What's new and planned for Power Automate

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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, Power Platform, and Cloud for Industry release plans.

This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2023 through September 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 2 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
Generate expressions from examples Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 10, 2022 - May 15, 2023
Service principal application users can own and run flows Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 27, 2022 - Jun 11, 2023
Experience the improved Power Automate mobile app for iOS Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jun 25, 2023
Environment picker provides enhanced environment information Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Aug 15, 2023
Left navigation enhancements Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Aug 22, 2023
Use native integration for flows in Excel Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Aug 22, 2023
Push cloud flow execution data into Application Insights Users by admins, makers, or analysts Aug 22, 2023 - To be announced

Copilot for Power Automate

Leverage Copilot to create automations using natural language.

Feature Enabled for Public preview Early access* General availability
Flows created with natural language can now understand parameters Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 15, 2023 - -
Use Copilot in Power Automate cloud flows designer Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 21, 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
Create desktop flow connections without passwords Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 11, 2023 -
Improved debuggability for client incidents Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jul 18, 2023 -
Connectivity troubleshooter in Power Automate for desktop Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 19, 2023 - -
Use troubleshooter for UI automation Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 19, 2023 - -
Improved runtime error messages for Excel actions Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Apr 11, 2023
Run flows with keyboard shortcuts Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Apr 11, 2023
Use web automation to access cross-domain iframes Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Apr 11, 2023
Validate the selectors of UI elements Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Apr 11, 2023
Fix the selector of a UI element Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - May 15, 2023
Use updated actions pane Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - May 15, 2023
Utilize performance improvements Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jun 12, 2023
Dedicated action for running .NET scripts Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jul 9, 2023
Configure option to include or to not include screenshots in the error logs Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Aug 23, 2023
Log message action Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Aug 23, 2023
Manage work queues for Power Automate Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 17, 2023 - 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
Simplify data ingestion with Process Mining using intelligent mapping Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Apr 10, 2023 - -
Mine your process directly from your Azure Data Lake Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jun 4, 2023 - -
Turn insights into actions with Copilot in process mining Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 18, 2023 - -
Explore process mining capabilities with minit and process advisor Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Nov 13, 2022 - Apr 2, 2023

* You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on February 6, 2023, 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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