What's new and planned for Power Automate
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 previous wave's release plans, go to 2022 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flows created with natural language can now understand parameters | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2023 | - | - |
| Get explanations and suggestions when you create a flow with natural language | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2023 | - | - |
| Push cloud flow execution data into Application Insights | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jun 2023 | - | - |
| Make changes in draft mode for solution cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jun 2023 | - | |
| Use versioning for solution cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jun 2023 | - | |
| Monitor performance for cloud and desktop flow activities | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | - | - |
| Store cloud flow execution history in Microsoft Dataverse | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | - | - |
| Use natural language to create flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | May 2023 |
| Generate expressions from examples | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 10, 2022 |
- | May 2023 |
| Define sequential approvals in Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | May 2023 |
| Use native integration for flows in Excel | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2023 | - | May 2023 |
| Connect to other environments from the Microsoft Dataverse connector | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2023 | - | Aug 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 2023 | - | |
| Monitor ROI performance in desktop flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | - | |
| Pass complex data between parent and child desktop flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | - | |
| Support direct connectivity with Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2023 | - | - |
| Actions pane refactoring | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Connectivity troubleshooter in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Fix the selector of a UI element | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Improved runtime error messages for Excel actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Introduce UISpy to work with UI elements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Performance improvements in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Use troubleshooter for UI automation | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Use web automation to access cross-domain iframes | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Validate the selectors of UI elements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2023 |
| Learn about Power Automate for desktop on the login screen | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | May 2023 |
| Manage work queues for desktop flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | May 2023 | - | Sep 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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