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Dynamics 365 licensing resources – September 2026

The Dynamics 365 licensing resources have been updated a couple of times for September 2026.

The main change this month is support for headless commerce, so that customers can run custom storefronts for their specific business requirements while still using Dynamics 365 Commerce for pricing, promotions, inventory, orders fulfilment etc. There are two new Add-on licences: Headless Import for importing completed retail transactions captured outside Dynamics 365 Commerce, and Headless Orchestration for capturing third-party retail transactions using Dynamics 365 Commerce APIs.

You’ll find details of both options throughout the Licensing Guide and Licensing Deck. Get full details of the changes using the one-click “Dynamics 365” filter in our subscriber-exclusive Licensing Guides Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. You’ll also find details of all the changes to be aware (and wary) of through our “What’s New” and “Cautionary Notes” features. If you’re not yet a subscriber, grab a copy of the Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/4xiJXA3 and the Licensing Deck here: https://bit.ly/463B02j.

Commerce Scale Unit changes

Microsoft have confirmed a change to the pricing and capacity entitlements of the Commerce Scale Unit licences in Dynamics 365 Commerce.

The Basic, Standard, and Premium licences are all affected by price adjustments effective 1 September 2026, aligning them with the cost of the Operations-Device licence when considering the included device limits. Similarly, the accrued Database and File capacities for these three licences will align with the Operations-Device licence as well.

The August 2026 Dynamics 365 Licensing Deck features the full details – subscribers can grab a copy using the one-click “Dynamics 365” filter in our Licensing Guides Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. Alternatively, find the PDF here: https://bit.ly/4h9cYtB.

Finding it tough to keep up with licensing price updates? Easily find and filter all product price changes in our subscriber-exclusive Product Price Plotter: https://bit.ly/ProductPricePlotter.

Dynamics 365 Commerce Add-ons End of Sale

Microsoft announce the End Of Sale for Dynamics 365 Commerce Recommendations and Dynamics 365 Commerce Ratings and Reviews. These Dynamics 365 Commerce Add-ons, which supplement an eCommerce website with product suggestions and customer reviews, are no longer available for new purchases, with renewals soon to follow suit.

The (somewhat scant) details can be found here: https://bit.ly/3MgpPNl, and here: https://bit.ly/4qlkzWY.

Dynamics 365 licensing resources

There are updated (October 2025) Dynamics 365 licensing resources. There aren’t major changes: a new purchasing options table, some amendments to the Commerce and Finance Security Roles sections, and the renaming of Project Operations Lite to Project Operations Core.

Find the updated Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/3VOllPl, and the Licensing Deck here: https://bit.ly/3IKZLIC.

Announcements for Dynamics 365 retail solutions

Microsoft make three announcements concerning their Dynamics 365 retail solutions:

  • Dynamics 365 Commerce (an evolution of Dynamics 365 Retail unifying back-office, e-commerce, in-store and call centre experiences) will be generally available on 3rd February, 2020
  • There will be two new capabilities for Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection (loss prevention and account protection) available for preview on 2nd March, 2020
  • Dynamics 365 Connected Store (which uses smart devices in-store to give customers real-time and predictive insights on, for example, the length of queues at the tills or traffic around product displays so that appropriate actions can be taken) will be in preview later in 2020

Find the announcement with links to further resources including case studies here: http://bit.ly/2QJLAFP.