What's new and planned for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability

This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2022 through September 2022. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.

For a list of the next wave's release plans, go to 2022 release wave 2 plan.

In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.

This check mark ( ) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.

Record

Near real-time connections across emissions sources enable Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability to automate ingestion of operational business activities that represent the customer's entire operations and value stream emissions footprint.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Create time-bound constraints for a rules-based goal status	Users, automatically	Sep 30, 2022
Common Data Model for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability	Users, automatically	Oct 27, 2021	Jun 1, 2022
Dynamic calculation service	Users, automatically	Oct 27, 2021	Jun 1, 2022
Integrate with ecosystem of prebuilt data connectors	Users, automatically	Oct 27, 2021	Jun 1, 2022
Ingestion error handling improvements and hardening	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 30, 2022	To be announced
Ingestion framework enhancements	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 30, 2022	To be announced
Segment Microsoft Sustainability Manager access by business unit	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 29, 2022	To be announced
Report scope 3 categories 8 and 13 - emissions from leased assets	Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Sep 30, 2022	To be announced
Report scope 3 category 5 - emissions from waste	Users, automatically	Sep 30, 2022	To be announced

Reduce

Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability will help customers better understand the actions they should take to continue to reduce emissions, improve business processes, and make lasting changes in their organization.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Track goals with data-driven scorecards	Users, automatically	Oct 27, 2021	Jun 1, 2022

Report

With a complete set of understandable data, customers can produce reports based on consumption, create an accurate baseline, and understand progress toward goals, while meeting strict regulatory and public reporting requirements.

Feature	Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Emissions and operational-specific dashboards	Users, automatically	Oct 27, 2021	Jun 1, 2022
Meet public reporting requirements	Users, automatically	Oct 27, 2021	Jun 1, 2022
View Emissions Impact Dashboard reporting enhancements	Users, automatically	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 30, 2022

Description of Enabled for column values:

• Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.

• Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.

• Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.

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