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Microsoft Power Platform For Dummies
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Microsoft Power Platform For Dummies

by Jack A. Hyman
December 2024
Beginner
464 pages
11h 41m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Chapter 14

Understanding Automation Basics

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding flow types

Bullet Constructing flows using Power Automate Online

Bullet Building and executing desktop flows

If you’ve read trade publications or listened to industry leaders, you may have heard predictions that automation could lead to massive job losses. However, that’s not the full story. While automation is indeed transforming the workplace, it’s not necessarily a job killer. Instead, it helps reduce the time workers spend on mundane tasks and can significantly speed up complex processes, turning processes that once took hours, weeks, or even months into processes that take mere minutes — especially when those processes are repeatable. Power Automate, a key component of Power Platform, facilitates workflow automation, robotic process automation, and process mining. With Microsoft’s advanced AI solutions, everyone — from individuals to large corporations — is looking at how repetitive tasks can be automated with just a few clicks or a scheduled process.

This chapter covers the fundamentals of automation design, focusing on cloud-based and desktop automation using Power Platform. I steer clear of more advanced topics ...

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