Release Planner Retirement: D365, Power Platform, and Dataverse Move to AI at Work

Starting this fall, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Dataverse roadmap content is joining the AI at Work roadmap, giving customers a single destination to discover upcoming capabilities, track rollout progress, and plan adoption across Microsoft's business applications, productivity, and AI portfolio.

As part of this transition, Release Planner will retire on November 15, 2026. Microsoft is also retiring the twice-yearly release wave communication model in favor of continuous roadmap disclosure and change communications. New capabilities will be published to the AI at Work roadmap as they become committed and ready to share, providing a more current and comprehensive view of upcoming innovation.

When this will happen

• September 2026: New Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Dataverse roadmap items begin publishing directly to the AI at Work roadmap.
• Fall 2026: Existing roadmap items with Public Preview or General Availability dates on or after June 1, 2026 transition from Release Planner to the AI at Work roadmap.
• By November 15, 2026: Release Planner retires. The AI at Work roadmap becomes Microsoft's primary destination for public roadmap information.

How this affects your organization

If your organization uses Release Planner, Release Plans on Microsoft Learn, or release wave announcements for roadmap planning, you will need to transition to the AI at Work roadmap.

Key changes include:

• Release Planner will retire on November 15, 2026.
• New Release Plans will no longer be published on Microsoft Learn beginning in September 2026. Existing Release Plans will remain available for historical reference.
• The September 2026 Release Wave 2 announcement will not occur because release wave communications are being retired.
• Roadmap information will be published continuously rather than grouped into twice-yearly release wave announcements.
• Roadmap content will be available through filtering, CSV export, RSS subscriptions, and the Release Communications MCP Server pulls roadmap information directly into your own AI tools and workflows.
• Personalized saved views from My Release Plans will not migrate to the AI at Work roadmap.

What is not changing

This transition changes how Microsoft communicates roadmap information. It does not change how products are built, released, or deployed.

The following remain unchanged:

• Product release schedules
• Deployment and rollout processes
• Upgrade planning and support lifecycles
• Preview and testing programs
• Message Center notifications, which remain the authoritative source for tenant-specific communications
• Microsoft Learn as the home for product documentation and implementation guidance

What you can do to prepare

• In September, begin using the AI at Work roadmap as your primary destination for roadmap planning.
• Review internal processes, documentation, bookmarks, and communications that currently reference Release Planner, Release Plans, or release wave announcements.
• Configure roadmap filters, RSS subscriptions, and CSV exports to support your organization's planning processes.
• Evaluate the Release Communications MCP Server if your organization integrates roadmap data into planning workflows or AI tools.
• Continue using Message Center for tenant-specific change notifications and deployment communications.

Additional information

The AI at Work roadmap provides a single destination for roadmap information across Microsoft business applications, productivity experiences, Copilot, agents, and AI solutions. Organizations are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the roadmap's filtering, export, RSS, and MCP capabilities before September 2026 publishing begins.