What's new and planned for Microsoft Power Platform governance and administration

Important

This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to Administer Microsoft Power Platform. For the latest release plans, go to Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.

This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2021 through March 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 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.

An enhanced, unified Power Platform admin center

Enhancements to the Power Platform admin center and Dynamics 365 offer a unified experience for managing environments, deployments, capacity, and usage.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Project Operations-based trials (with ERP) in the Power Platform admin center Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 30, 2021 Oct 1, 2021
Pay as you go for Power Apps and related Power Platform products using Azure subscription Users by admins, makers, or analysts Nov 1, 2021 Mar 8, 2022
Managing users in the Power Platform admin center Users by admins, makers, or analysts Nov 30, 2021 Mar 22, 2022
Intuitive, modern UI experiences for user Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 22, 2022 Mar 24, 2022

Automation and tooling for administrators

Rich tooling experiences are available for administrators and IT professionals managing Microsoft Power Platform.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Modernized user interface for advanced settings Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Oct 8, 2021
New connectors disabled by default in GCC High and DoD Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jan 31, 2022 Mar 31, 2022
Unified Microsoft Power Platform API Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 31, 2022 To be announced

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.