and updated delivery date settings based on packing slip dates
  These defaults help users maintain current practices without needing to manually enable new features.

Removed from Feature Management

Some older or redundant features have now been removed from feature management, as they are enabled by default:

• Tax setup validation, globalization setup for Tax calculation, and obsolete code for AR/AP invoicing localization have all been streamlined.

• Additional changes include the removal of certain custom fields and workflow status resets that are no longer necessary.

Platform Updates, Bug Fixes, and Regulatory Compliance

In addition to feature-specific updates, Dynamics 365 Finance 10.0.43 includes important platform updates. Customers can expect:

• Platform and Infrastructure Improvements:
  Updates that support overall performance, scalability, and reliability for Finance and Operations apps.

• Bug Fixes:
  A comprehensive list of fixes is available via Microsoft Dynamics 365 Lifecycle Services, ensuring a smoother operational experience.

• Regulatory Updates:
  Staying compliant is key, and additional regulatory updates are available—both through direct documentation and via Lifecycle Services’ issue search tools.

Final Thoughts

The Dynamics 365 Finance 10.0.43 update is a robust release that not only introduces new functionalities but also enhances existing processes across multiple financial modules. Whether you’re streamlining reconciliation processes, ensuring compliance with international regulatory standards, or improving performance in billing and tax calculations, this release is geared toward driving efficiency and reducing manual intervention.

Organizations planning their next steps should explore these updates in detail and consider how enabling default features can further enhance operational effectiveness. For more information, detailed guidance, and regulatory specifics, visit the official Microsoft Learn page on Dynamics 365 Finance 10.0.43.