{"id":5741,"date":"2019-09-06T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:02:14","slug":"august-2019-updates-for-microsoft-powerapps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/august-2019-updates-for-microsoft-powerapps\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2019 updates for Microsoft PowerApps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PowerApps developers have definitely made up for lost time being at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit<\/span><\/a> shipping over 19 features this month! While all the PowerApps developers went above and beyond the Unified Interface team really delivered the goods with 8 suites of enhancements (with each suite containing multiple features!).
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If you aren’t familiar with the Unified Interface, it provides a consistent and accessible user experience across devices\u2014whether on a desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone. The apps scale by reflowing the components on the screen. The responsive design adapts to your environment based on screen size, so the more available space that you have, the more information can be displayed.<\/span>
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If you don’t want to wait for the end of month post you can always can view a roll up of the upcoming features here:\u00a0https:\/\/aka.ms\/businessappsreleasenotes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and more fine grained PowerApps weekly release information here:\u00a0https:\/\/aka.ms\/PAWeeklyReleaseNotes\u00a0<\/span><\/a>
\nDon’t see a feature that you\u00a0want in PowerApps? Navigate to\u00a0https:\/\/ideas.powerapps.com<\/span><\/a> and let us know!\u00a0If you are interested in having a hand in the development of PowerApps and want collaborate with the design team in shaping the future of the product, please sign up for our research panel at:\u00a0https:\/\/aka.ms\/BecomeAResearchParticipant<\/span><\/a>
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New PowerApps Updates and Features for August:
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  1. Preview PowerApps October release wave updates!
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  2. Publishing changes to PowerApps Portals
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  3. The PowerApps CLI exciting new features
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  4. Faster data entry with the SetFocus function
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  5. Provisioning and administration updates are now live in the Power Platform Admin center
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  6. Simplify formulas with the With function
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  7. Inline navigate to all of our modern model-driven designers
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  8. SharePoint delegation improvements
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  9. Preview for Improve data source experience and Common Data Service views
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  10. Share canvas apps with guests in your organization
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    New PowerApps Unified Interface Features
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    1. Preview for usability enhancements to lookups in Unified Interface
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    2. Unsaved Changes Dialog in the Unified Interface
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    3. View inline images when reading Emails in the Unified Interface
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    4. Quick Create Save and Create New in the Unified Interface
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    5. Always show important information on the form header in the Unified Interface
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    6. Activities Timeline Wall Improvements in the Unified Interface
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    7. Error Notification Navigation in the Unified Interface
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    8. View email threads as a conversation in the Unified Interface
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    9. Enhanced functionality in Unified Interface grids
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      PowerApps October release notes unveiled<\/span>
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      While it seems strange to list this as an August release, it is worth calling in out that in August the team added videos to our release notes show casing upcoming innovations so in addition to reading about upcoming features you can also now watch them!
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