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S. CritchleyDynamics 365 Essentialshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5911-5_13

13. Power Automate

Sarah Critchley1  
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
 

Power Automate is a workflow tool that allows for the event-to-action-style automation of processes inside and outside of the Microsoft 365 suite of technologies. It offers external connectors and the capability for custom external connectors to be built to and from other technologies (Figure 13-1). This chapter will review the basics of Power Automate and how to get started with Dynamics 365 and the Common Data Service.

To assist with terminology, Power Automate is previously known as Microsoft Flow. There are still the concept of “Flows” being created within Power Automate. ...

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