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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

Testing the flow

In order to test this flow, you'll need to meet the following prerequisites:

  • At least two users with Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams enabled.
  • Users should have the Flow bot enabled.
  • One of the users should be configured as a manager and one of the users should be configured to be the direct report.
  • At least two browser sessions, one logged in as manager or approver, and one logged in as direct report or requester.

You can use the Exchange Online Set-User cmdlet (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-user) to set the manager property and establish the manager/direct relationship. You can also use the Exchange Online Admin Center to set the manager property of a user, which configures the manager/direct report relationship:

If you don't have the capability to set the manager property, you may need to edit the flow to use a particular email address of a user to use as the approver.

The testing process will involve three core...