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Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Gaurav Mahajan, Sudeep Ghatak, Nate Chamberlain, Scott Brewster
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Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Gaurav Mahajan, Sudeep Ghatak, Nate Chamberlain, Scott Brewster

Overview of this book

Microsoft 365 offers tools for content management, communication, process automation, and report creation. Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online Cookbook maximizes workplace collaboration and productivity using SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Delve, M365 Search, Copilot, Power Platform, Viva, Planner, and Microsoft Forms. You will find thoroughly updated recipes for SharePoint Online, covering sites, lists, libraries, pages, web parts, and learn SharePoint Framework (SPFx) basics for building solutions. You will explore many Microsoft Teams recipes to prepare it to be your organization’s central collaboration hub. You will be able to unlock Power Platform potential with recipes for Power Apps to enable low-code/no-code app development and learn to automate tasks with Power Automate and Power Automate Desktop. The book teaches you data visualization with Power BI, and chatbot creation with Power Virtual Agents (Copilot Studio). Finally, you will also learn about the cutting-edge Copilot and Gen AI functionality in Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. By the end, you will be equipped with skills to effectively use Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, and the Power Platform. Whether it's enhancing career prospects or improving business operations, this book is a perfect companion on your journey through the Microsoft Office 365 suite.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Index

Installing and launching Power Automate Desktop

In this recipe we’ll find where to begin using Power Automate desktop flows via Power Automate (though you can also launch the Power Automate Desktop app from your start menu).

Getting Ready

If you’re running Windows 10, you’ll first need to download Power Automate Desktop from https://aka.ms/powerautomate-desktop. If you’re running Windows 11, it’s already installed on your machine. You’ll be prompted to sign in using your Microsoft 365 work or school account with appropriate licensing. This will allow you to create attended desktop flows that run as the logged in user.

You may also wish to install or use Power Automate Desktop on unattended virtual desktops with service accounts, so be sure to sign in with that alternate credential when appropriate.

There are licensing requirements for using Power Automate Desktop flows – check How it works and See also sections for more information and...