Unlocking the Power of AI: New Features in AI Builder's 2025 Release Wave

Microsoft's AI Builder is set to receive a wave of new features in 2025, enhancing its capabilities and offering users more powerful tools for automation and analysis . These updates focus on improving the user experience with generative AI, streamlining prompt creation, and providing more control over AI-generated content. These updates also reflect a broader trend of democratizing AI, making it easier for non-technical users to harness its power for various business needs . This article is based on information from the Microsoft Power Platform 2025 release wave 1 plan, available at 1. Here's a detailed look at what's coming:  

Review AI-Generated Content with Validation Stations

This feature introduces "validation stations," which allow marketers and analysts to review AI-generated content and ensure its quality and safety before it's used. This adds a layer of human oversight to the AI process, helping to maintain accuracy and prevent the spread of misinformation or inappropriate content.

• Key Benefit: Enhanced quality control for AI-generated content.

• Availability: Public preview in May 2025, general availability in July 2025.

• Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, and analysts.

Process and Generate Documents with Copilot Prompts

This exciting feature empowers marketers and analysts to leverage the power of Copilot, an AI-powered assistant, to interact with documents more efficiently. Users can employ natural language prompts to instruct Copilot to perform tasks such as:

• Transcription: Convert audio or handwritten content into text.

• Summarization: Condense lengthy documents into concise summaries.

• Content Generation: Create new content based on existing documents, such as generating marketing copy from product descriptions.

This feature streamlines content creation and analysis, saving users time and effort.

• Key Benefit: Improved efficiency in document processing and content creation.

• Availability: Public preview in May 2025, general availability in September 2025.

• Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, and analysts.

Enhance Operational Efficiency with an Agent

While details are limited, this feature suggests the introduction of an "agent" within AI Builder. This agent likely acts as an AI-powered assistant that can automate tasks, provide insights, and improve overall operational efficiency. Further information about the agent's specific capabilities and use cases will be crucial to understanding its full potential.

• Key Benefit: Potential for increased automation and improved operational workflows.

• Availability: Public preview in May 2025, general availability in September 2025.

• Enabled for: Makers, admins, and analysts.

Ground with Connectors in Prompt Builder

AI Builder's prompt builder, which allows users to create custom instructions for AI models, is getting a significant upgrade. This feature enables users to "ground" their prompts with connectors. Imagine connectors as bridges that link AI Builder to different places where information is stored, like your company's database or a specific online service. This means that when you give instructions to the AI, you can also tell it where to find relevant information. This helps the AI understand your request better and give you more accurate results.

• Key Benefit: Improved accuracy and relevance of AI-generated outputs.

• Availability: Public preview in March 2025, general availability in May 2025.

• Enabled for: Makers, admins, marketers, and analysts.

Prompt Builder Supports Few-Shot Learning and Validation

Few-shot learning is a powerful technique that allows AI models to learn from limited examples. With this update, AI Builder's prompt builder will support few-shot learning, enabling users to train AI models with smaller datasets. This feature is particularly useful when large amounts of training data are unavailable or expensive to obtain. This can lead to significant cost savings by reducing the need for extensive data collection and labeling. Additionally, the prompt builder will incorporate validation capabilities, allowing users to test and refine their prompts before deploying them.

• Key Benefit: More efficient AI model training and improved prompt accuracy.

• Availability: Public preview and general availability in May 2025.

• Enabled for: Makers, admins, and analysts.

Create the Perfect Prompt with Help from Copilot

Crafting effective prompts for AI models can be challenging. This feature integrates Copilot into the prompt creation process, providing users with AI assistance in generating customized instructions. Copilot can help users refine their prompts, suggest relevant data sources, and ensure the prompt aligns with the desired outcome. This feature simplifies prompt creation and makes AI Builder more accessible to users with varying levels of expertise.

• Key Benefit: Simplified prompt creation and optimization.

• Availability: Public preview in February 2025, general availability in May 2025.

• Enabled for: Makers, admins, marketers, and analysts.

Streamline Prompt Creation with Prompt Fragments

This feature introduces "prompt fragments," which are reusable components for frequently used prompts. Users can create and save these fragments, allowing them to quickly assemble complex prompts by combining pre-built components. This modular approach to prompt creation saves time and reduces redundancy, especially for users who regularly work with similar AI tasks.

• Key Benefit: Increased efficiency and reusability in prompt creation.

• Availability: Public preview and general availability in May 2025.

• Enabled for: Makers, admins, marketers, and analysts.

Manage Multiple Prompt Iterations

Experimentation is often crucial when working with AI models. This feature allows users to manage multiple iterations of their prompts, enabling them to track changes, compare results, and revert to previous versions if needed. This version control system provides a clear history of prompt development and helps users understand the impact of different prompt variations on the AI model's output.

• Key Benefit: Improved tracking and management of prompt revisions.

• Availability: Public preview and general availability in May 2025.

• Enabled for: Makers, admins, marketers, and analysts.

Conclusion

The upcoming features in AI Builder represent a significant step forward in making AI more accessible and powerful for users. The emphasis on streamlined prompt creation, enhanced control over AI-generated content, and improved integration with external data sources promises to unlock new possibilities for automation, analysis, and decision-making. For example, validation stations can help ensure the accuracy of AI-generated marketing materials, while prompt fragments can streamline the process of creating reports from financial data. As these features become available, it will be interesting to see how users leverage them to drive innovation and efficiency within their organizations.