{"id":127923,"date":"2025-03-24T10:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/?post_type=power-automate&#038;p=127923"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:47:47","slug":"march-2025-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop","status":"publish","type":"power-automate","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/march-2025-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2025 update of Power Automate for desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are happy to announce that the March 2025 update of Power Automate for desktop (version 2.54) has been released! You can download the latest release <a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=2102613\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"key-features\">Key features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New features and updates have been added, as described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"test-cases-have-now-been-introduced\">Test cases have now been introduced<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>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. 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