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Introduction to Power Automate

Anushika Agarwal

Cloud Data Engineer

Chapter 1: Getting Started

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You can now:

  • Place Power Automate inside the Power Platform family
  • Identify the five flow types: Instant, Automated, Scheduled, plus Power Automate Desktop and Business Process Flows
  • Navigate the maker portal
  • Build a first flow from scratch and have Copilot generate one too
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Chapter 2: Connecting to the World

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You can now:

  • Use connectors to talk to Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, and O365 Users
  • Distinguish triggers from actions, and polling from push
  • Make flows dynamic with expressions like formatDateTime(), concat(), coalesce()
  • Audit templates and edit flows with Copilot
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Chapter 3: Adding Logic and Intelligence

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You can now:

  • Store and update values with variables and Compose
  • Add branching logic with Conditions and Switch
  • Process lists with Apply to Each and data operations
  • Schedule flows with Recurrence and react to events with Automated triggers
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Chapter 4: Putting It All Together

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You can now:

  • Build a complete approval flow with the Approvals connector
  • Read run history and diagnose failures
  • Handle errors with Configure run-after (run a step on failure / timeout / skipped)
  • Share flows safely and audit Copilot-generated flows
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Continue your journey

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Recommended next steps

  • Keep building → automate one real process this week
  • Go deeper → error handling, advanced connectors, approvals at scale
  • Consider certification → explore the Microsoft Power Platform certifications to validate your skills
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