January 2025 update of Power Automate for desktop
We are happy to announce that the January 2025 update of Power Automate for desktop (version 2.52) has been released! You can download the latest release here.
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:
