Microsoft Power Automate

Microsoft Power Automate, formerly known as Microsoft Flow until November 2019,[1] is a SaaS platform by Microsoft for automation of recurring tasks. It is part of the Microsoft Power Platform line of products together with products such as Power Apps and Power BI.

Microsoft Power Automate
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseOctober 2016 (2016-10) (as Microsoft Flow)
TypeTask automation
LicenseProprietary software
Websitepowerautomate.microsoft.com

History

In 2016 October, Microsoft Flow was officially released.[2]

Formerly, workflows in SharePoint environments could be created using either SharePoint Designer Workflow or various third-party products. For long, SharePoint Designer workflows was still running on the 2010 engine, since the 2013 workflow engine was less powerful. Later, Microsoft Flow was set to replace the SharePoint Designer Workflow as Microsoft's standard tool for workflow automation.

In 2019 on November 4, Microsoft announced the renaming from Microsoft Flow to Microsoft Power Automate. At the same time, a number of new functions were announced, including robotic process automation capabilities.[3]

See also

References
  1. Microsoft Flow becomes Power Automate and other Cool Features from Microsoft Ignite 2019 - Carl de Souza
  2. Microsoft PowerApps and Flow are generally available starting tomorrow - The Official Microsoft Blog
  3. James Phillips (2019-11-04). "Announcing RPA, enhanced security, no-code virtual agents, and more for Microsoft Power Platform". Microsoft Cloud Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 2020-03-26.

Further reading
  • Guilmette, Aaron (2020). Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate: Achieve digital transformation through business automation with minimal coding. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1839213793.
  • Rhodes, Jeffrey (2022). Creating Business Applications with Microsoft 365: Techniques in Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Automate. Apress. ISBN 978-1484288221.
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