Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate – Second Edition: Use business process automation to achieve digital transformation with minimal code
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Make your organization more productive and simplify your workflow by using Microsoft Power Automate for business process automation
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.
Key FeaturesLearn the latest in Power Automate with updated user interface visuals and new technology includedApply practical knowledge like managing user inputs, documents, approvals, and database storageCreate flows that integrate with services both inside and outside the Microsoft 365 ecosystemBook Description
MS Power Automate is a workflow automation tool built into MS 365 to help businesses automate repetitive tasks or trigger business processes without user intervention. It is a low-code tool that is part of the Microsoft applications framework, the Power Platform.
If you are new to Power Automate, this book will give you a comprehensive introduction and a smooth transition from beginner to advanced topics to help you get up to speed with business process automation. Complete with hands-on tutorials and projects, this easy-to-follow guide will show you how to configure automation workflows for business processes between hundreds of applications, using examples within Microsoft and including third-party apps like Dropbox and Twitter. Once you understand how to use connectors, triggers, and actions to automate business processes, you’ll learn how to manage user input, documents, and approvals, as well as interact with databases. This edition also introduces new Power Automate features such as using robotic process automation (RPA) to automate legacy applications, interacting with the Microsoft Graph API, and working with artificial intelligence models to do sentiment analysis.
By the end of this digital transformation book, you’ll have mastered the basics of using Power Automate to replace repetitive tasks with automation technology.
What you will learnLearn the basic building blocks of Power Automate capabilitiesExplore connectors in Power Automate to automate email workflowsDiscover how to make a flow for copying files between cloud servicesConfigure Power Automate Desktop flows for your business needsBuild on examples to create complex database and approval flowsConnect common business applications like Outlook, Forms, and TeamsLearn the introductory concepts for robotic process automationDiscover how to use AI sentiment analysisWho this book is for
This book is excellent for information workers and Power users who are looking to automate repetitive tasks for their organizations or for projects they are undertaking. To make the most of this book you should have some basic exposure to the MS 365 platform.
Table of ContentsIntroducing Microsoft Power AutomateGetting Started with Power AutomateWorking with EmailCopying filesCreating Button FlowsGenerating Push NotificationsWorking with Shared FlowsWorking with ConditionsGetting Started with ApprovalsWorking with Multiple ApprovalsPosting Approvals to TeamsUsing a DatabaseWorking with Microsoft FormsAccepting User InputAutomating Azure ADIntroducing Robotic Process AutomationIntroducing AI ModelsExporting, Importing, and Distributing FlowsMonitoring and Troubleshooting Flows
From the Publisher
What’s new in this second edition?
This second edition introduces new concepts around robotic process automation and using artificial intelligence in flows, as well as connecting to Azure AD with the HTTP connector. It’s updated to reflect changes in terminology and user interface.
What are your favorite topics in this book?
I think my favorite topic in this edition is the introduction of AI models. Working with customers and datasets at scale, AI modeling can allow organizations to use Power Automate to exponentially expand their impact on their own business processes.
One of my other favorite topics was exploring a more complex integration between Forms, Power Automate, and SQL database—showcasing how you can use the tools in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem to act as the glue between multiple applications.
Who is this book for?
This book is for people who want to expand their impact with automation and get more done. Since the book is progressive in complexity, it will help readers at all levels to become proficient in automating their workloads—even if they’re not programmers by trade.
This book makes use of a lot of screenshots and examples, enabling visual learners to see where something is and how it fits into the puzzle, helping the lightbulb switch on. I also think that repetition of going back to familiar flows and modifying them is key to improving the muscle memory of working with actions and conditions.
What areas of Power Automate are you interested to see develop in the future?
AI models are really exciting from the perspective of helping organizations respond to their customers and business requirements at scale. I’m excited to see how new developments in modeling will help further augment human intelligence and capability and help focus on driving the best outcomes.
Publisher : Packt Publishing; 2nd ed. edition (August 19, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 424 pages
ISBN-10 : 1803237678
ISBN-13 : 978-1803237671
Item Weight : 1.61 pounds
Dimensions : 9.25 x 7.5 x 0.87 inches
What’s new in this second edition?
This second edition introduces new concepts around robotic process automation and using artificial intelligence in flows, as well as connecting to Azure AD with the HTTP connector. It’s updated to reflect changes in terminology and user interface.
What are your favorite topics in this book?
I think my favorite topic in this edition is the introduction of AI models. Working with customers and datasets at scale, AI modeling can allow organizations to use Power Automate to exponentially expand their impact on their own business processes.
One of my other favorite topics was exploring a more complex integration between Forms, Power Automate, and SQL database—showcasing how you can use the tools in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem to act as the glue between multiple applications.
Who is this book for?
This book is for people who want to expand their impact with automation and get more done. Since the book is progressive in complexity, it will help readers at all levels to become proficient in automating their workloads—even if they’re not programmers by trade.
This book makes use of a lot of screenshots and examples, enabling visual learners to see where something is and how it fits into the puzzle, helping the lightbulb switch on. I also think that repetition of going back to familiar flows and modifying them is key to improving the muscle memory of working with actions and conditions.
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Brad –
From Beginner to Advanced a Great Read for Low Code Development
This has been a fantastic read so far. Well put together and as a guide for someone who is stepping foot into the Power Platform and getting into Power Automate this is a great first step.For citizen developers that are building their first automates withing their enterprises this gives them some of the basics to be successful, and as someone who teaches users how to build, this is something that is critical. This is one of those books that you can look to without having to âGoogleâ to try and find some answers as it very plain how to get from start to finish with some basic automate tasks.A majority of users when developing automates are really doing what Aaron is writing about in this book, email, copying files, approvals, and notifications. That covers so many thing our citizen developers are trying to do out of the gate when using the Power Platform.The introduction of some of the more advanced features later in the book such as the Process Automation and AI Models does give a more advanced users something more to chew on outside of the more basics introduced earlier in the book.The only thing that I thought was a bit light was Monitoring and Troubleshooting as I get probably the most question asked in my day-to-day work about whatâs going on in my developed automates. But that can be one of those give it a search first because they can be very diverse.Overall, very good and I really hope that it gets wide acceptance as it is such a good initial book to get users on board with the platform and has an ease of use to get them there.
Mark D. Slosberg –
What to read when you want to expand you view of Power Automate
I have been using Power Automate extensively since it was called Flow nearly 6 years ago however, I have been a fairly “narrow” user using it only within the context of extending Power Apps Canvas Apps. I have used it for database connectivity as well as email and SMS Text notifications as well as building PDFs from Dataverse data. I have seen it used for years in other non-Power Apps contexts but never done it myself.This book is a very good roadmap to understanding the broader context of Power Automate and how it can be used in many, many non-PowerApps contexts.It covers that basics with respect to using it as a stand-alone tool as well as integrating it to a wide variety of tools and use cases such as Email and File processing, Notifications and Approvals. It addresses its use in working with various databases (my primary use case over the years) and gives a nice introduction to using it to automate Azure AD processes. It is here that it starts to address some of the real underlying power of the tool with HTTP and JSON processing. It introduces the user to Robotic Process Automation which for some users and organization is the key to rescuing old Windows and Web applications from the scrap heap.There is an interesting chapter on its use on AI models which I intend to try as well as the general process of managing all of the Flows that you will build which can become onerous.My only complaint is that while the functions that are used to build an “expression”, I did not find any kind of exhaustive review of the expression building language and syntax which is missing not just from here but just about everywhere else. It is something I have learned on my own through trial and error (and lots of web searches) but is still not well documented anywhere that I have found
Matthew Emerick –
Concise, Complete, Useful
This book on using MS Power Automate for workflow automation is an excellent guide for beginner and advanced automation engineers or anyone who wants to use the technology. It starts off with the very basics: terminology. This is a route that more books should follow but few do.After the introduction, this book walks you through everything this system can do. Each chapter teaches you something new and useful while building on what you’ve already learned. The text is clear and easy to read.I highly recommend this book for anything who wants to learn Power Automate and take their automation skills to a new level.
Nicholas –
Great Resource for New to Intermediate Power Automate Users
Hello!My name is Nick Miller and I am a Cloud Solution Architect specializing in the Power Platform at Microsoft. One of the things I like best about this book is that the chapters are laid out on how to use Power Automate throughout various areas of the Microsoft 365 Cloud starting with an Introduction to Power Automate through Advanced Topics. A few of the Chapters are “Posting Approvals to Teams”, “Using a Database”, “Working with Microsoft Forms”, “Automating Azure AD” (introduces connectors for working with the Microsoft Graph), “Introduction to Robotic Process Automation (RPA)”, and “AI Models introducing Sentiment Analysis AI Model”. To wrap up the chapters, the last chapter is focused on Monitoring and Troubleshooting Flows, loaded with tips and tricks to help you succeed.At Microsoft, our goal is the success of all customers and to empower all users everywhere to achieve more. In the preface, Aaron Guilmette (Author) tells us how to get the most out of his book, and which chapters “get you started” and dive into some advanced use-cases. There are also links to resources in GitHub with great examples, along with covering general terminology in Chapter 1.In summary, do not let the large number of pages deter you from this book. There are lots of helpful screenshots, which show you what and where to type, and walks through each step. A picture is worth a thousand words, and every screenshot is worth it! This is a terrific book and recommended for new and intermediate Power Automate users.Nick MillerCloud Solution Architect | Power PlatformMicrosoft
Sokolov –
l’ouvrage offre un bon aperçu des fonctionnalité, et est facile à lire.Je regrette que certains aspects soient peu évoqués, notamment les étapes contrôle. J’aurais également souhaité une plus grande prise de hauteur avec une analyse de différentes situations concrètes, les problèmes qu’on peut rencontrer dans la mise en oeuvre, les problèmes de déploiement, les liens avec le reste de la power platform etc…
Ranveer Singh Chauhan –
Good book
Unbekannt –
Sehr empfehlenswert
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kpl1949 –
Es gibt noch nicht so viele wirklich informative Publikationen zu Microsofts Power Automate. Dieses Buch, Stand August 2022, bieten einen recht guten Ãberblick, kann aber die sehr zahlreichen Erweiterungen und Ãnderungen nicht abbilden, die Microsoft seitdem eingespielt hat. Insgesamt aber ok.Was ärgerlich ist: In der Produktbeschreibung heiÃt es, dass man als Käufer der Kindle Edition auch ein Exemplar im PDF-Format erhalten würde. Dafür verlangt der amerikanische Verlag aber eine ungeklärte Einsendung einer Text (txt)- ODER Bild-Datei als Nachweis des Kaufes. Von was genau und was auch immer der Inhalt sein mag – das wird nicht gesagt. Die Kindle-Datei ist wegen amazons Geheimniskrämerei nicht identifizierbar und verschlüsselt und ist auch keine Text-Datei und auch keine Bild-Datei. Die PDF-Anforderung muss mit dem Verlag per EMail abgewickelt werden. Ich habe dem Verlag – mit entsprechend beigefügtem Kommentar und Frage, was GENAU denn als Kaufnachweis gelten soll, alles in Englisch natürlich – daher einen Screenshot (der amazon-Rechnung) als Kaufnachweis zugesandt. Aber es tut sich seit Wochen gar nichts: es gibt keine Rückmeldung, und auch keine PDF-Datei. Ãrgerlich!