What's new and planned for Power Automate
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, see Microsoft Power Platform product documentation. For the latest release plans, see Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2020 through September 2020. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released (see Microsoft policy).
- For a list of the previous wave's release plans, see the 2019 release wave 2 release plan.
- For a list of the next wave's release plans, see the 2020 release wave 2 release 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 day of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for general availability.
More intelligent and powerful capabilities for Power Automate makers
The citizen developers of Microsoft Power Platform now have richer capabilities when they are building out business processes inside of Power Automate.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive adaptive cards | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - |  Apr 9, 2020 |
| Azure integration with Power Automate | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 19, 2020 |
| Common expressions simplified | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | May 13, 2020 |
| Discover, learn, and create flows with seamless new experiences | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | May 13, 2020 |
| Build AI-infused workflows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jun 1, 2020 |
UI automation for applications and websites
Automate repetitive tasks across services and applications using UI flows in Power Automate.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automate Citrix remote apps and remote desktops | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Jul 14, 2020 |
- | - |
| Solutioning support for UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 1, 2020 |
| Advanced editor capabilities | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Advanced error handling for UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Automate web-based applications | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 4, 2019 |
- | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Automate Windows applications | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 4, 2019 |
- | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Unattended automation in UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2, 2020 |
- | Apr 2, 2020 |
| IME support for UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2, 2020 |
- | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Retry for desktop UI flows | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Apr 2, 2020 |
- | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Securely save sensitive text | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jun 1, 2020 |
| Run multiple concurrent UI flows on a single Windows Server device (High-density) | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jun 28, 2020 |
| Support for loops in UI flow scripts | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jul 7, 2020 |
| Native support for commonly used applications | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Sep 7, 2020 |
World-class business process capabilities
Power Automate provides world-class business process capabilities for its users that span endpoints and experiences.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | Early access* | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Automate availability in UAE | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Apr 22, 2020 |
| Power Automate availability in China | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Contextual flows power automation in Microsoft Teams | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | Aug 23, 2020 |
| Instant flow steps in business process flows are now generally available | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Jun 7, 2019 |
- | Aug 23, 2020 |
* Some features are available for you to opt-in as part of early access on February 3, 2020, including all mandatory changes that impact end users. Learn more about early access.
Description of Enabled for column values:
End users, automatically: These features include change(s) to the user experience for end users and are enabled automatically.
Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
End 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 end users.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, see the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and data centers (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.