SummaryWith the rapid growth of single‐phase renewable energy source units within three‐phase microgrids, the accuracy of the power sharing per phase among distributed generation (DG) units is necessary. This paper proposes an adaptive power control strategy based on new sliding mode control for islanding operation of a microgrid with multiple three‐phase and single‐phase DGs. The studied microgrid consists of two three‐phase photovoltaic (PV) arrays and three single‐phase DG units, which include PV, fuel cell, and battery systems. In order to control the three‐phase DGs properly, an observer is used to estimate the uncertain system parameters. Then, according to the estimated values, a controller is adapted to the new system conditions. In this control strategy, one of the three‐phase PV arrays is responsible for adjusting the voltage and frequency, and the other is responsible for controlling the load current to manage the power of three‐phase inverters. To control the single‐phase DGs, their power and voltage references are assigned based on the corresponding phase of the three‐phase DGs responsible for power and voltage control. Subsequently, the power and voltage control operation is performed in a per‐unit system. The proposed control strategy is strongly stable against variation of conditions, disturbances, and microgrid parameter uncertainties, and it regulates the active and reactive powers injected by DGs. The feasibility of the proposed control strategy is validated using simulation studies on a multibus islanded microgrid with balanced and unbalanced loading conditions via MATLAB/Simulink software. The results indicate that the proposed approach is able to provide faster response and lower steady‐state error compared with the conventional proportional integral controller.