What’s new in Power Apps: August 2024 Feature Update
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Introducing our first episode of Power Apps Pulse!
We’re delighted to share with you a new series highlighting incremental improvements each month aimed at making app building faster, easier, and more delightful for your app users. Check out these updates and get making with Power Apps Pulse!
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
- Create a machine ordering Power Apps canvas app – Online Workshop
- Integrate a Power Apps app with Power Automate – Online Workshop
- Create a Dataverse table for the machine ordering app – Online workshop
- Create a model-driven Power Apps app for machine ordering – Online Workshop
- Use Copilot in Power Apps
