Latest Updates on Microsoft Power Automate Desktop – September 2021

Microsoft Power Automate Desktop September 2021 Update

The latest Sep 2021 update of Microsoft Power Automate Desktop has been released! Today, we are going to highlight some of these new features.

To check the software version that you have, go to the Console and click on Help, then About.

How to check the version of Microsoft Power Automate Desktop you have

The version installed will be displayed as shown below. The latest available version (as of this writing) is 2.13.138.21255.

The version number of Microsoft Power Automate Desktop displayed

If you have an older version and would like to upgrade to the latest version to enjoy the new features, go to this link to download the software installer.

New getting started experience

There is now a new in-product guided walkthrough experience which you can access by selecting the Help menu, followed by Getting started. This quick product tour helps new users to get familiar with Power Automate Desktop and its core features. 

Here’s what it looks like:

New Invoke SOAP web service action

This new action invokes a method from a SOAP web service.

The Invoke SOAP web service dialog box in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop

It also includes a built-in helper window (which you can access by clicking on the Build request button) that lets you build the SOAP request envelope in a convenient manner.

The Build SOAP request box when you click the Build Request button

Conclusion

By the way, the enhancements are not stopping here. Based on the 2021 Release Wave 2 Plan for the Microsoft Power Platform, there are a number of exciting new capabilities in the roadmap, including:

  • Availability of Log message action in desktop flows, enabling users to log custom messages
  • New integration module allowing users to work directly with the data stored in Microsoft Dataverse
  • Create data loss prevention policies that govern desktop flows, as well as actions and modules in Power Automate Desktop
  • Additional analytics capability in the form of admin reports for desktop flows across environments
  • Improved and further integration of desktop flows into Dynamics 365 applications
  • Availability of the 475+ API connectors as actions within desktop flows (currently only available in cloud flows)

Now that you have learnt some of the new features and enhancements made in Sep 2021, why not download this latest version of Microsoft Power Automate Desktop and starting automating?

If you’re interested, you can also check out previous Microsoft Power Automate Desktop updates:

Aug 2021

Jul 2021

June 2021

May 2021

April 2021

 

Learning Resources

https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-automate-desktop-september-2021-update/