What's new and planned for Power Automate
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to What's new in Power Automate?. 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 April 2023 through September 2023. 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 2023 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.
Cloud flows
Use the new cloud flows features to automate tasks across hundreds of connectors.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generate expressions from examples | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 10, 2022 |
- |
May 15, 2023 |
| Service principal application users can own and run flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Sep 27, 2022 |
- |
Jun 11, 2023 |
| Experience the improved Power Automate mobile app for iOS | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 25, 2023 |
| Environment picker provides enhanced environment information | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 15, 2023 |
| Left navigation enhancements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 22, 2023 |
| Use native integration for flows in Excel | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 22, 2023 |
| Push cloud flow execution data into Application Insights | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 22, 2023 |
- | To be announced |
Copilot for Power Automate
Leverage Copilot to create automations using natural language.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flows created with natural language can now understand parameters | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 15, 2023 |
- | - |
| Use Copilot in Power Automate cloud flows designer | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 21, 2023 |
- |
Desktop flows
Use the new desktop flows features to automate tasks on your Windows PC.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create desktop flow connections without passwords | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 11, 2023 |
- | |
| Improved debuggability for client incidents | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 18, 2023 |
- | |
| Connectivity troubleshooter in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jul 19, 2023 |
- | - |
| Use troubleshooter for UI automation | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jul 19, 2023 |
- | - |
| Improved runtime error messages for Excel actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 11, 2023 |
| Run flows with keyboard shortcuts | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 11, 2023 |
| Use web automation to access cross-domain iframes | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 11, 2023 |
| Validate the selectors of UI elements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 11, 2023 |
| Fix the selector of a UI element | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
May 15, 2023 |
| Use updated actions pane | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
May 15, 2023 |
| Utilize performance improvements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 12, 2023 |
| Dedicated action for running .NET scripts | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jul 9, 2023 |
| Configure option to include or to not include screenshots in the error logs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 23, 2023 |
| Log message action | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 23, 2023 |
| Manage work queues for Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 17, 2023 |
- | To be announced |
Process advisor
Use the new process advisor features to better understand and improve processes in your organization.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplify data ingestion with Process Mining using intelligent mapping | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 10, 2023 |
- | - |
| Mine your process directly from your Azure Data Lake | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 4, 2023 |
- | - |
| Turn insights into actions with Copilot in process mining | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jul 18, 2023 |
- | - |
| Explore process mining capabilities with minit and process advisor | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 13, 2022 |
- |
Apr 2, 2023 |
* You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on February 6, 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.
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