Power Automate Desktop: Beyond the Basics
2h 22mIntermediate2024-03-08
Authors

Gregor Maric
Web3 Strategist, Automation Expert, CEO
Course details
Automating complex workflows and integrating with other systems can help businesses achieve new levels of efficiency, productivity, and innovation. In this course, Gregor Maric uses a variety of automation examples to teach you how to go beyond basic automation—and stay ahead of the curve—for working with Power Automate for desktop. This low-code solution can be leveraged to automate common and repetitive business tasks, saving time and speeding up certain business processes. Learn how to use scripting, custom selectors, and other advanced features to automate a wide range of business processes like data extraction and transformation, process mining and optimization, machine learning integration, and more.
Skills covered
Power AutomateBusiness IntelligenceData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Automation is business critical
- 02 - What you should know
1. Advanced Automation Techniques
- 03 - Working with complex data types
- 04 - Error handling and debugging
- 05 - Using conditional logic and loops
- 06 - Incorporating custom UI elements
2. Building Automations for Common Tasks
- 07 - Automating data entry tasks
- 08 - Automating web-based tasks
- 09 - Automating the command line
- 10 - Automating with keyboard shortcuts
- 11 - Automating with images
3. Best Practices for Working in Power Automate Desktop
- 12 - Designing efficient automation flows
- 13 - Ensuring your automations are robust and reliable with process mining
- 14 - Managing and organizing your automation flows
- 15 - Troubleshooting common issues
- 16 - Optimizing your automation flows for performance
4. Integrating Power Automate Desktop with other data sources and applications
- 17 - Overview of the Microsoft Power Platform
- 18 - Integrating with AI Builder for intelligent automations
- 19 - Integrating with work queues for advanced workflows
- 20 - Working with APIs in Power Automate Desktop
- 21 - Understanding the limitations and workarounds of Power Automate Desktop
5. Conclusion
- 22 - Resources for advancing your Power Automate Desktop skills
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