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Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

By : Aaron Guilmette
Book Image

Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

By: Aaron Guilmette

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power Automate is a workflow automation solution included in Microsoft 365. This book explores the core concepts of workflow automation, such as working with connectors, triggers, and actions, along with their practical implementation in automating business tasks and simplifying digital processes to boost enterprise productivity.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1 - What is Power Automate?
3
Section 2 - Basic Flow Concepts
10
Section 3 - Intermediate Flow Concepts
18
Section 4 - Administering the Power Automate Environment

Distributing a flow

If you have exported a flow and want to share it with others, you can do so in several ways:

  • By sending the exported .zip file as an email attachment
  • By posting the exported .zip file on a file hosting or sharing site such as OneDrive or DropBox
  • By sending a flow via Power Automate
  • By publishing the flow as a template to the gallery

As the first two are relatively simple, we'll focus on the steps necessary to perform the last two methods: sending a flow via Power Automate and publishing the flow as a template to the gallery. Both of these methods will allow users to download and install their own copy of the flow, as you'll see.

Sending a flow via Power Automate

When you send a flow via Power Automate, you are allowing the recipients to download and create a copy of the flow. This is different to sharing a flow and converting it to a team flow, as you learned about in Chapter 7, Working with Team Flows. With a team flow, all users have access to the same...