Picking the right trigger

Intermediate Power Automate

Dani Kahil

Solution Architect | Microsoft MVP

What you'll learn

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Power Automate

Chapter 1 → Pick the right trigger for the job
Chapter 2 → Act on Dataverse and SharePoint data
Chapter 3 → Add conditional logic and reliability
Chapter 4 → Route through approvals, then ship a capstone

Meet the instructor

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Dani Kahil, Solution Architect & Microsoft MVP

Dani Kahil - Solution Architect | Microsoft MVP
Founder of Kahil Consulting; speaker, MVP, real-world automation builder
15+ years across Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Azure DevOps

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Prereq: Introduction to Power Automate (or equivalent experience)

A flow's first decision

The Power Automate designer canvas showing a flow with a trigger at the top and sequential action cards connected by arrows

The three trigger families

Three trigger family icons — clock, lightning bolt, button

Recurrence — fires on a schedule
Automated — fires on a source-system event
Manual — fires when a person presses a button

Manual triggers can take inputs

Manual trigger configuration with Client Name and Company text inputs

Add inputs on the trigger card - Text, Number, Yes/No, and more
Downstream actions read them via dynamic content
Right call for ad-hoc tools that need values from the user

The same flow, three different triggers

mermaid: green-navy: Same flow body, three different trigger heads

Same flow body, three trigger options
The trigger describes the event
Pick the trigger that matches when the work should start

Templates as starting points

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Power Automate Templates gallery — a 3x2 grid of pre-built flow templates with names readable

Hundreds of pre-wired flows · Right template = right trigger · Always audit before you adopt

Let's practice!

Intermediate Power Automate

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