Summary of what's new in Microsoft PowerApps
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09/14/2021
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These release notes describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (see Microsoft policy ).
When a month is used in the Date column, the feature will be delivered sometime within that month. The delivery date can be any day within that month, not just on the first day of the month.
For a list of the regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, see the International availability guide .
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Feature
Release type
Date
Entities added to the Unified Interface
General Availability
October 2018
Enhancements to roll-up views in Unified Interface
General Availability
October 2018
Faster loading model-driven apps
General Availability
October 3, 2018
End users can create personal dashboards and share them with other users and teams
General Availability
October 3, 2018
General usability, accessibility, and styling improvements in system charts
General Availability
October 3, 2018
Improved experience for building model-driven apps
General Availability
October 10, 2018
Increased performance for globally distributed Common Data Service for Apps enterprises
General Availability
October 10, 2018
Improved app discovery for consumers
General Availability
October 17, 2018
Sync specific appointments to Exchange
General Availability
October 17, 2018
Set Regarding lookup enhancements in Dynamics 365
General Availability
October 25, 2018
PowerApps forms in SharePoint are faster
General Availability
October 31, 2018
Filtering data on grids coming to Unified Interface
General Availability
October 31, 2018
Access team on Unified Interface
General Availability
October 31, 2018
Reporting Services Reports will be available on Unified Interface
General Availability
November 7, 2018
End users can create charts and share them with other users and teams
General Availability
December 5, 2018
More reliable Outlook Client v8.2 for Dynamics 365
General Availability
December 5, 2018
More reliable Outlook Client v9.0 for Dynamics 365
General Availability
February 2019
Build model-driven apps of higher quality with Solution checker
Public Preview
December 5, 2018
New model-driven form designer
Public Preview
January 4, 2019
Improved reliability of offline experience for canvas apps
Public Preview
January 23, 2019
Admin experiences are key to the adoption of any trusted platform.
Capabilities for app creators
Updates to the creation experience for model-driven and canvas apps, as well as Common Data Service for Apps, enable a broad set of use cases for productivity apps.
Feature
Release type
Date
Opting in to new features
General Availability
August 14, 2018
Improved PowerApps authoring for makers of all abilities
General Availability
August 14, 2018
Inline help for creating accessible apps
General Availability
August 14, 2018
Easy to work with many-to-one relationships in canvas apps for Common Data Service for Apps
General Availability
August 14, 2018
Faster load times with parallel data loading in canvas apps
General Availability
August 14, 2018
Errors more discoverable by app makers
General Availability
August 14, 2018
Formula formatting easier to read
General Availability
August 14, 2018
Choose your own size of app
General Availability
September 12, 2018
Improved default themes help embedded apps look like they belong in SharePoint
General Availability
September 12, 2018
Embed applications on SharePoint pages using a PowerApps web part
General Availability
September 19, 2018
Easier to find and work with solutions from PowerApps
General Availability
October 31, 2018
Sharing enhancements for canvas apps
General Availability
November 14, 2018
Customizers can embed Power BI tiles and reports in entity forms
General Availability
December 5, 2018
Simplified lookup field creation on entities
General Availability
January 2019
Simplified management of advanced entity properties
General Availability
January 2019
Rich Text Editor and HTML view controls for canvas apps
General Availability
January 2, 2019
Canvas-app delegation of aggregate functions in Common Data Service for Apps
General Availability
January 2, 2019
Deeper PowerApps integration in Power BI
General Availability
January 23, 2019
Advanced relationships between entities
General Availability
January 30, 2019
Create automatic number sequences
General Availability
February 2019
Create entities and apps in the same tool
General Availability
February 2019
PowerApps makers can create mashup apps with SharePoint Document Libraries
General Availability
February 20, 2019
Improved help for Access users
General Availability
February 2019
Easier to configure cascading drop-down lists
General Availability
March 6, 2019
Work with friendly display names in canvas apps when using Common Data Service for Apps or SharePoint
General Availability
March 2019
Create Power BI reports using data in Common Data Service for Apps
General Availability
May 2019
Catch, handle, and report errors, and write Null values to databases with canvas apps
Public Preview
August 14, 2018
Improve ALM for canvas apps with solutions
Public Preview
October 31, 2018
Model-driven view designer enhancements
Public Preview
December 5, 2018
Native support for Common Data Service for Apps data types in canvas apps
Public Preview
December 19, 2018
Extend Dynamics 365 entity forms with embedded canvas apps
Public Preview
January 4, 2019