Introduction
March 2025 brings a wealth of updates for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365, offering users a chance to enhance their experience with the latest features and improvements. In this blog, we’ll dive into the significant service and product updates that are set to transform your workflows, highlight any key retirements that may impact your operations, and point out valuable learning opportunities to keep you informed and adept in utilizing these powerful tools. Stay tuned as we explore how these developments can elevate your business capabilities and drive efficiency in your processes.
Service Updates
2025 Release Wave 1
The Microsoft Power Platform release plan for the 2025 release wave 1 announces the latest updates to customers as features are prepared for release. You can browse the release plan here online, view it in the Release planner, or download the document as a PDF file, which is updated with every publish. The plan for 2025 release wave 1 covers new features for Power Platform releasing from April 2025 through September 2025.
February Monthly Channel updates for model-driven apps
Monthly channel release notes for model-driven apps
Fill forms faster with smart paste enabled in all Dynamics 365 model-driven apps
This feature makes it faster and easier for users to fill forms based on text content from any source. Users can copy the content, smart paste by selecting a button (or using the keyboard shortcut), and receive inline suggestions within the form based on the copied content.
Visualize the data in your view easily with Copilot
Simply select Visualize to let Copilot turn tabular data, along with all the filters, into a chart. Drill into the data by interacting with the chart, or the grid column filters, or both. Personalize the chart in-place by changing the chart type, using the AI-generated chart.
Events
Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event
Transform the way you do business with Copilot and agents
Sign up to shape the future of your business with AI-powered Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform and unlock the cutting-edge power of the 2025 release wave 1. Get more details and register now.
Three broadcast times are available:
April 30, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM CET (UTC+1) | Europe, Middle East, Africa broadcast
April 30, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM PT (UTC-7) | Americas broadcast
May 2, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM SGT (UTC+8) | Asia broadcast
Microsoft Build
Product Upates
The September 2024 briefing brings a host of new features and enhancements across the Power Platform. Here are some of the key product updates:
- Power Apps:
- Introducing the data exploration agent to quickly find records using natural language in model-driven apps! Available immediately via manual opt-in.
- Visualize with Copilot – a new capability that instantly transforms your business data into a meaningful interactive chart. Whether you’re tracking sales or driving customer service excellence or managing inventory, Visualize with Copilot can help you see the bigger picture instantly
- Code View is now GA. Key Features:
- Code View: Developers can view the code for each control, making it easier to understand the app’s functionality
- Copy and paste: The ability to copy any control within Studio as YAML + Power Fx code and paste it into a code editor for modifications.
- Sharing: Makers can use code snippets to share their work using Microsoft Teams, email or forums, facilitating collaboration and reuse.
- Enterprise-Grade Governance – 3 powerful new rules for Environment Groups, designed to give tenant administrators greater control over critical environment settings.
- Power Automate:
- View progressive logging for desktop flows – Logs will be sent to the cloud progressively, without waiting for the entire automation process to complete.
- Use certificate-based authentication in desktop flow connections – This feature enhances security by allowing the use of certificates stored in Azure Key Vault for connecting to Windows sessions on desktop flow machines
- Power Automate Process Mining – Ingest files from Fabric OneLake
- Process Mining thin client app announcement
- Copilot Studio:
- Dataverse
- Create reusable functions with Power Fx – You can now quickly compose and deploy simple yet powerful Power Fx business logic inside Power Apps (make.powerapps.com) without requiring deep coding expertise, formerly called low-code instant plugins.
- Support for large solution file sizes – Support for knowledge files up to 1 GB adds flexibility for customers to seamlessly work on larger volumes of data, compared to the current size limit of 92 MB
- Improved business continuity and disaster recovery – Improve solution availability and business continuity for your business-critical applications and data
- Dynamics 365
- Accelerate your journey to AI-first selling with Microsoft AI Accelerator for Sales and new sales agents
Deprecations or Retirements
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the Power Platform, we are announcing several deprecations and retirements. These changes are essential for maintaining system integrity and security. Key deprecations include:
Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages
March 2025
May 2025
June 2025
August 2025
Dynamics 365
April 2026
Always check these sources for the latest deprecation and retirement information:
Important changes in Power Apps and Power Automate
Important changes in Canvas Apps
Important changes in Power Pages
Learning Corner
In this section, we highlight some valuable learning resources and opportunities for the Power Platform community:
- Create agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio – Online workshop – In this learning path you complete hands-on activities using Microsoft Power Platform, specifically Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Automate.
- Create a personalized learning plan with AI – We use AI to help you create a personalized and tailored learning plan that considers your unique needs and provides the most relevant content.
- Code Sample: Solution staging and asynchronous import
Video Roundup
Dynamics 365 – Sales Agent and Sales Chat
HYPE Customer Story
Conclusion
As we wrap up this month’s updates on Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365, it’s clear there’s never a dull moment in the world of technology! With each new feature and enhancement, the possibilities are endless for transforming how we work and connect. So, make sure to keep your excitement alive and stay tuned for next month’s blog article, where we’ll dive into even more groundbreaking innovations. Until then, happy innovating!
Need help with your Power Platform and/or Dynamics 365 environments? Check out our services list here or contact us at pfedynamics@microsoft.com!
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