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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Version Name
Confusion
Since the release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft has changed the version names of its ERP system several times, so it’s easy to lose track. We can help you to gain an overview of the whole confusion of names.
Microsoft’s Difficulties in maintaining the Version naming Scheme
When publishing all the versions of Business Central, even Microsoft had difficulties sticking to the version naming scheme. The result is a confusing list of versions with different names.
Previous Versions of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
In the following table you can see all previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and in the column “Version name” probably the most common name. Other version names, which were also used for the version, can be found in the column of the same name.
| Version | On-prem Release Date | Product Name | Version Name | Other Version Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | December 2017 | Dynamics NAV | 2018 | |
| 12 | Not released | Dynamics NAV | 2018 R2 | |
| 13 | October 2018 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | October 2018, Fall 2018, 1810 | |
| 14 | April 2019 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | Spring 2019 | April 2019, Spring Release, 2019 Wave 1, 1904 |
| 15 | October 2019 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2019 Wave 2 | Wave 2, Fall 2019, 2019 Release Wave, 2nd Release Wave 2019, 1910 |
| 16 | April 2020 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2020 Wave 1 | |
| 17 | October 2020 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2020 Wave 2 | |
| 18 | April 2021 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2021 Wave 1 | |
| 19 | October 2021 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2021 Wave 2 | |
| 20 | April 2022 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2022 Wave 1 | |
| 21 | October 2022 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2022 Wave 2 | |
| 22 | April 2023 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2023 Wave 1 | |
| 23 | October 2023 | Dynamics 365 Business Central | 2023 Wave 2 |