Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Automate –
what is it and how does it work?
What is Microsoft Power Automate?
Microsoft Power Automate (previously known as Microsoft Flow) is a cloud-based
service that is included within the suite of Microsoft Power Platform products. It allows users to build workflows that automate time-consuming business processes and tasks across their favourite applications and services, ensuring consistency and data integrity.
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How does Power Automate work?
Previously, automating business processes required programming, but thanks to over 400 Power Automate Connectors to Microsoft services such as SharePoint, Dynamics 365 and Outlook, plus external connectors such as Adobe Sign, Asana, Dropbox and Stripe, as well as the ability to connect to web-based APIs, users can now integrate multiple services.
By automating your business processes, you can ensure that steps are carried out in a predefined manner to ensure data consistency and save time. You can do this by creating a ‘flow’, which is the term for a set of automations, to allow your favourite apps and services to synchronise files, get notifications, collect data, integrate with external systems, and more.
How do Power Automate flows work?
A flow will always have one trigger and that trigger can be linked to multiple actions. The trigger is the event which begins the flow, and the actions are what you want the flow to do once the trigger happens.
For example, you could create a Cloud Flow that notifies you by email when someone sends a tweet that contains a keyword you specify. In this example, the tweet is the trigger, and sending an email is the action.
To get started, you can even choose from a selection of prebuilt Power Automate templates which best fit your scenario. Search all templates or browse by category, and then follow the steps to create a Cloud Flow from it. You can always add, edit, or remove triggers and actions to make it your own.
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Take a look at this Power Automate video overview from Microsoft below.
What makes Microsoft Power Automate special?
Since it falls under the Microsoft banner, Power Automate is the perfect business process automation solution because it integrates seamlessly with all the Microsoft apps that your business already uses every day.
Microsoft’s relationships with multiple industry partners means those partners can create integration solutions themselves, rather than making more work for IT decision-makers, who can then focus on more sophisticated integration tools.
Power Automate provides you with a secure connection with local data and
cloud-based services
Other components of the Power Platform
What Microsoft Power Automate can do
Microsoft Power Automate Pricing
1. Prices quoted are for annual subscriptions. Monthly subscriptions are available, but incur an additional 20% cost.
2. Microsoft Power Automate capability is included with certain Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement licences when used with Dynamics 365 data.
3. Microsoft Power Automate capability is included with Power Apps licences when used with the same Common Data Service app.
4. Microsoft Power Automate capability is included with Office 365 licences when used in conjunction with Office 365 services.
Power Automate is an extremely powerful tool. We use it in all our projects. To discover how we can help your business take back control of processes and data, while saving time and money, call our Microsoft experts today on 01782 916920 or enquire now.
