Power Automate acts like the glue holding together the interconnected web of Microsoft 365 and the broader partner eco-system. With the ability to trigger a “Flow” from hundreds of events on the platform, to perform thousands of potential actions, Power Automate is a compelling investment for companies looking seriously at no/low-code application integration.

Microsoft have extended Power Automate beyond the platform and onto the desktop with the addition of the UI Flows capability. Robot Process Automation (RPA) is the new kid on the block for companies trying to squeeze even more automation and productivity out of what’s left of their business processes.

For companies who are automating their business processes on the Microsoft 365 platform, adding RPA to the mix makes a lot of sense. Automating modern API based platforms to work together has been the theme of cloud platform delivery for years now. But it has never been able to achieve full integration with the manual repetitive processes which can consume many companies.

UI Flows are only in preview, but already Microsoft has released a significant capability for building Robots, the Power Automate Desktop. Using this tool anyone can start to build automation into their daily business processes.

My hope it to be able to start to write about Power Automate Desktop, learn about it’s features and create some compelling examples for our customers so that when it is finally released we will be able to provide the quality consulting that I know our customers have come to love about working with PSC………