Updated: July 24, 2020 (December 5, 2018)

Unified Operations October 2018 Update and Roadmap

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The Unified Operations update brings more functionality from AX 2012 R3, user productivity enhancements, new customization features, and advanced analytics.
The release marks the first simultaneous online and on-premises update, which helps customers with hybrid deployments maintain compatibility between instances.
Servicing policy changes now require accepting two updates per year, which could cut into resources customers have for their own customization work.
On-premises customers may need to rewrite or replace customizations and add-ons.
Several planned enhancements have been delayed.

The October 2018 release for Unified Operations contains a range of new features and enhancements that bring the product closer to parity with the previous AX 2012 R3 version and addresses performance issues in the user interface.

Unified Operations Overview

Dynamics 365 Unified Operations (previously called Dynamics AX Online) is a family name for several integrated components, which are also part of the packaging structure:

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