Microsoft Dynamics & Power Platform: 2022 release wave 1 plan

The Microsoft Power Platform release plan for the 2022 release wave 1 describes new features releasing from April 2022 through September 2022 for Power BI, Power Apps, Power Apps portals, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and AI Builder, as well as Microsoft Power Platform capabilities for governance and administration, ISV experiences, and data integration. You can either browse the release plan online or download the document as a PDF file.

MilestoneDateDescription
Release plans availableJanuary 25, 2022Learn about the new capabilities coming in the 2022 release wave 1 (April 2022 – September 2022) across Dynamics 365 and Industry Clouds and Microsoft Power Platform.
Early access availableJanuary 31, 2022Test and validate new features and capabilities that will be a part of the 2022 release wave 1, coming in April, before they get enabled automatically for your users. You can view the Microsoft Power Platform 2022 release wave 1 early access features now.
Release plans available in 11 additional languagesFebruary 23, 2022The Dynamics 365 and Industry Clouds and Power Platform release plans are published in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and Swedish.
General availabilityApril 1, 2022Production deployment for the 2022 release wave 1 begins. Regional deployments will start on April 1, 2022.

Please refer below link for more information –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave1/

Microsoft released best practices for Power platform adoption

Do you want to accelerate your Microsoft Power Platform adoption to solve business problems and increase productivity across your organization?

The Power Platform content on adoption.microsoft.com is your one place to find a collection of content relevant to your adoption journey. It helps you get started, engage your org, train your org, find your champions, and govern your environments.

Please refer below link about the release –

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/best-practices-and-workbooks-to-accelerate-your-microsoft-power-platform-adoption/

SSL/TLS Secure Channel Error in Power Automate

Problem Statement: Recently as per the organisation hardening process we have upgraded from TLS 1.2 to TLS 1.3 noticed below error

Environment Background : In the flow we are using HTTP action to perform operation using on-premise data gateway connecting on-premise Microsoft SQL Server database to microsoft data-verse.

Resolution : The change is implemented by Infra Team as per regular hardening process. After lot of analysis to decode the error finally downgraded from TLS 1.3 to TLS 1.2 then issue got resolved.

Parallel raised a support ticket with Microsoft to understand when Power Automate will start supporting TLS 1.3. Yet to get the update 😊

Microsoft Dynamics 365 2022 Release Wave 1 Plan

Microsoft released Dynamics 365 2022 Release Wave 1 Plan which has lot of cool features. Do check out below link for more information

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave1/

Release Plans Available – 25 January, 2022

Early Access Available – 31 January, 2022

General availability – 1st April, 2022

Download pdf version of the release plan using 👇 link

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2185105

Product road map as under

https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/roadmap/overview/#releasetimeline%20and

Introducing the ALM Accelerator for Power Platform

Microsoft introduced ALM Accelerator for Power Platform which includes a canvas app that sits on top of Azure DevOps Pipelines and Git source control. The app provides a simplified interface for makers to regularly export the components in their Power Platform Solutions to source control and create deployment requests to have their work reviewed before deploying to target environments.

Please refer below link for more information:

To know more about COE starter kit pls refer below link –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/starter-kit