With the latest Power Automate Release Wave, Microsoft is once again pushing the boundaries of what automation can achieve - away from complicated workflows and towards intelligent, dynamic solutions. Whether copilot-controlled processes, optimized document recognition or new insights into the Automation Center: The new features are clearly aimed at greater efficiency, transparency and user-friendliness.
Now is the ideal time to re-evaluate your automation strategy in Power Automate: Which tasks can be mapped even more easily using generative AI or AI Builder? Where can you identify bottlenecks in the process - and eliminate them directly? And how can non-technical teams also benefit from the improvements? We have summarized the most important functions for you.
Release timeline at a glance
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| 📑 Publication release plan | July 16, 2025 |
| 🧪 Early Access (Preview) | August 4, 2025 |
| 🚀 General availability | October 1, 2025 |
Top 7 functions in Power Automate (Wave 2 2025)
Copilot creates automations on demand
What's new?
You can use natural language to create new flows in Power Automate and manage existing automated processes - without code and embedded directly in Microsoft 365.
🔷 Why is this relevant for your company?
Even non-technical teams can automate recurring tasks themselves. This saves IT resources and speeds up everyday processes.
Generative AI helps make decisions - in real time
What's new?
With generative AI, decision logic and process structures in flows can be dynamically adapted based on the current context.
🔷 Why is this relevant for your company?
Your automations become smarter and more adaptable - particularly helpful for unpredictable or highly variable processes.
AI Builder processes documents even more precisely
What's new?
The AI models for document recognition (e.g. for receipts, contracts or forms) have been improved - for higher recognition rates and easier integration.
🔷 Why is this relevant for your company?
You save on manual data entry, minimize sources of error and speed up the processing of incoming invoices or onboarding processes, for example.
Process map for a holistic process overview
What's new?
An interactive process map shows how flows are connected, which steps are executed and where handovers take place.
🔷 Why is this relevant for your company?
You can identify redundancies, risks or inefficient branches at a glance - ideal for governance, scaling and quality assurance.
Process mining directly in the Automation Center
What's new?
Power Automate analyses process data directly in the Admin Center - including bottlenecks, waiting times and optimization recommendations.
🔷 Why is this relevant for your company?
You can immediately see where your processes are stuck - without additional tools or complicated exports.
Automation Center: Orchestration & Analytics
What's new?
The Automation Center bundles cloud and desktop flows and offers new options for management, monitoring and analysis.
🔷 Why is this relevant for your company?
This allows you to maintain an overview, especially for larger automation projects - regardless of team, system or platform.
ROI analysis for automation in the Admin Center
What's new?
A new view in the Admin Center shows how much time and effort has been saved through automation - visually presented with Power BI.
🔷 Why is this relevant for your company?
You can finally provide concrete evidence of which automations are worthwhile - and where there is further potential.
When will you use your new advantage?
You are already using Microsoft Power Automate - but are you taking advantage of all the new possibilities?
Book a brief meeting with our team now - we will show you which functions have the greatest leverage for your processes and how you can activate them in a targeted manner!
