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11. Power Automate

Ralph Mercurio¹   and Brian Merrill²

(1)

Clayton, NC, USA

(2)

Morrisville, PA, USA

 

In Chapter 10, I discussed Microsoft Forms, which allows for the creation of web-based forms for data collection, surveys, or quizzes. In this chapter, I will focus on Power Automate, which is an application from Microsoft centered on automation and integration between many services. Power Automate is an important part of Microsoft's Power Platform.

Power Automate aims to automate tasks or repetitive actions and create a “flow” that will run automatically. These flows are similar to IFTTT, which is an open ...