What’s new in Power Apps: August 2024 Feature Update

Summary: Welcome to the Power Apps monthly feature update! We will use this blog to share what’s new in Power Apps. A summary of product, community, and learning updates from throughout the month so you can access it in one easy place. This month we’re excited to share Copilot updates, GA of some key features for our makers and a huge set of Learning and Documentation updates.

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Use Copilot to filter to quickly filter, sort, and search canvas app galleries with SharePoint lists

We are excited to announce that Power Apps application runtime users can now use Copilot to filter to quickly filter, sort, and search the items in canvas app galleries with SharePoint. Copilot to filter uses your natural language to generate a query to the database that scopes the current view of records in a gallery so you can quickly find the records you need. This feature is available only for Power Apps canvas web apps and only at runtime for all applications that have been republished after version 7.4 which is expected to be available starting on July 29. It will be fully rolled out to all regions several weeks later. This premium feature is on by default and authors may disable if required.

Unlocking Power Apps: Exploring New Copilot Features with April Dunnam | Copilot Learning Hub

Join us on Copilot Learning Hub as we dive into the latest Copilot capabilities within Microsoft Power Apps. In this episode, Dona welcomes April Dunnam, a Power Apps expert, to showcase the innovative features that are transforming how users interact with Power Apps. From a comprehensive walkthrough of the new capabilities to practical demos, this episode is packed with insights for both beginners and advanced users. Discover how to leverage Copilot in Power Apps to enhance your productivity and streamline your workflows. Don’t miss out on this informative session.

Call SQL Server procedures directly in Power Fx (GA)

We are excited to announce that calling SQL Server stored procedures in Power Fx is now generally available in all regions. You do not need to call a Power Automate Flow to use a stored procedure making development of Power Apps for SQL easier for authors and faster overall performance for both authors and end users. The ability to call stored procedures for the SQL connector directly is an extension to the existing tabular model and gives users access to tables, views, and stored procedures. This feature extends our ongoing support of SQL Server as a primary development target for Power Apps.

Enterprise-Grade Governance

General availability for delete app users and view platform app users

Admins can take advantage of a modern and accessible UI to manage application users. Admins can do this by using the Application users page in the environment settings in the Power Platform admin center. Application users can be added, updated (or refreshed), and deactivated. Now deactivated application users can be deleted. Admins can also view the list of platform application users with their respective security role assigned.

General Availability for Delete stub, unlicensed, and removed Microsoft Entra group users.

Previously, stub users, unlicensed, or removed Microsoft Entra group users couldn’t be deleted from a Dataverse environment. These types of users remained in a Dataverse environment with a disabled status and were unable to log into the environment. You can now delete these users with the disabled status in your environment to comply with privacy laws, regulatory requirements, and to free up storage space.

Learning and Documentation Updates

Training paths and Labs

Updated Training

Documentation Updates

Developer
System requirements, limits, and configuration values for Power Apps
Improve solution performance, stability and reliability
Define and query hierarchically related data
Work with formula columns
Low-code plug-ins Power Fx (preview)
Visualize hierarchical data with model-driven apps
Using Power Fx with commands
Dataverse long term data retention overview
FAQ for Copilot in model-driven apps
Add Copilot for app users in model-driven apps
Microsoft Dataverse documentation
Create and use dataflows in Power Apps
Import data from Excel and export data to CSV
Importing and exporting data from Dataverse
Sign in to Power Apps
What are model-driven apps in Power Apps?
Customize the command bar using command designer
What is Power Apps?
View table data in Power BI Desktop
List of controls available for model-driven apps
Create a solution
Embed a Power BI report in a model-driven app main form
Use the Power BI report control to add a report (preview)
Manage model-driven app settings in the app designer
Build your first model-driven app
How to run a model-driven app
What’s new in Power Apps?
Use environment variables for Azure Key Vault secrets
Add canvas apps and cloud flows to a solution by default (preview)
PDF viewer control (experimental) in Power Apps
Share a canvas app with guest users
Email address validation for email columns (preview)
Azure integration
Dataverse development tools
Debug JavaScript code for model-driven apps
Asynchronous service
Register a plug-in
Tutorial: Write and register a plug-in
Get started with virtual tables (entities)
Types of columns
Page results using FetchXml
Page results using QueryExpression
Choose finance and operations data in Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse
Client API execution context
Client API form context
Client API grid context
getContentWindow (Client API reference)
isLoaded (Client API reference)
Custom column analyzers for Dataverse Search
Write a listener application for an Azure solution
Form OnSave event (Client API reference) in model-driven apps
PostSave Event
Form OnSave event (Client API reference) in model-driven apps
getFetchXml (Client API reference)
fetch element
Restore deleted records with code (preview)
Admin
Manage Copilot (preview)
Power Platform managed identity overview (preview)Power Platform managed identity overview (preview)
Set up managed identity for Power Platform (preview)
ActivityPointerBase table
Create and manage masking rules (preview)
Set up the Business value toolkitSet up the Business value toolkit
Capture and communicate value with the Business value toolkit
Boost team efficiency and customer experience with Power Automate and Copilot Studio
What is Microsoft Power Platform SAP Supplier Self Service template
Install and set up the SAP Supplier Self Service template
Get started managing the SAP Supplier Self Service solution
SAP on Power Platform
Create a pipeline using a custom pipelines host
Create a personal pipeline using the platform host
Column-level security to control access
Important changes (deprecations) coming in Power Platform
PowerShell support for Power Apps and Power Automate
Dataverse capacity-based storage details
Legacy storage capacity
Dataverse capacity-based storage overview
Solution checker enforcement in Managed Environments
Manage application users in the Power Platform admin center
Delete stub users from an environment
Turn on copilots and generative AI features
Migrate bring-your-own-key (BYOK) environments to customer-managed key
Configure Dataverse search for your environment
Manage your customer-managed encryption key
Create or edit business units (preview)
Creator kit
Manage collaboration settings
Set up pipelines in Power Platform
What are the Awards and Recognition templates for Power Platform?
Use service admin roles to manage your tenant
Secure the default environment
End User
Optimize the offline profile
Mobile offline limitations for model-driven apps
Mobile offline limitations for canvas apps