What Is Microsoft Power Automate?

According a report by McKinsey Global Institute, in about 60% of occupations, at least one-third of the activities that make up a specific job could be automated. Wouldn’t it be great for your team if they could spend less time on manual, repetitive tasks like data entry, and more time adding value to the organisation? Too many workers are spending the majority of their days on manual work such as data collection, data entry, sign offs and approvals, status updates, and so much more. It’s frustrating for staff and managers when they could be using that time for high-value, interesting and rewarding tasks that make a positive impact within their team and your business.

What is Microsoft Power Automate (Previously Known As Microsoft Flow?

Microsoft Power Automate is a cloud-based service that enables users to create and automate processes and actions that save a lot of time and effort with repetitive tasks. You can use Microsoft Power Automate to automate workflows between your apps and services to sync files, get notifications, collect data – and so much more. For example, you can create a flow so that whenever someone with 100+ followers tweets about your company, a lead is automatically added to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and a record is added in MailChimp.

With Microsoft Power Automate,  you can connect to more than 220 services and manage data from cloud or on-premises sources. Microsoft Power Automate integrates with the Microsoft solutions you may already use, like Office 365, SharePoint, Excel and Teams so you can deploy easily and onboard your team quickly to work seamlessly with your existing solutions. You can create a flow and perform administrative tasks in a browser or, if you download the Microsoft Power Automate mobile app, on your phone. A common use of Microsoft Power Automate is to receive notifications. A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact study found that using PowerApps and Microsoft Power Automate resulted in 362% increased ROI, 70% reduced development costs and 15% increased business process efficiency. Get started in seconds and begin workflows in minutes, and at a lower cost, thanks to the familiar Microsoft interface.

Examples of automated workflows you can use with your Dynamics 365 solution include the following:

• Receive a weekly email summary of new Dynamics 365 opportunities
• Start a deal approval when a Dynamics 365 opportunity is won
• Extract data from a new email and create a record in Dynamics CRM
• Create an event in Outlook calendar when an appointment is added in Dynamics 365
• Create a task in Dynamics 365 when an email is flagged
• Automate approval of processes via email or push notifications

Add time-saving logic – even to your apps

With a few clicks you can create an automation that turns repetitive tasks into multistep workflows. When you have created an app in PowerApps, create logic in them using Power Automate to perform one or more tasks when an event occurs, for on-the-go productivity.

Keep processes consistent

Ensure people enter data consistently and follow the same steps every time by creating a business process flow. For example, you could create a business process flow for customer service requests, or to require that people get approval for an invoice before submitting an order.

Save time with decision making

Create, use, and share automated approval workflows to quickly respond to and process requests, from time off and travel plans to documents and sales opportunities. Make decisions in your workflow, like running an action only when certain conditions are met.

Securely work with data

Power Automate lets you securely connect to on-premises data and cloud-based services, so you can make the most of the data you already have. Prevent sensitive data from leaving your company using built-in or customized data loss prevention policies.

Why Choose Perfect Image As Your Microsoft Power Automate Partner?

Choose Perfect Image as the Microsoft specialist to get you set up and taking advantage of this powerful analytics platform. We offer Power BI, PowerApps and Power Automate consulting and development services along with the wider Dynamics 365 and Office 365 platforms to make sure you get the productivity solution you need. Whatever you need to achieve, we will help you to reach your goals.