Power Automate: Beginner to Best Practices
Level
BeginnerDuration
16h / 2 daysDate
Individually arrangedPrice
Individually arrangedPower Automate: Beginner to Best Practices
This two-day introductory training is designed for participants who want to start working with Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow). Participants will learn the fundamentals of low-code solutions and how to create workflow automations using standard and premium connectors. The course covers the types of flows, working with applications such as Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Excel, and managing flows effectively. Attendees will also learn how to test, save, copy, share, export, and import flows. This training equips participants with essential skills to save time by automating repetitive tasks and efficiently implementing business solutions.
What You Will Learn
- Identify the appropriate type of flow for a given business scenario
- Build basic workflows to automate repetitive tasks
- Save time and improve efficiency through implemented automation solutions
Prerequisites
- Basic web browser skills
- Basic familiarity with Power Automate platform and ability to navigate: powerautomate.microsoft.com
- Ability to create nested formulas in Excel (e.g., IF, OR, AND, conditional expressions)
- Access to an environment where you can log in to a training account or your own company account, with permissions to create SharePoint sites, Teams spaces, or manage a prepared environment
Training Program
-
Introduction to Power Platform
- Overview of Microsoft Power Platform
- What are low-code solutions?
- Benefits and use cases of low-code automation
-
Flow Fundamentals
- Overview of flow types
- Using flow templates
- Navigating the Power Automate environment
-
Creating a Flow
- Creating a new flow
- Actions with common services
- Outlook
- OneDrive
- SharePoint
- Excel
- Overview of standard and premium connectors
- Adding steps from commonly used connectors
- Configuring flow actions and triggers
-
Managing Flows
- Testing flows
- Reviewing flow run history
- Saving flows
- Copying flows
- Sharing flows with users
- Exporting flows
- Importing flows
