Hidden Gems of Microsoft 365 | Power Automate
Microsoft Power Platform is a line of products to allow businesses and individuals to innovate, adapt, and improve using low-code programming solutions to connect processes across multiple platforms such as Microsoft 365, Azure, and hundreds of other apps.
We have looked at Power Apps in a previous blog, but this month we will look at how you can use robotic process automation (RPA) to easily streamline your repetitive business processes with Power Automate.
What is Power Automate?
Microsoft Power Automate RPA Platform .
Microsoft Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow) allows both developers and non-developers alike to easily automate repetitive, time-consuming tasks and paperless processes in a low-code, user-friendly platform allowing more time to focus on what’s important.
The robotic process automation (RPA) capability in Microsoft Power Automate allows you to seamlessly build secure, automated solutions. The intuitive interface means automated workflows can be easily created using either simple drag-and-drop functionality or the record feature to capture actions to import to the visual designer. Process invoices, manage collected data, and connect old and new systems faster and more economically with a lot fewer costly mistakes. The process advisor will even offer recommendations about what you should be automating and how.
“The low-code to no-code Power Automate RPA platform with built-in connectors significantly reduces development time.”
- Allan McDaniel, Manager of Development for BI and Master Data, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
Streamline
Automate repetitive tasks from data entry and reporting to processing forms and invoicing.
Modernise
Connect legacy systems to new ones without the need for costly APIs.
Cross-platform
Automate across desktop, mobile, web portal, and even from teamwork hub.
Empower
Intuitive low-code platform offers automated solutions to anyone, regardless of skill level.
Oversight
Avoid costly mistakes and ensure compliance with built-in exception handling and available governance.
Insights
Get recommendations about what you should be automating and how.
Top 3 Microsoft Power Automate Benefits
1 Automate Your Way
Empower everyone, regardless of their skillset, to build automated processes with flows in Power Automate. Claim back hours of work time dedicated to mundane, repetitive tasks using a simple low-code visual designer to allow you and your team to focus more on what really matters.
Access hundreds of pre-built automation examples to not only use as they are, but to help you learn and understand the logic so you can build on them for more tailored solutions to your unique requirements.
2 Take the Guesswork Out of Automation
Power Automate’s process advisor is a guided experience into gaining a better understanding of your business processes and how to improve and optimise them.
Record and visualise your end-to-end processes to capture rich visual maps and gain clear insights for process improvement using built-in analytics and process maps. Use deep insights to reduce inefficiencies by identifying bottlenecks and automation opportunities. Track important metrics and application usage for continued improvement to complex business processes.
3 Smarter Workflows With AI
Take your automation to the next level with AI Builder. User-friendly, intuitive interfaces provide AI models to simplify a multitude of tasks such as prediction, form processing, object detection, category classification, and entity extraction. Embed prebuilt components into your flows or quickly build and train your own AI models to understand and process text, identify objects from images, and extract data from documents, all without writing a single line of code.
Furthermore, thanks to AI Builder being based on Azure AI capabilities, it uses your data in Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Dataverse, meaning you can create and train powerful no-code models for all your business apps.
Top Tip: Microsoft Power Automate is now built-in with Windows 11. Just search for “Power Automate” in the start menu, click the icon, and log in with a Microsoft account or a work or school account.
Microsoft Power Automate Videos And Tutorials.
Check out some of the great videos and training guides below to get you started:
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