What’s new in Power Platform: July/August 2026 feature update

Microsoft’s Power Platform blog announces a fresh set of AI‑driven capabilities in its July/August 2026 feature update, spotlighting a modern data grid control and AI‑assisted UI automation for Power Automate.

AI‑Enhanced Data Grid Modern Control

The new data grid modern control offers a responsive, high‑performance interface for displaying large data sets within Power Apps. It supports inline editing, conditional formatting, and seamless integration with Power Fx formulas, enabling developers to build richer, more interactive applications without custom code.

Key Benefits

• Improved load times for tables with thousands of rows
• Native support for sorting, filtering, and grouping
• Customizable column templates using Power Fx

AI‑Assisted UI Automation in Power Automate

Power Automate now includes AI‑assisted UI automation that can record user actions, generate flow steps, and suggest optimizations. The feature leverages large language models to interpret UI elements, reducing the need for manual selector tuning and accelerating the creation of desktop automation flows.

Users can invoke the AI assistant directly from the Flow designer, where it will propose actions such as clicking buttons, entering text, or extracting data, and then automatically insert the corresponding steps into the flow.

Integration with Existing Connectors

The AI‑assisted automation works alongside existing desktop connectors, preserving compatibility with legacy scripts while offering a smarter, more intuitive authoring experience.

The AI‑driven enhancements aim to lower the barrier for citizen developers to automate complex desktop tasks, according to the Power Platform team.

These updates reflect Microsoft’s broader strategy to embed generative AI across its low‑code portfolio, making it easier for organizations to build, extend, and automate business solutions.

Microsoft Power Platform blog: What’s new in Power Platform – July/August 2026 feature update