What's new and planned for Power Automate
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to Microsoft Power Automate documentation. For the latest release plans, go to Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Cloud for Industry release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2023 through March 2024. 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 2024 release wave 1 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.
Cloud flows
Quickly automate across a variety of systems through advanced AI and extensive connectivity.
Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
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Channel entry point for Teams workflows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Store cloud flow run history in Microsoft Dataverse | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | - |
Make changes in draft mode for solution cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Use versioning for solution cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Use OAuth support for HTTP request triggers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Connect to other environments from the Microsoft Dataverse connector | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | May 2024 |
Copilot for Power Automate
Let copilot help you create automations using natural language.
Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
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Use Copilot to analyze automation activity in Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | - |
Use Copilot in Power Automate cloud flows designer | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
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Turn insights into actions with Copilot in process mining | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
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Transform scripting using AI-driven natural language | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | Sep 2024 |
Maximize your productivity with generative answers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | Sep 2024 |
Streamline workflow creation with the next best action | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | Sep 2024 |
Use the new Power Automate cloud flows designer | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Desktop flows
Use the new desktop flows features to automate tasks on your Windows PC.
Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
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Power Fx integration with Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | Sep 2024 |
Inspect a UI element | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
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Enable minimal flow logs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Microsoft 365 connectors in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Update time zone format to the same time zone as that of the relevant cloud flow | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Input variables can now be marked as optional and support blank values | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
UI automation - Simulate actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Use SAP-dedicated actions in desktop flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Power Automate for desktop displays dynamic messages in the home screen | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Use Azure Key Vault credentials in flow connections | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | Jun 2024 |
Try new actions for Microsoft 365 Word | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Auto-claim Power Automate user license | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | ![]() |
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Manage bot and application credentials directly | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | - |
Sign in to Power Automate for desktop using SSO | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Support scalar type variables when invoking from protocol handler in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
Create HTML action in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | ![]() |
View attended desktop flow runs using picture-in-picture execution mode | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | ![]() |
- | May 2024 |
- You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on July 31, 2023, including all mandatory changes that affect users. To learn more, go to Early access FAQ.
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.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.