Navigating the Power Automate portal

Introduction to Power Automate

Anushika Agarwal

Cloud Data Engineer

Power Automate maker portal home page with full left navigation

Introduction to Power Automate

Key sections

$$ Power Automate left navigation menu with five numbered red highlight boxes anchored to each of the five sections the bullets call out: Home (1), Create (2), Templates (4), My flows (3), and Connections (5) at the bottom of the nav

 

  1. Home → Copilot, learning resources, and quick links
  2. Create → build new flows
  3. My flows → manage existing flows
  4. Templates → pre-built starting points
  5. Connections → browse available services
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Create: where flows begin

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  1. Blank: Instant, Automated, or Scheduled
  2. Template: pre-built starting point
  3. Connector: let the app lead the way

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My flows: your flow library

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  • Flow Name, modified, and type at a glance
  • Filter by Cloud flows · Desktop flows · Shared with me
  • Click any flow to open its detail page
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Editing an existing flow

 

Real Power Automate flow detail page with three tight highlight boxes: a red box around the Edit pencil icon on the far left of the top toolbar, a yellow box around the rest of the toolbar covering Share, Save As, Delete, Run, Send a copy, Export, Process mining, Analytics, Turn off, and Repair tips off, and a green box around the Details panel and 28-day run history beneath the breadcrumb

  • Edit (pencil icon) at the top-left of the toolbar opens the flow in the designer
  • The rest of the toolbar covers Run, Share, Save As, Delete, Export, Turn off
  • Below the toolbar, the Details panel shows when the flow was created, modified, type, and run history
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Templates: pre-built starting points

 

  • Built by Microsoft and the community
  • Search by keyword → "email notification", "SharePoint approval"

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Starting points, not finished products. Always review first!

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Power Automate Templates gallery with two tight highlight boxes: a red box around the Search templates field at the top, and a yellow box around the By Microsoft author badge on the middle Save email attachments from Outlook.com to Dropbox card

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Connectors: your flow's toolbox

nanobanana: half: Clean modern flat illustration on pure white background of a two-column connectors comparison. Left column header "Standard (M365)" in green; five rectangular pill cards stacked vertically, each with a simple coloured app icon and label: "Outlook", "SharePoint", "Teams", "OneDrive", "Excel". Right column header "Premium (extra licence)" in purple; three rectangular pill cards stacked vertically, each with a simple coloured app icon and label: "Salesforce", "SAP", "SQL Server". Each card is distinct and clearly labelled. No Power Platform product logos — these are CONNECTOR app logos, not Power-prefixed products.

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  • 1,000+ services Power Automate can connect to!
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Environments

 

  • Environment switcher in the top-right corner
  • Containers that separate flows, connections, and data

Environment picker dropdown panel showing Select environment with Build flows and Other environments sections

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Let's practice!

Introduction to Power Automate

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