Merge pull request #10134 from MicrosoftDocs/Imad-EarlyRelease

Update powerapps-preview-program.md -- Publish May 15

Author: sericks007

powerapps-docs/maker/powerapps-preview-program.md

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 title: Power Apps preview program 
-description: Get early access to functionalities with Power Apps Preview Program
-author: jimholtz
+description: Get early access to features with Power Apps Preview Program.
+author: sericks007
 ms.subservice: common
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: 
   - canvas
-ms.date: 03/04/2024
-ms.author: tapanm
+ms.date: 05/14/2024
+ms.author: sericks
+ms.reviewer: sericks
 search.audienceType: 
   - admin
+contributors:
+- ImadYanni 
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 # Power Apps preview program
 
-Microsoft Power Apps updates the platform and its capabilities every few days or weeks. The Power Apps preview program is a way to get early access to those upcoming functionalities and updates prior to availability in other regions (where customer production apps are deployed).
+Microsoft Power Apps updates the platform and its capabilities every few days or weeks. The Power Apps preview program is a way to get early access to features and updates before they become available in other regions (where customer production apps are deployed).
 
 With the Power Apps preview program, you can:
-- **Try out, learn, and dogfood upcoming functionalities**: Many functionalities will be rolled out first in the preview for a few days to get feedback. By participating in the preview program, you can learn about new functionalities sooner and provide feedback. Also, you will be ready to quickly take advantage of new functionalities as soon as they reach regions where their production apps are created.
-- **Enable business continuity by ensuring current apps will continue to work** with the upcoming updates (vNext) of Power Apps.
+- **Try out, learn, and dogfood upcoming features**: Many features are rolled out first in the preview for a few days to get feedback. By participating in the preview program, you can learn about new features sooner and provide feedback. Also, you can quickly take advantage of new features as soon as they reach regions where their production apps are created.
+- **Enable business continuity by ensuring current apps continue to work** with the upcoming updates (vNext) of Power Apps.
 
 ## What in Power Apps is available for preview?
 
-To access the preview functionalities, you need to be in a preview environment or using a preview URL. We have preview features for the following areas across Power Apps.
+To access the preview features, you need to be in a preview environment or using a preview URL. We have preview features for the following areas across Power Apps.
 
 ### Canvas apps
 
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 ### Model-driven apps and app management
 
-You can create, manage, and share apps using [Power Apps][2] (make.powerapps.com). To use the preview functionalities, we recommend that you are in a [preview](#how-to-get-early-access-to-the-upcoming-updates) or [sandbox](/power-platform/admin/sandbox-environments) environment and not in a production environment. Then, go to the preview version of [Power Apps][3] (make.preview.powerapps.com).
+You can create, manage, and share apps using [Power Apps][2] (make.powerapps.com). To use the preview features, we recommend that you are in a [preview](#how-to-get-early-access-to-the-upcoming-updates) or [sandbox](/power-platform/admin/sandbox-environments) environment and not in a production environment. Then, go to the preview version of [Power Apps][3] (make.preview.powerapps.com).
 
 ## How to get early access to the upcoming updates?
 
-For Power Platform, all the apps, flows, and related resources are stored in an environment. Early access to all preview functionalities are also available with an environment created in a region where the vNext (preview) is deployed. For now, there is only one region, **Preview (United States)**, as shown in the image below:
+> [!Note]
+> **Preview (United States)** has been replaced with the **Early release cycle** option. Following the instructions below, you can create preview, or _early release cycle_ environments in the United States region and other regions that may be closer to your ___location.
 
-> [!div class="mx-imgBorder"] 
-> ![Preview environment.](media/env3-preview.png "Preview environment") 
+For Power Platform, all the apps, flows, and related resources are stored in an environment. Early access to all preview features is available when an admin creates an environment that supports the **Get new features early** option. A subset of the regions currently have this capability and the environment must be created in one of those regions.  For more information, see [Early release cycle environments](/power-platform/admin/early-release).
 
-Select the region for the environment as **Preview (United States)** and accept the consent for joining the preview program to create the environment to get access to the next version (vNext) of Power Apps.
-All the apps and other resources created in this environment are on the vNext version of the platform (SAAS).
+All the apps and other resources created in this environment are on the vNext version of the platform.
 
 ## How to learn about the latest updates?
 
-You can get aware of the new functionalities, which are available for preview at [What’s new in Power Apps][5]. The functionalities that are only available in the preview have a ‘Preview’ tag.
+You can get aware of the new features, which are available for preview at [What’s new in Power Apps][5]. The features that are only available in the preview have a ‘Preview’ tag.
 
 ## Key scenarios to test with the preview program
 
 1. **Validate your production apps with the upcoming Power Apps updates (vNext)**
 
-   You might like to verify your production apps, to be working fine with the next upcoming updates on Power Apps. You can [copy](/powerapps/maker/data-platform/export-solutions) the apps from a production environment to an environment in First Release and play the apps to test out the scenarios. Note, all the other necessary resources like CustomAPI, Power Automate, etc., will also need to be moved along with it. This should just create another copy of these apps and required resources. You can start testing out the newer updates not just for playing an app, but also while editing and managing the apps.
+   You might like to verify your production apps, to be working fine with the next upcoming updates on Power Apps. You can [copy](/powerapps/maker/data-platform/export-solutions) the apps from a production environment to an environment in First Release and play the apps to test out the scenarios. Note, all the other necessary resources like CustomAPI, Power Automate, etc., need to be moved along with it. This should just create another copy of these apps and required resources. You can start testing out the newer updates not just for playing an app, but also while editing and managing the apps.
 
-2. **Trying out the new functionalities available in preview**
+2. **Trying out the new features available in preview**
 
-   We will be launching many new functionalities initially in the **Preview (United States)** region. You can try out the new functionalities prior to their being available in rest of the regions (which might impact your production environment).
+   We launch many new features initially in the **Preview (United States)** region. You can try out the new features before they become available in the rest of the regions (which might impact your production environment).
 
 ## How to provide feedback to the product team?
 
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 1. **Clients not available in preview**
 
-   There are certain functionalities, and services available in preview:
+   There are certain features, and services available in preview:
 
     | Create an app | Playing an app | Others | Available in preview? |
     | - | - | - | - |
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 2. **Using apps created in preview environments in production environments**
 
-   Power Apps does not support opening apps saved in preview only versions of Power Apps in production environments. Most versions of Power Apps will eventually move from preview into production, but how and when this happens is influenced by many factors so it should not be relied on. We recommend you use production environments to create or edit any app intended for use in a production environment.
+   Power Apps doesn't support opening apps saved in preview only versions of Power Apps in production environments. Most versions of Power Apps eventually move from preview into production, but how and when this happens is influenced by many factors so it shouldn't be relied on. We recommend you use production environments to create or edit any app intended for use in a production environment.
 
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 [2]: https://make.powerapps.com