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.