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EPPC 2026: Power Automate roadmap blends native, AI priorities

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com
EPPC 2026 Inspire Stage

Microsoft Power Automate now sits in a unique position within the Power Platform, between classic deterministic automation and a more AI-focused future. And the product team wants customers to know these needs are not in conflict. 

At EPPC 2026, Microsoft product leaders presented a “better together” message, where Power Automate can blend its range of existing automation methods with newer AI-related capabilities like MCP servers, purpose-built agents from Copilot Studio or Foundry, RPA self-healing capabilities, and support for local LLMs in desktop flows.

A large and growing enterprise user base

Power Automate has hundreds of thousands of tenants, according to Microsoft, with over 15 million users, over 30 million flows built, and over 10 billion processes run as of June 2026. Ninety three percent of the Fortune 500 use Power Automate, and RPA is one of the fastest growing products in Power Platform, fueled by a huge rise in legacy migrations. Still, Power Automate principal product manager Costas Chamosfakides told the audience that he still hears the question: is RPA dead? And is deterministic automation dead? 

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at [email protected].

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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