As we transition to a world where work is increasingly done through human collaboration with agents, the way we think about applications is changing dramatically. Microsoft Power Apps is at the center of evolving how we build agent-centric apps, what it means to use them, and how we manage thousands of these solutions at scale.
Today, we’re announcing three major updates that bring this vision to life:
Plans in Power Apps are now generally available, giving developers a team of specialized agents that help them to go from business idea to end-to-end solution in record time.
New agent feed in Power Apps enters public preview, delivering an intuitive new experience for business users to manage and collaborate with agents inside their apps, making apps the hub of human-agent collaboration.
The managed platform is expanding the world-class governance, security, and operational control that supports millions of users today. And now, developers can deploy code-first apps built using tools, such as Cursor or VS code to Microsoft Power Platform to take advantage of the built-in security, management, governance, and deployment capabilities.
Together, these capabilities form a unified development experience that accelerates app creation, supercharges productivity, and governs agentic experiences. Let’s dive into what these updates mean for developers and business users, and how to start building with AI from day one.
Start with a plan
Introduced at Microsoft Ignite 2024, plans are now generally available in Power Apps. Developers can now work with a team of agents to define requirements, map processes, create data models, and architect multiple components of a solution to work together. Whether you’re expanding on existing assets or starting a fully new solution, plans bring it all together, guiding you from problem statement to working code.
Early adopters like Heineken or EY are already seeing the potential of accelerating their development cycles and uncovering new efficiencies. Based on the success of customers we are now rolling out plans to more regions and languages.
We’ve been working with the plans, and this has so much potential. You really see how it’s going to increase our speed to market and grow our footprint when it comes to our global team across the world.
—Giada Binelli, Global Product Owner for low-code platforms, The HEINEKEN Company
A walkthrough video of plans in Power Apps. Maker proceeds from the initial description, defines business requirements, process map, and data model, and is presented with solution architecture proposal—including Microsoft Copilot Studio agents. They also move from the plan to building a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent and an app in Power Apps. Note: the recorded video is pre-release documentation and was edited for marketing purposes; in-product experience might slightly differ from it.
From business requirements to agentic solutions
The new process mapping agent, now available in public preview, helps transform solution requirements and user personas into comprehensive process maps that anchor the plans. This visual blueprint provides an end-to-end view of the process, data, and solution architecture to optimize it—detailing how each component addresses specific business challenges. Developers can drill down into each step for nuanced improvements and get suggestions on how to best combine apps, agents, and flows to further fine-tune your processes.
Developers can now jumpstart plans using existing solutions by easily adding already-built apps and tables into their plans. This capability allows developers to integrate prior work into a cohesive, interconnected solution that unlocks new value and can be further optimized as the plan evolves.
Additionally, suggested solutions will also include reports, portals, and Microsoft Copilot Studio agents. This expansion allows developers to architect a comprehensive, intelligent solution upfront, before diving into creation of individual artifacts.
A maker moves from plan to Power Apps Studio with a single click and sees an app being generated from the plan. Note: the recording is adjusted for marketing purposes, in-product experience might slightly differ from it.
With a single click, developers can jump into the right authoring tool to refine and deploy their apps and agents—carrying over the requirements and data they defined in the plan. That context powers the generation of the initial app or agent, accelerating the time it takes to build individual solution elements and keeping personas and business logic front and center.
Generate AI-tailored experiences
Power Apps is also introducing generated pages, empowering developers to create fully customized user experiences in native React code. Simply describe what you want an app or page to do, easily add Microsoft Dataverse tables, attach a whiteboard sketch, and iteratively refine the design and functionality of the app page using natural language. Developers can also add rich interactions like drag and drop, file upload, and on-hover animations to an app in just a few minutes. Sign up for the Early Access Program to be among the first to try generated pages.
A maker uses new capability to create generated page from natural language, and sees the agent reasoning as well as code streamed live. Note: in-product experience might slightly differ from it.
Apps are the new frontier for human-agent collaboration
People are increasingly collaborating on key business functions with agents, and these users need new workspaces to work with those digital coworkers. Now, applications built in Power Apps support human-agent collaboration with agent feed, where business users can:
See agent actions (public preview)
A comprehensive activity feed that surfaces what agents are doing on their behalf, wherever they are in the app.
Get real-time guidance (Early Access Program)
Receive prompts and recommendations on when and how to step in to unblock or reassign tasks on the spot.
Automate work with intelligent actions (Early Access Program)
Configure and automate workflows from within the templates, without ever leaving the interface.
A walkthrough of agent feed capability from user point of view as well as experience of maker setting up the experience. Note: the recording is pre-release and was edited for marketing purposes; in-product experience might slightly differ from it.
On the homepage, as well as in continuously visible left-hand pane feed, users gain a unified view of every agent assigned to their app and how they are performing. The agent feed dynamically highlights completed tasks, surfaces in-app prompts when agents need help, and recommends the next best action—whether that’s unblocking or reassigning work. Users are guided in real time with contextual suggestions, helping them focus their attention on the highest-value tasks and accelerating decision making.
Enterprise-grade managed platform for all your solutions
Microsoft Power Platform delivers true enterprise scale. In November 2024, we announced major updates to our managed capabilities—spanning Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Copilot Studio, with new capabilities for managed governance, managed security and managed operations. By March we expanded these further with managed availability, an enhanced tool to give admins visibility and control over agents.
Enterprises running solutions on Microsoft Power Platform can now take advantage of new monitoring updates. Improved visibility into how apps, flows, and agents are used help them to better manage adoption, troubleshoot, and optimize. Additionally, the security score can be customized to suit organizational needs to strengthen defenses.
This fully managed platform gives enterprise teams the control and insights they need to confidently scale solutions.
Bring code-first apps to a fully managed platform
Now, developers joining our Early Access Program will be able to bring their code-built apps from Cursor or Visual Studio Code into the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem, unlocking the same enterprise-grade reliability and operational excellence across all development approaches. This is a significant step forward in our journey to support all developers and all solutions, backed by enterprise-grade governance, security, operations, and availability. If you are interested in the potential to participate in an early access preview, please sign up.
A recording of developer working in Visual Studio Code and publishing their app to Power Apps and then running and sharing it. Note: in-product experience might slightly differ from it.
Embrace the future of intelligent app development with Power Apps
With the latest advancements in Power Apps, you’re equipped to transform ideas into intelligent, collaborative solutions faster than ever. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or a business user, these tools empower you to gain an AI advantage and streamline processes to enhance productivity.
Experience the future of app development—explore the new features, join our Early Access Program, and start building intelligent apps today.
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