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Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop

By : Peter Krause
Book Image

Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop

By: Peter Krause

Overview of this book

Whether you want to organize simple files or perform more complex consolidations between different Office programs and remote-control applications that don't allow outside access, Power Automate Desktop helps meet these challenges. This book shows you how to leverage this workflow automation platform by explaining the underlying RPA concepts in a step-by-step way. You’ll start with simple flows that can be easily recorded and further processed using the built-in recorder. Later, you’ll learn how to use the more advanced actions to automate folder and file management and enable Office programs to interact with each other. You’ll also get to grips with integrating desktop flows into other cloud environments and further enhance their value using AI. As you progress, you’ll understand how flows can run unattended and how they are managed in the Power Platform, as well as key concepts such as creating, modifying, debugging, and error-handling UI flows. Finally, the book will guide you to use Process Automation Designer (PAD) in conjunction with your frequently used desktop systems to automate routine tasks. By the end of this book, you’ll have become a Power Automate Desktop expert, automating both professional and personal tasks.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Summary

The concepts presented in this chapter build on the full range of Power Platform tools to address all automation requirements. PAD is a building block in these concepts and fits in seamlessly. The use of Power Platform also has the advantage that the general requirements for all tools, such as monitoring and management, as well as compliance with legal requirements, can be carried out at a central location.

PAD is constantly being extended and improved and already offers numerous features that enable its use in large companies and support automation projects, as we have seen in this chapter.

It is expected that deeper integration into Power Platform will occur, building on the concepts and capabilities presented in this book. This provides a very solid foundation for further automation projects based on Power Automate Desktop.