What's new and planned for Power Automate
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 |
- | - |
| Improvements to the flow sharing experience | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | - | |
| Use auto-complete to create flows faster | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | - | - |
| Use customer-managed encryption key for data at rest | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | - | - |
| Save a copy of a solution-aware cloud flow into a solution | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jan 17, 2023 |
| Support for service principals as the owner of flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Sep 29, 2022 |
- | Jan 2023 |
| Simplified system-of-record data access | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2023 |
| Improvements to the OData editor in cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2023 |
| Manage solution-aware cloud flows using admin APIs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2023 |
| View empty connection references in the solutions list | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2023 |
| Cancel all flow runs for a version of a flow | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Enhanced environment picker displays roles | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Improved experience for editing expressions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Improved experience for selecting dynamic values | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Improved Power Automate mobile app for iOS | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 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 cloud PCs for desktop flows | 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 |
- | |
| Use credentials from Azure Key Vault in desktop flow connections | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | - | - |
| 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 |
| Enable minimal flow log details | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 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 2023 |
| Set a selector based on text and use of operators | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jan 2023 |
| Set up hotkey triggers through desktop flow properties | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2023 |
| Support regions in subflows to group actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2023 |
| Use desktop flow signing | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Fix the selector of a UI element | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Actions pane refactoring | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Improved runtime error messages for Excel actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Performance improvements in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Troubleshooter for connectivity issues in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Validate the selectors of a UI element | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2023 |
| Use SharePoint Connector in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Aug 16, 2022 |
- | Mar 2023 |
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 |
- | Mar 2023 |
* 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.
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