What's new and planned for Power Apps

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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 April 2024 through September 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
Modern screen templates for canvas apps Users, automatically - - Sep 22, 2024
Use the Power Platform Environment Settings app Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 20, 2024 - Jan 2025
Display AI-generated app descriptions in model-driven apps Users, automatically - - Jun 2, 2024
Understand canvas apps functionality through code view Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jun 2, 2024 - Oct 2024
Modernize maker experience security settings Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 28, 2024 - Jul 14, 2024
Work together in real time to create canvas apps Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jun 23, 2024 - Dec 2024
Quickly start an app when launching Power Apps mobile Users, automatically - Mar 18, 2024 May 19, 2024
Import .msapp files in Power Apps Users, automatically - - Sep 8, 2024

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
Explain this Power Fx Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Apr 14, 2024
Use environment routing for Copilot Users by admins, makers, or analysts - - Aug 18, 2024
Provide welcome content for Copilot Studio Users by admins, makers, or analysts - - Aug 18, 2024
Get help filling forms in model-driven apps Users, automatically - - Apr 1, 2024
Visualize and work with complex data using copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jun 23, 2024 - Sep 24, 2024
Manage Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 28, 2024 - -
Review column suggestions from Copilot in model-driven apps Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Aug 11, 2024 - Oct 2024
Bring your custom copilots into Power Apps canvas apps Users by admins, makers, or analysts Jul 15, 2024 - -
Get field suggestions with Copilot in Power Apps Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jun 2, 2024

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 30, 2024
Direct new makers to their own developer environments Users by admins, makers, or analysts Aug 22, 2023 - Apr 24, 2024
Make direct calls to SQL Server stored procedures Users by admins, makers, or analysts Mar 10, 2024 - Jul 28, 2024
  • You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on February 5, 2024, 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.