{"id":9940,"date":"2023-05-23T07:55:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T07:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/new-microsoft-power-automate-features-to-develop-and-orchestrate-automation\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:45:32","slug":"new-microsoft-power-automate-features-to-develop-and-orchestrate-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/new-microsoft-power-automate-features-to-develop-and-orchestrate-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Microsoft Power Automate features to develop and orchestrate automation"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Microsoft Build 2023, we\u2019re sharing new ways you can automate and orchestrate business processes across your organization with Microsoft Power Automate<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Continue reading to learn more about our latest announcements and how you can get started today.<\/p>\n

Accelerate development with AI-powered experiences<\/h2>\n

At our Future of Work event in March 2023<\/a><\/span>, we showed a sneak peek at what was coming soon with AI across Microsoft Power Platform. Today, we\u2019re excited to announce the preview of Copilot in Power Automate<\/a><\/span> and a refreshed, modern cloud flows designer that helps accelerate development so you can focus on what\u2019s important.<\/p>\n

Copilot in Power Automate\u2014now in preview<\/h3>\n

Alongside a new cloud flows designer is the\u00a0preview of Copilot in Power Automate. Building off the foundations of the describe it to design it<\/i><\/a><\/span> feature using natural language to accelerate the creation of automation, these two unified experiences enable developers to work smarter\u2014not harder.<\/p>\n

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As a Continuous Improvement Analyst at 3M, I’m always on the lookout for innovative ways to boost our operational efficiency. My experience with Power Automate started with the ‘Describe it to design it’ feature, which allowed me to effortlessly create custom workflows tailored to my unique needs just by describing them. I’ve since developed more than 20 flows for a range of applications, including managing Microsoft Forms survey responses and orchestrating processes involving SharePoint, Excel, and Planner. I’m excited for the upcoming launch of Copilot in Power Automate, which will further enhance my automation capabilities and help streamline processes at 3M.<\/em><\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Tommy Tang, Continuous Improvement Analyst, 3M
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\u200bThis functionality is available in preview environments today. Start using the <\/span>new cloud flows designer<\/a><\/span> and AI capabilities with GPT, and learn more from our\u00a0<\/span>official documentation<\/a><\/span> in Microsoft Learn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Customize functionality with robotic process automation\u00a0custom actions<\/h2>\n

Actions SDK for desktop flows\u2014now in\u00a0preview<\/h3>\n

Power Automate for desktop has a vast number of drag-and-drop actions that help you interact with a desktop\u2019s UI so you can automate legacy apps and systems, powered by robotic process automation (RPA). Now, using the new actions SDK (preview) for desktop flows, developers can create custom actions to speed up development. Power Automate for desktop Microsoft Visual Studio templates are also available through NuGet.org to help kick-start action creation. Makers can then access custom actions developed by their organizations and include them in desktop flows. They can then utilize them in the same fashion as they do all other standard actions.<\/p>\n

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\nDownload the actions SDK<\/span><\/a> from NuGet.org and learn more by reading our documentation<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Orchestrate smarter with hosted RPA and work queues<\/h2>\n

Hosted machines\u2014now generally available<\/h3>\n

Earlier this year,\u00a0we announced the preview of hosted machines<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the general availability of hosted machine groups with the hosted RPA add-on<\/a><\/span> for Power Automate. This groundbreaking approach to running RPA bots at scale takes the weight off IT for setting up and managing virtual machines by letting Microsoft do the work for you with hosted infrastructure. This empowers our customers to run RPA quickly and at scale while freeing up resources and reducing costs.<\/p>\n

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We are excited to announce that hosted machines is now generally available.\u00a0Hosted machines<\/a><\/span>\u202fgive developers a quick and simple way to build, test, and run desktop flows without providing or setting up any physical machines.<\/p>\n

Key features include:<\/p>\n