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 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2021 through September 2021. 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
As part of our Digital Process Automation offering, there are several new capabilities for users of cloud flows.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search records in Microsoft Dataverse with relevance search | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | 
Apr 11, 2021 |
- |
| Trigger flows when a Microsoft Dataverse action is called | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 25, 2021 |
- | - |
| Contextual automation in Power BI | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 12, 2021 |
| Governance capabilities to prevent data loss | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 12, 2021 |
| Use environment variables to simplify application lifecycle management | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 12, 2021 |
| Development as a team sport - Copresence in Power Automate | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 29, 2021 |
Desktop flows
As part of our Robotic Process Automation offering, there are several new capabilities for users of desktop flows.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop recorder now supports image-based recording | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 13, 2021 |
| Enhanced copy and paste feature | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 13, 2021 |
| New save as functionality in Power Automate Desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 13, 2021 |
| Refresh the list of flows from the Power Automate Desktop console | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 13, 2021 |
| Support for Java apps and Java applets | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Apr 13, 2021 |
| Add timeout parameter in launch browser actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
May 19, 2021 |
| Extra options in the help section of console and designer | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
May 19, 2021 |
| Power Automate Desktop update notifications | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
May 19, 2021 |
| Enhance Dynamics 365 apps with robotic process automation | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Mar 31, 2021 |
- |
May 26, 2021 |
| Support for unattended RPA trials for non-admins | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 14, 2021 |
| Desktop recorder automatically switches to image recording when it detects Remote Desktop or Citrix windows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 15, 2021 |
| Improvements in configuration of Windows-related actions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jun 15, 2021 |
| New action to take screenshots of a UI element | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Power Automate Desktop detects proxy settings | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Remove unused UI elements and images from repositories | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| The convert datetime to text action shows a sample of the selected format | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| The set variable action supports multiline text | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Run desktop flow ability to call desktop flows from other desktop flows | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Jun 15, 2021 |
- |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Actionable connectivity error messages in Power Automate Desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 12, 2021 |
| New Excel actions in Power Automate Desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 12, 2021 |
| Option to select screen resolution | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Aug 12, 2021 |
| Invoke SOAP web service action | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Sep 13, 2021 |
| New getting started experience in Power Automate Desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
Sep 13, 2021 |
| Power Automate can start desktop automation without using the on-premises data gateway | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Mar 15, 2021 |
- |
Sep 13, 2021 |
| Support for RPA machine clusters with automatic load balancing | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Mar 15, 2021 |
- |
Sep 13, 2021 |
Document automation
Intelligent document processing provides an end-to-end experience combining the best of AI Builder and Power Automate.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional capabilities for document automation | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 20, 2021 |
- |
Process advisor
Process advisor is a capability that reveals insights into how people work and provides visualizations for users to identify processes suited for automation.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process advisor is now generally available | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |
May 18, 2021 |
| Edit and annotate process recordings | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Dec 10, 2020 |
- |
May 18, 2021 |
| Invite colleagues to process recordings | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Dec 10, 2020 |
- |
May 18, 2021 |
| Record repetitive, manual processes with Power Automate Desktop | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Dec 10, 2020 |
- |
May 18, 2021 |
| View process maps and analytics for your processes | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Dec 10, 2020 |
- |
May 18, 2021 |
| Process advisor March 2021 updates | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 11, 2021 |
- |
May 18, 2021 |
| Import and export processes from process advisor | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Apr 1, 2021 |
- |
May 19, 2021 |
| Application insights for process advisor | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 18, 2021 |
- | To be announced |
| Automation recommendations in process advisor | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
May 19, 2021 |
- | To be announced |
* You are able to opt in to some features as part of early access on February 1, 2021, 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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