Plan and prepare for Power Apps in 2021 release wave 2
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to What's new in Power Apps?. For the latest release plans, go to Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
Important
The 2021 release wave 2 plan covers all new functionalities planned to be delivered to market from October 2021 to March 2022. In this article, you'll find the product overview and what's new and planned for Power Apps.
Overview
Microsoft Power Apps is the industry-leading low-code application development platform that underpins Dynamics 365 extensibility, Microsoft 365 customization, and a standalone custom line of business applications for customers around the world. Power Apps dramatically lowers the cost, complexity, and time of software development through a range of powerful low-code development tools, a deep data platform in Microsoft Dataverse, and hundreds of connectors to common business data sources.
The 2021 release wave 2 plan provides significant improvements for Power Apps developers of all skill levels, improving the sophistication and usability of apps that can be created across the web and mobile devices.
Updates to Power Apps 2021 release wave 2
Tip
Download the release overview guide and share with your team as you plan to onboard the new capabilities included in this release wave.
* Overview guide available in English version only
Investment areas
Roll out world-class experiences for users
This release brings more modern experiences to users of apps created with Power Apps.
Collaborate with fusion teams
Fusion teams can take advantage of more ways to use Power Apps for their user experiences, in addition to opportunities to package their code for reuse.
Build advanced apps on a modern, unified platform
Power Apps maker experiences enable you to create the applications you need to solve your business challenges. Modern intelligent designers and controls enable you to quickly build modern apps your users will want to use.
To learn more about the entire set of capabilities being delivered during this release wave, check out the release plan for Power Apps below:
For application administrators
User impacting features to the user experience enabled automatically
User impacting features should be reviewed by application administrators. This facilitates release change management and enables successful onboarding of new capabilities released to market. For the complete list, look for all features tagged "Users, automatically" in the release plan.
Features that must be enabled by application administrators
This release wave contains features that must be enabled or configured by administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users. For the complete list, look for all features tagged "Users by admins, makers, or analysts" in the release plan.
Get the most out of Power Apps
| Helpful links | Description |
|---|---|
| Release plan | View all capabilities included in the release. |
| Product updates | Stay up to date on latest product updates. |
| Release calendar | Know important release milestones. |
| Licensing | Improve your understanding of how to license Power Apps. |
| Product documentation | Find documentation for Power Apps. |
| User community | Engage with Power Apps experts and peers in the community. |
| Upcoming events | Find and register for in person and online events. |
| Product trials | Get started with Power Apps. |