Business process flows provide a guide for people to get work done.

Start from a connector: you select a connector and Power Automate will suggest pre-made templates which use the selected connectorĪ business process flow is a series of ordered work steps that a user completes within a business process.

Start from template: select a pre-made template and add your customisations.

Start from blank: allows you to create the flow you need from scratch.

There are three ways in which you can make a flow: To create a cloud flow, start by visiting. For example, daily data upload to SharePoint or a database at 5:00pm.

Scheduled flows: these occur on a frequency specified by you (day and time).

Integrated flows: these are integrated with a click of a button – for example, instantly send a reminder to the team with a push of a button from your mobile device.

For example, the arrival of an email from a specific person or a new submission in a Microsoft Forms form.

Automated flows: these work for automations that are triggered by a specific event.

There are also different types of Cloud flows you can create.

Power Automate can help you be more efficient by eliminating manual repeated tasks from your daily to-do list.

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There are hundreds of services which you can use as connectors in Power Automate, such as SharePoint, Excel Online,, Microsoft Teams, to name a few.

Power Automate is a beginner friendly no-code/low-code platform.

Some of the benefits of using Power Automate are:

You can create automated workflows between a range of applications and services to synchronise files, get notifications, send automatic reminders, among other tasks.

Power Automate is a service that you can use to automate manual repetitive tasks.

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