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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

Logging in to Power Automate

Power Automate has three distinct experiences:

  • End user web portal: User or creator interfaces with the purpose of designing, importing, saving, exporting, and executing flows
  • Mobile app: User or creator interfaces with the purpose of designing, importing, saving, exporting, and executing flows, formatted specifically for mobile devices
  • Admin: The overall administration of the Power Automate environment for your tenant, including the number of executions or runs and data gateway configurations

Power Automate tenant administration is largely outside the scope of what we're going to be learning from a design aspect, but should you ever need to administer the Power Automate environment, you'll know where to start.

Microsoft Power Automate is a cloud-only solution—there is no on-premises counterpart. Microsoft Power Automate is available in the following Microsoft 365 clouds: