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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

Working with parallel approvals

Whereas sequential approvals process as a single thread in a row or stages, parallel approvals happen independently. A vacation request may also take the form of a parallel approval: you may need two individuals to approve time off (such as your immediate manager as well as an HR representative), but those individuals might be in different management or reporting structures and their approval processes are independent of each other.

Parallel approval processes allow different branches of approvals to happen independently. Logic at the end is used to evaluate whether the overall approval is successful or not.