What's new and planned for Microsoft Power Platform governance and administration
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.
Application lifecycle management
This feature area includes a unified set of tools for streamlined deployment, version control, and lifecycle management of applications and environments.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create and edit pipelines in Power Platform admin center | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | Nov 2024 |
Enterprise-scale administration
This feature area includes an advanced suite of user interface, API, and PowerShell tools for efficient governance and environment management across Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use a modern UI when using Access Team templates | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Use Power Platform Advisor to get recommendations | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 20, 2023 |
Apr 15, 2024 |
| Delete inactive app users and view platform app users | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 3, 2024 |
Jul 2024 |
| Streamline governance with environment groups | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Mar 29, 2024 |
May 16, 2024 |
| Convert Microsoft Dataverse owner teams to access teams | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 3, 2024 |
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| Use a modern UI to manage security roles | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Feb 12, 2024 |
Jun 3, 2024 |
Licensing and capacity
This feature area includes enhanced license and capacity management with detailed insights, detailed reporting, and recommendations to optimize resource utilization and cost efficiency.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get more visibility into Power Automate license consumption | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 15, 2024 |
Aug 2024 |
Monitoring operational health
Effectively monitor, diagnose and improve operational health with insights on usage, performance, reliability, and more through comprehensive reporting and scalable data export options.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get insights into currency and storage consumption | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | Oct 2024 |
Security and compliance
This feature area includes robust, enterprise-grade security for Power Platform and Dynamics 365 with proactive, governed, and interoperable solutions for comprehensive compliance and visibility.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remove team members from Dataverse group team | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Jul 1, 2024 |
| Secure columns in Power Apps with a modern UI | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 20, 2024 |
Jul 8, 2024 |
| Share system views with security role | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Aug 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| Delete stub and non-security group users | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Apr 30, 2024 |
Jul 2024 |
| Mask sensitive data and fields using column-level security | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Aug 2024 | Jan 2025 |
| Turn sharing off for solution-aware cloud flows | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Aug 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Improve security with Privileged Identity Management | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Feb 5, 2024 |
May 23, 2024 |
| Modernize audit settings and management | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Aug 2024 | - |
| Instantly revoke users and enforce restrictions | Users, automatically |
Jul 7, 2023 |
Sep 2024 |
| Connect Dataverse plug-ins to endpoint-enabled resources | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jan 31, 2024 |
Apr 30, 2024 |
| Enhance network security with connectors | Users, automatically |
May 31, 2024 |
Sep 2024 |
| Use managed identities for Dataverse plug-ins | Users, automatically | Jun 2024 | - |
| Limit access to Dataverse TDS endpoints with IP firewall | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
May 17, 2024 |
Jun 30, 2024 |
| Stop cookie replay attacks | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jul 2024 | - |
| Enhance shared access signature calls to include IP restrictions | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 16, 2024 |
Sep 2024 |
| Permit or deny guest access to an environment | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Manage security posture in Power Platform admin center | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 30, 2024 |
Nov 2024 |
| Block sharing of canvas apps with guests | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Sep 2024 |
Unified experience for Power Platform and finance and operations apps
Administer and extend Power Platform apps, flows, and websites along with finance and operations apps in the same environment.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deploy and manage unified sandbox environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Deploy and manage unified production environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Create a lean copy of finance and operations apps without transactional data | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 2, 2024 |
Jun 14, 2024 |
| Back up and restore unified environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Feb 1, 2024 |
Sep 2024 |
| Convert sandbox environments to production for unified environments | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Set finance and operations apps to admin mode | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 1, 2024 |
Jun 14, 2024 |
| Get new versions of finance and operations apps automatically | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 1, 2024 |
Jun 14, 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.
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