Summary of what's new in Microsoft PowerApps

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These release notes describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (see Microsoft policy).

When a month is used in the Date column, the feature will be delivered sometime within that month. The delivery date can be any day within that month, not just on the first day of the month.

For a list of the regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, see the International availability guide.

PowerApps platform provides fast, consistent user experience

We have doubled-down on providing high-quality end-user experiences.

Feature	Release type	Date
Entities added to the Unified Interface	General Availability	October 2018
Enhancements to roll-up views in Unified Interface	General Availability	October 2018
Faster loading model-driven apps	General Availability	October 3, 2018
End users can create personal dashboards and share them with other users and teams	General Availability	October 3, 2018
General usability, accessibility, and styling improvements in system charts	General Availability	October 3, 2018
Improved experience for building model-driven apps	General Availability	October 10, 2018
Increased performance for globally distributed Common Data Service for Apps enterprises	General Availability	October 10, 2018
Improved app discovery for consumers	General Availability	October 17, 2018
Sync specific appointments to Exchange	General Availability	October 17, 2018
Set Regarding lookup enhancements in Dynamics 365	General Availability	October 25, 2018
PowerApps forms in SharePoint are faster	General Availability	October 31, 2018
Filtering data on grids coming to Unified Interface	General Availability	October 31, 2018
Access team on Unified Interface	General Availability	October 31, 2018
Reporting Services Reports will be available on Unified Interface	General Availability	November 7, 2018
End users can create charts and share them with other users and teams	General Availability	December 5, 2018
More reliable Outlook Client v8.2 for Dynamics 365	General Availability	December 5, 2018
More reliable Outlook Client v9.0 for Dynamics 365	General Availability	February 2019
Build model-driven apps of higher quality with Solution checker	Public Preview	December 5, 2018
New model-driven form designer	Public Preview	January 4, 2019
Improved reliability of offline experience for canvas apps	Public Preview	January 23, 2019

Enterprise-grade platform for administrators

Admin experiences are key to the adoption of any trusted platform.

Feature	Release type	Date
Control availability of user experiences on Unified Interface	General Availability	October 2018
Enhanced help and support for admins	General Availability	October 1, 2018
Unified environment administration from Power Platform admin center	General Availability	October 3, 2018
PowerApps supports Intune	General Availability	October 24, 2018
Test out new updates first in Preview	General Availability	April 2019
Manage admin settings from the Power platform admin center	Public Preview	September 26, 2018
New admin analytics reports	Public Preview	October 3, 2018
PowerApps audit events	Public Preview	December 19, 2018

Capabilities for app creators

Updates to the creation experience for model-driven and canvas apps, as well as Common Data Service for Apps, enable a broad set of use cases for productivity apps.

Feature	Release type	Date
Opting in to new features	General Availability	August 14, 2018
Improved PowerApps authoring for makers of all abilities	General Availability	August 14, 2018
Inline help for creating accessible apps	General Availability	August 14, 2018
Easy to work with many-to-one relationships in canvas apps for Common Data Service for Apps	General Availability	August 14, 2018
Faster load times with parallel data loading in canvas apps	General Availability	August 14, 2018
Errors more discoverable by app makers	General Availability	August 14, 2018
Formula formatting easier to read	General Availability	August 14, 2018
Choose your own size of app	General Availability	September 12, 2018
Improved default themes help embedded apps look like they belong in SharePoint	General Availability	September 12, 2018
Embed applications on SharePoint pages using a PowerApps web part	General Availability	September 19, 2018
Easier to find and work with solutions from PowerApps	General Availability	October 31, 2018
Sharing enhancements for canvas apps	General Availability	November 14, 2018
Customizers can embed Power BI tiles and reports in entity forms	General Availability	December 5, 2018
Simplified lookup field creation on entities	General Availability	January 2019
Simplified management of advanced entity properties	General Availability	January 2019
Rich Text Editor and HTML view controls for canvas apps	General Availability	January 2, 2019
Canvas-app delegation of aggregate functions in Common Data Service for Apps	General Availability	January 2, 2019
Deeper PowerApps integration in Power BI	General Availability	January 23, 2019
Advanced relationships between entities	General Availability	January 30, 2019
Create automatic number sequences	General Availability	February 2019
Create entities and apps in the same tool	General Availability	February 2019
PowerApps makers can create mashup apps with SharePoint Document Libraries	General Availability	February 20, 2019
Improved help for Access users	General Availability	February 2019
Easier to configure cascading drop-down lists	General Availability	March 6, 2019
Work with friendly display names in canvas apps when using Common Data Service for Apps or SharePoint	General Availability	March 2019
Create Power BI reports using data in Common Data Service for Apps	General Availability	May 2019
Catch, handle, and report errors, and write Null values to databases with canvas apps	Public Preview	August 14, 2018
Improve ALM for canvas apps with solutions	Public Preview	October 31, 2018
Model-driven view designer enhancements	Public Preview	December 5, 2018
Native support for Common Data Service for Apps data types in canvas apps	Public Preview	December 19, 2018
Extend Dynamics 365 entity forms with embedded canvas apps	Public Preview	January 4, 2019