What's new and planned for Power Apps

Important

This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to Microsoft Power Apps documentation. 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 October 2023 through March 2024. 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.

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.

Building modern apps

Build responsive apps that use modern controls and have offline capabilities.

Feature Enabled for Public preview Early access* General availability
Define sync settings on mobile devices for model-driven apps Users by admins, makers, or analysts Oct 9, 2023 - Mar 4, 2024
Seamlessly configure model-driven apps for offline use Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Nov 12, 2023
Enjoy the new look of model-driven apps Users, automatically - - Mar 17, 2024
Use modern screen templates to easily build canvas app screens Users, automatically - - Mar 25, 2024
Enjoy the new look and feel for model-driven Power Apps Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jun 18, 2023 - Oct 2, 2023
Build canvas apps by using new and refreshed controls Users by admins, makers, or analysts Apr 1, 2023 - Nov 12, 2023
Enable canvas apps to work offline when using Power Apps mobile app Users by admins, makers, or analysts Sep 11, 2023 - Mar 18, 2024
Drag and drop to build responsive pages easily Users by admins, makers, or analysts - - Dec 16, 2023
Synchronize Dataverse images for offline-enabled canvas apps Users by admins, makers, or analysts Nov 27, 2023 - Mar 18, 2024
Define formula columns using natural language in Dataverse Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Nov 5, 2023 - -

Copilot for Power Apps makers and users

Makers and users can leverage AI to build apps and bring natural language to their own apps to make users more productive.

Feature Enabled for Public preview Early access* General availability
Express Design - auto-generate Power Apps from design and Figma files Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 22, 2022 - Oct 26, 2023
Use copilot to build and edit apps in Power Apps Studio Users by admins, makers, or analysts Oct 15, 2023 - May 2024
Write formulas from natural language or examples using Copilot Users by admins, makers, or analysts - - Nov 10, 2023
Draft well-written, input text with Copilot Users, automatically - Dec 11, 2023 -
Generate useful deployment notes with AI in pipelines Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jul 31, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023
Get data insights with copilot sidecar on by default Users, automatically - Oct 2, 2023 Mar 31, 2024
Build tables and apps through Copilot available world wide, in multiple languages Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jan 28, 2024 - Feb 5, 2024
Users and admins can see descriptions in app lists Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 30, 2023 - -

Enable enterprise scale

These features improve Power Apps Studio with capabilities that allow building large enterprise scale and complex apps.

Feature Enabled for Public preview Early access* General availability
Set up and create pipelines in Power Apps seamlessly Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 17, 2024 - Apr 2024
Secure implicit connections Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jun 11, 2023 - Dec 24, 2023
Make direct calls to SQL Server stored procedures Users by admins, makers, or analysts Mar 10, 2024 - Jun 2024
Set the solution context for customizations Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 2, 2023 - -
  • You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on July 31, 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.

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.