What's new and planned for Power Automate
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.
For a list of the previous 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
Quickly automate across a variety of systems through advanced AI and extensive connectivity.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel entry point for Teams workflows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jan 2024 |
| Monitor performance for cloud and desktop flow activities | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jan 2024 | - | - |
| Store cloud flow execution history in Microsoft Dataverse | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jan 2024 | - | - |
| Make changes in draft mode for solution cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 2023 |
| Use versioning for solution cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 2023 |
| Manage unpublished solution-aware cloud flows using admin APIs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 2023 |
| Use OAuth support for HTTP request triggers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Oct 8, 2023 |
| Connect to other environments from the Microsoft Dataverse connector | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 12, 2023 |
- | Jan 2024 |
| Use Copilot with French language | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2024 |
| Manage abandoned cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 2024 | - | - |
| Push cloud flow execution data into Application Insights | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 22, 2023 |
- | Jan 2024 |
| Use your own encryption key for encrypting data at-rest for existing environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Feb 2024 |
Copilot for Power Automate
Let copilot help you create automations using natural language.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use copilot in Power Automate cloud flows designer | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 23, 2023 |
- |
Oct 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspect a UI element | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jul 19, 2023 |
- |
Oct 23, 2023 |
| Microsoft 365 connectors in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Oct 2023 |
| UI automation - Simulate actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Oct 23, 2023 |
| Use SAP-dedicated actions in desktop flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Nov 6, 2023 |
| Power Automate for desktop displays dynamic messages in the home screen | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Dec 2023 |
| ​Create desktop flows using natural language with Copilot | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2024 | - | - |
| Edit variable values during debugging | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Mar 2024 |
| Manage work queues for Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 17, 2023 |
- |
Oct 30, 2023 |
| Connect your own virtual network with hosted machine group | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jan 2024 | - | Mar 2024 |
| Unified Power Automate activity | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 2023 | - | Jan 2024 |
| Support scalar type variables when invoking from protocol handler in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Dec 2023 |
| Modify desktop flows using natural language with Copilot | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2024 | - | - |
Process Mining
Optimize operations and uncover opportunities for automation with process mining and task mining for Power Automate.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turn insights into actions with Copilot in process mining | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jul 18, 2023 |
- | Dec 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.