What's new and planned for Power Automate 2019 release wave 2
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, see Microsoft Power Platform product documentation. For the latest release plans, see Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2019 through March 2020. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released (see Microsoft policy).
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 day of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for general availability.
More intelligent and powerful capabilities for Power Automate makers
The citizen developers of the Microsoft Power Platform now have richer capabilities when they are building out business processes inside of Power Automate.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flows that use other solution components are generally available | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically |  Nov 2, 2019 |
- | - |
| Deactivate actions in flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Dec 18, 2019 |
- | - |
| Power Automate and Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Jan 16, 2020 |
- | |
| Share flows as templates | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Oct 4, 2019 |
| Export Visio diagrams to Power Automate is now generally available | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Oct 11, 2019 |
| Add intelligence to Power Automate with AI Builder | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Jun 9, 2019 |
- | Oct 11, 2019 |
| Automated flows support change sets in Common Data Service | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Oct 23, 2019 |
| Better connect flows and Power Apps | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Oct 23, 2019 |
| Call Child Flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Oct 23, 2019 |
| Support gateways in all environments | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Oct 23, 2019 |
| Improved Power BI connector | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 4, 2019 |
| Support for simplified number formatting | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jan 23, 2020 |
| Simplified AI Builder experience in Power Automate | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 6, 2020 |
Rich tooling for administrators
Admin experiences are key to the adoption of any trusted platform.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New licensing options for Power Automate standalone paid plans | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | - | Oct 11, 2019 |
| Power Automate used in SharePoint admin scenarios | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jan 23, 2020 |
UI automation for applications and websites
Automate repetitive tasks across services and applications using UI flows in Microsoft Power Automate
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automate web-based applications | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 4, 2019 |
- | - |
| Automate Windows applications | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 4, 2019 |
- | - |
| Simple, centralized, integrated management of UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 4, 2019 |
- | - |
| Error handling for UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2, 2020 |
- | - |
| IME support for UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2, 2020 |
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| UI flows run on AAD-joined machines | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2, 2020 |
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| Unattended automation | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2, 2020 |
- | - |
World-class business process capabilities
Power Automate provides world-class business process capabilities for its users that span endpoints and experiences.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business process flow immersive experiences | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | - | Oct 23, 2019 |
| Fluent experience for flows in Dynamics 365 and SharePoint available | End users, automatically | - | Aug 5, 2019 |
Oct 25, 2019 |
| Build business process flow stages with custom controls | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | - | Nov 16, 2019 |
| Work with business process flows offline | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | - | Nov 16, 2019 |
| Attachments for approval flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Dynamics 365 applications build features on Power Automate | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | Feb 3, 2020 |
- | Feb 26, 2020 |
* Some features are available for you to opt-in as part of early access on August 2, 2019, including all mandatory changes that impact end users. Learn more about early access.
Description of Enabled for column values:
End users, automatically: These features include change(s) to the user experience for end users and are enabled automatically.
Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
End 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 end users.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, see the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and data centers (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform availability page.