Power Platform October/November 2026 Feature Update

Introduction

Microsoft’s latest Power Platform feature update for October and November 2026 brings a broad set of enhancements across Power Apps, Dataverse, SharePoint-connected app creation, and AI-assisted development. For IT administrators, platform owners, and makers, the update is important because it improves usability, expands modern app-building options, and adds more governed AI capabilities that respect existing permissions and business rules.

What’s new in Power Platform

New modern Power Apps controls

Several new modern controls are expanding what makers can build in canvas apps with less custom work:

• Modern attachments enters public preview with drag-and-drop, multi-file upload, image thumbnails, and file validation.
• New Fluent-based controls such as avatar group, persona, metrics card, and card gallery help makers create richer interfaces faster.
• Microsoft also signaled more controls are coming by the end of 2026, including navigation and accordion experiences.

Better data handling and templates

Microsoft is also improving app performance and default design patterns:

• Modern data grid now supports automatic loading and numbered pagination for larger datasets.
• Responsive SharePoint custom forms now start from an updated multi-column template.
• App-from-data and SharePoint templates now use a modern responsive design with browse, new, and edit screens built in.

These updates reduce manual layout work and make generated apps more production-ready from the start.

Dataverse and AI enhancements

AI and governed data access are a major theme in this release:

• Dataverse.Unmask lets canvas apps reveal masked values on demand while still enforcing security permissions.
• Work IQ for business apps enters public preview, allowing users to query and update model-driven app data with natural language.
• AI row summary for Dataverse records helps users understand records faster from the modern data grid.
• Generative pages can now call Dataverse custom APIs, enabling AI-driven pages to trigger server-side business logic.
• Application Insights integration adds telemetry for generative pages to help monitor performance and errors.

Impact on IT administrators and makers

For administrators, these changes improve governance and observability while extending AI scenarios without bypassing security boundaries. For makers, the update reduces development effort through better templates, reusable modern controls, and more scalable data experiences.

Organizations using SharePoint, Dataverse, and model-driven apps should pay particular attention to the new responsive templates and AI preview features, especially where user productivity and app modernization are priorities.

Action items

• Review preview features before enabling them in production environments.
• Test modern attachments, data grid pagination, and responsive templates in a dev environment.
• Validate security and permissions for Dataverse.Unmask and Work IQ scenarios.
• If using generative pages, consider enabling Application Insights for monitoring and troubleshooting.

Overall, this update shows Microsoft continuing to focus on modern UI, scalable app experiences, and practical AI built around existing Power Platform governance controls.