What's new and planned for Power Automate
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.
For a list of the previous wave's release plans, go to 2023 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.
AI flows
Use generative AI to reason over unstructured content and determine what steps and sequence are needed to achieve a process.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use generative AI to achieve a process in AI flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Aug 2024 | - | Feb 2025 |
Cloud flows
Quickly automate across a variety of systems through advanced AI and extensive connectivity.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create Power Automate flows in Excel | Users, automatically | - | - | Jun 2024 |
| Use workflows on calendar events in Teams and Outlook | Users, automatically | - | - | Aug 2024 |
| Monitor performance for cloud and desktop flow activities | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 5, 2024 |
- | Nov 2024 |
| View two action properties panes simultaneously | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Sep 2024 |
| Use undo and redo while you build cloud flows in the designer | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Aug 2024 |
| Use copy-paste for container actions like Scope, Condition, and Apply to each | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 10, 2024 |
| Manage unpublished solution-aware cloud flows using admin APIs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 5, 2024 |
| Connect to other environments from the Microsoft Dataverse connector | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 12, 2023 |
- | Sep 2024 |
| Cancel all flow runs for a version of a flow | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 21, 2024 |
| Receive intelligent license recommendations for admins | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Aug 2024 | - | - |
| Create AI flows in Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | - | - |
| Use Copilot with French language | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 25, 2024 |
| Recommendations to reassign orphaned cloud flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | - | - |
| Generate descriptions for cloud flows using AI | Users, automatically | - | - | Aug 2024 |
| Use flows with connections from users in Copilot Studio | Users, automatically | - | - |
May 21, 2024 |
| Push cloud flow execution data into Application Insights | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 22, 2023 |
- |
Apr 24, 2024 |
| Use your own encryption key for encrypting data at-rest for existing environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Sep 2024 |
| Create a flow on a file in Teams | Users, automatically | - | - | Jul 2024 |
| Create and edit expressions with Copilot | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Aug 2024 | - | Sep 2024 |
| Cloud flows are automatically defined in Dataverse solutions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Mar 21, 2023 |
- | Sep 2024 |
| View a Power Automate visual in a Power BI report | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jul 7, 2024 |
Copilot for Power Automate
Let Copilot help you create automations using natural language.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troubleshoot with Copilot for cloud flows execution | Users, automatically | - |
Jun 9, 2024 |
- |
| Automate with ease using the AI Recorder | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2024 | - | - |
| Enter into a conversation-first Copilot experience to build flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 16, 2024 |
- | - |
| Use process mining Microsoft 365 personal recommendations | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 2, 2024 |
- | - |
| ​Create desktop flows using natural language with Copilot | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2024 | - | - |
| Transform scripting using AI-driven natural language | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 12, 2023 |
- | Sep 2024 |
| Maximize your productivity with generative answers | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 12, 2023 |
- | Sep 2024 |
| Streamline workflow creation with the next best action | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jan 29, 2024 |
- | Sep 2024 |
| Use natural language to create a flow in Teams | Users, automatically | - | - | Aug 2024 |
Desktop flows
Use the new desktop flows features to automate tasks on your Windows PC.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-heal UI and browser automation actions at execution with AI | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2024 | - | Sep 2024 |
| Set up fallback UI automation mechanism | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 25, 2024 |
| Power Fx integration with Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Dec 18, 2023 |
- | Sep 2024 |
| Use CyberArk credentials in desktop flow connections | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Sep 2024 |
| Use the Run Power Fx expression | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Sep 2024 |
| Use Python v3 in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 25, 2024 |
| Use machine to credential mapping in desktop flow connections | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2024 | - | - |
| Trigger attended desktop flows in picture-in-picture | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jul 2024 |
| Use Azure Key Vault credentials in flow connections | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Oct 31, 2023 |
- | Jul 2024 |
| Create a reusable collection of UI elements | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 25, 2024 |
- | Sep 2024 |
| Use customer-managed encryption key for Hosted RPA | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jul 2024 | - | - |
| Connect your own virtual network with hosted machine group | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 2024 | - | Oct 2024 |
| Automation center to monitor and manage all your automations and related assets | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 21, 2024 |
- | Dec 2024 |
| Use Copilot in automation center to analyze cloud flow runs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 21, 2024 |
- | Dec 2024 |
| Trigger attended desktop flows in picture-in-picture mode through the Power Automate console | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jan 29, 2024 |
- |
Jun 6, 2024 |
| Use Copilot in automation center to analyze desktop flow runs | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 21, 2024 |
- | Dec 2024 |
| Use Copilot in automation center to analyze work queue data | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 21, 2024 |
- | Dec 2024 |
| Use Copilot in automation center to ask Power Automate product questions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 21, 2024 |
- | Dec 2024 |
| Use new data table actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 25, 2024 |
| Use new Excel actions in Power Automate for desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jul 2024 |
| Use the new desktop flow running timeout property | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale faster with Power Automate Process Mining thin client app | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | - | Nov 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.
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