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 | Oct 2023 | - | Nov 2023 |
| Monitor performance for cloud and desktop flow activities | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 2023 | - | - |
| Store cloud flow execution history in Microsoft Dataverse | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 2023 | - | - |
| 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| Manage unpublished solution-aware cloud flows using admin APIs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 2023 |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 | - | - | Oct 2023 |
| Use Copilot with French language | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 2023 |
| Run a cloud flow for more than 30 days per invocation | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 2023 | - | Mar 2024 |
| Manage abandoned cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Feb 2024 | - | - |
| Use the new cloud flows designer with Copilot | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Oct 8, 2023 |
| Push cloud flow execution data into Application Insights | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | - | 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 Power Automate cloud flows designer with Copilot | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Oct 8, 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 |
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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 2023 |
| Power Automate for desktop displays dynamic messages in the home screen | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Nov 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 | - | - |
Oct 30, 2023 |
| Connect your own virtual network with hosted machine group | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Dec 2023 | - | 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 | - | - |
- 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.