Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

Test cases have now been introduced

Test cases are now available in a new tab in the console of Power Automate for desktop, allowing you to validate if your desktop flows work as expected. Testing flows come with the ‘Testing’ module, including two new actions for testing purposes, ‘Assert’ and ‘Test a desktop flow’.

A new action is now available for SAP automation

A new action called ‘Select SAP navigation item’ is now available in the SAP automation module, allowing you to interact with menu items in the application toolbar of the SAP window.

Azure key vault credentials are now supported out of the box

The ‘Get credential (preview)’ action now also supports retrieving Azure key vault credentials, in addition to CyberArk ones.

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

Summarizing actions and subflows with Copilot is now available (in preview)

Copilot can now be used to help you quickly understand desktop flows by summarizing the selected actions and/or subflows.

This functionality is currently only available in US-based environments for work or school accounts.

One child desktop flow can now run in parallel with its parent flow

In the Run desktop flow action, a new toggle property is now available that allows the concurrent run of a child desktop flow, in parallel with its parent flow that invoked it, on the same machine. This configuration is useful for scenarios, where unexpected popups in the target application may block certain actions of the parent flow.

New dedicated Access actions have now been introduced

A new group of dedicated Access actions is now available out of the box, permitting the use of direct Access operations.

Some instance variable types are now supported as input/output variables

Excel, Word and Outlook instance variables are now supported as input/output variables in desktop flows, accommodating the respective variable types when passing information from one desktop flow to another.

A retry policy can now be applied to the ‘On block error’ action

The action On block error now supports retry policies, as is already the case for individual actions’ error handling. If a retry policy is set and an error occurs, retrying will take place from the beginning of the block.

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

All Power Automate connectors are now generally available for desktop flows

Cloud connectors in Power Automate for desktop are now generally available through the Connectors tab in the Assets library. Premium users can now add and use all non-custom Power Automate connectors and their operations in desktop flows, enjoying direct integration with multiple Microsoft and third-party services.

Direct integration with CyberArk credentials is now available (in preview)

The action ‘Get credential’ has now been introduced under the new module ‘Power Automate secret variables’ in preview, offering direct integration with CyberArk credentials, which can be retrieved and used in desktop flow actions out of the box.

Power Fx has now become generally available for desktop flows

Power Fx enabled flows are now generally available in Power Automate for desktop.

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Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

More connectors are now available for desktop flows (in preview)

The Assets library now comes with a new Connectors tab (in preview), which allows premium users to add and use out of the box even more cloud connectors and their operations in desktop flows, offering direct integration with multiple Microsoft and third-party services.

This is another important step towards the alignment between desktop and cloud flows, their available content and the offered user experience!

Web automation is now supported in Citrix and RDP sessions

In addition to desktop automation, web automation is now also supported in RDP and Citrix sessions, allowing for more robust flows in remote machine scenarios. This functionality is available for both web recording and manual authoring.

A new action to extract tables from desktop apps in now available

A new action is now available for data extraction in desktop automation, called Extract data from table, to enable the proper extraction of tables and data grids from target applications.

Two new actions for work queues have been introduced

Two new actions have now been added for work queue processing, Add multiple work queue items and Get work queue items by filter. Furthermore, variables of work queue item type now support more properties out of the box.

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

Subflows can now be invoked dynamically

The Run subflow action now comes with a new ‘Input as expression’ property, which permits the dynamic invocation of subflows through variables during runtime.

The maximum allowed log size for some actions has now been increased

The Log message action now supports messages up to 10,000 characters, increasing the maximum allowed size of the corresponding custom execution logs from the previous 128 characters.

The same log size increase (from 128 to 10,000 characters) has also taken place for the following scripting actions:

• Run DOS command
• Run VBScript
• Run JavaScript
• Run PowerShell script
• Run Python script
• Run .NΕΤ script

Installation issues can now be inspected in the troubleshooter tool

A new troubleshooting category around installation issues has now been added to Power Automate’s troubleshooter tool.

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

Another Excel action has been introduced

The action Set color of cells in Excel worksheet is now available in desktop flows, allowing you to customize cell colors directly within your Excel worksheet.

Environment routing is now available for desktop flows

Environment routing has now been introduced in Power Automate for desktop, automatically redirecting makers to their own personal developer environment, instead of the default environment.

Label actions can now be used in an expanded scope

The ‘Go to’ action can now target labels that are used in a different scope (e.g. in a conditional block), except error blocks, loops, and/or other subflows.

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

New data table actions have been introduced

New actions that are dedicated to data table use cases are now available, to accommodate the respective operations out of the box:

New Excel actions have been introduced

New actions for Excel automation are now available in desktop flows:

• Copy Excel worksheet
• Read formula from Excel
• Get table range from Excel worksheet
• Auto fill cells in Excel worksheet
• Append cells in Excel worksheet
• Lookup range in Excel worksheet

An image-based fallback mechanism is now available for UI elements

Power Automate for desktop now supports a robust fallback mechanism for UI elements. If the configured selectors fail to identify a UI element on the screen, users can now capture a screenshot of the element and set it as an alternative identification method. In instances where UI or browser automation actions are at risk of failing due to unlocated UI elements, the image fallback feature activates. Power Automate for desktop will then search for the UI element using the captured image and interact with it accordingly. 

A new timeout property is available for desktop flows

In the properties pane of a desktop flow in the console of Power Automate for desktop, you can now set a maximum running time, upon which the flow will be forced to time out.

This feature is available for premium users in schema v2 environments.

Embedded connection references are now available in public preview for desktop flows

When you use cloud connector operations in a desktop flow, you now have the ability (in public preview) to embed therein some or all of your connection references. In this way, other co-owners, with whom you have shared your desktop flow, can safely use your connections in the context of that desktop flow. This unlocks cloud-initiated runs in the respective use cases, whereas for console local runs, co-owners will not be required to bring their own connections.

This embedding functionality is available in the details page of the desktop flow in the portal of Power Automate, through the ‘Connection references’ pane.

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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Key features

A new feature has been added, as described below.

The Dataverse connector has now been introduced in preview

The Microsoft Dataverse cloud connector is now available in desktop flows (in public preview). Makers can now use the following Dataverse actions directly in desktop flows:

• Add a new row to selected environment
• Delete a row from selected environment
• Download a file or image from selected environment
• Get a row by ID from selected environment
• List rows from selected environment
• Perform a bound action in selected environment
• Perform an unbound action in selected environment
• Relate rows in selected environment
• Unrelate rows in selected environment
• Update a row in selected environment
• Upload a file or an image to selected environment

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources:

• Learn more about Power Automate for desktop in our documentation
• Sign up for a free Power Automate trial
• Download Power Automate for desktop

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