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 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.

This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2022 through March 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 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

Use the new cloud flows features to automate tasks across hundreds of connectors.

Feature Enabled for Public preview Early access* General availability
Use AI to help create flows Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 10, 2022 - -
Create solution cloud flows by default when Dataverse is present Users by admins, makers, or analysts Feb 26, 2023 -
Use customer-managed encryption key for data at rest Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 26, 2023 - -
Simplified system-of-record data access Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Dec 18, 2022
Save a copy of a solution-aware cloud flow into a solution Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jan 17, 2023
Contact an admin from Power Automate to request a license Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Mar 21, 2023
Enable the enforcement of DLP policies to include child flows Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Feb 20, 2023 - Apr 10, 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
See last runs in desktop flow activity Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 19, 2022 -
See machines pivot in desktop flow activity Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 5, 2022 -
See real-time pivots in desktop flow activity Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 5, 2022 -
Use maintenance mode for desktop flow machines Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 5, 2022 -
More resilient UI automation in Citrix environments Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 25, 2022 - Oct 19, 2022
Command bar and bulk actions in Power Automate for desktop console Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Oct 24, 2022
Amplification of Power Automate for desktop's Errors pane Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Nov 1, 2022
New home page in Power Automate for desktop Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Nov 1, 2022
Generate reliable selectors of UI elements Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Nov 14, 2022
Send license request to admin through Power Automate for desktop Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Nov 14, 2022
Run unattended automations with hosted machine group Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 27, 2022 - Dec 5, 2022
Syntax highlighter in the UI element selector display Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Dec 8, 2022
Prevent capturing screenshots when flow runs fail Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jan 23, 2023
Set a selector based on text and use of operators Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jan 30, 2023
Support regions in subflows to group actions Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Feb 21, 2023
Use SharePoint Connector in Power Automate for desktop Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 16, 2022 - Mar 26, 2023
Use cloud PCs for desktop flows Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 5, 2022 - 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
Explore process mining capabilities with minit and process advisor Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Nov 13, 2022 - To be announced

* You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on August 1, 2022, 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.