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What's new and planned for Power Automate

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This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to What's new in Power Automate?. 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 October 2024 through March 2025. 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.

Cloud flows

Quickly automate across a variety of systems through advanced AI and extensive connectivity in Power Automate.

Feature Enabled for Public preview Early access* General availability
Monitor performance for cloud and desktop flow activities in Automation Center Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jun 5, 2024 - Mar 2025
Use undo and redo while you build cloud flows in the designer Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Nov 24, 2024
Connect to environments from the Dataverse connector Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Nov 12, 2023 - Nov 3, 2024
Use your own key to encrypt data at rest for environments Users by admins, makers, or analysts - - Nov 15, 2024
Create generative actions in cloud flows Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 11, 2024 - -
Generate process maps for multi-flow automations Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 3, 2025 - Jun 2025
Create and edit expressions with Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jan 10, 2025 - May 2025
Be more productive with Power Automate and Excel Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Oct 13, 2024
Admins control if flows are created in solutions by default Users by admins, makers, or analysts Mar 21, 2023 - Nov 24, 2024

Copilot for Power Automate

Let Copilot help you create automations using natural language.

Feature Enabled for Public preview Early access* General availability
Use natural language to create a flow in Teams Users, automatically - - Oct 13, 2024
Regenerate a variation of a flow in Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jan 26, 2025
Get increased accuracy in responses from Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Feb 3, 2025
Copilot provides more accurate answers to questions Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Feb 2, 2025

Desktop flows

Use the new desktop flows features to automate tasks on your Windows PC within Power Automate.

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 Dec 12, 2024 - -
View progressive logging for desktop flows Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jan 27, 2025 - Jan 27, 2025
Integrate Power Fx with Power Automate for desktop Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 18, 2023 - Nov 12, 2024
Use CyberArk credentials in desktop flow connections Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jul 10, 2024 - Oct 22, 2024
Integrate cloud connectors into desktop flows via the Assets library Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 22, 2024 - Nov 12, 2024
Enhance sharing for desktop flows with connection references Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Feb 11, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025
Use machine to credential mapping in desktop flow connections Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jan 20, 2025 - Jun 2025
Enable dark mode in Power Automate for desktop Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 12, 2024 - Apr 2025
Connect your own virtual network with hosted machine group Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 15, 2024 - Feb 3, 2025
Monitor, manage your automations and related assets Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 21, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025
Analyze cloud flow runs with Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 21, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025
Describe flow actions with Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 23, 2024 - Apr 2025
Configure Entra hybrid join for hosted machine groups Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Feb 24, 2025 - May 2025
Use your voice to interact with Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 3, 2025 - May 2025
Use certificate based authentication in desktop flow connections Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 27, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025
Analyze desktop flow runs with Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 21, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025
Analyze work queue data with Copilot Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 21, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025
Ask Copilot Power Automate Questions Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically May 21, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025
Secure credential retrieval in Power Automate for Desktop Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Nov 12, 2024 - -
Run child desktop flow in parallel with parent flow Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jan 20, 2025
Share desktop flow connections with service principal users Users, automatically - Jan 20, 2025 Jun 2025
Use new actions for Microsoft Access Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Jan 20, 2025

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 Process Mining thin client app Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jan 20, 2025 - Jun 2025
Ingest your data from Fabric OneLake Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Jan 20, 2025 - May 2025
Process mining process simulations Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Sep 22, 2024 - Feb 24, 2025
  • You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on August 12, 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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