Power Automate: Building and Managing Automated Workflows

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Power Automate: Building and Managing Automated Workflows

This course is part of Exam Prep PL-400: Microsoft Power Platform Developer Assoc. Specialization

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Learn at your own pace

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"Power Automate: Workflow Automation and Integration introduces learners to building automated workflows and integrating across various services. It is the second course in the Exam Prep PL-400: Microsoft Certified Power Platform Developer Associate specialization.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of Power Automate, its components, and flows, including Process Mining and Task Mining. You'll gain hands-on experience creating diverse cloud flows with Copilot, from notifications and file copies to recurring, team, and approval-based flows. You'll also learn to build flows for document storage, data-driven actions, user input, scheduled runs, and Dynamics 365 events. The course covers integrating Power Apps, Power Automate, and SharePoint, along with monitoring, exporting, and importing flows. You'll then delve into advanced flows, leveraging AI Builder actions, and creating Business Process Flows and using Process Advisor for record management. This course is structured into two modules, each containing Lessons and Video Lectures. Learners will engage with approximately 4:00-4:30 hours of video content, covering both theoretical concepts and hands-on practice. Each module is supplemented with quizzes to assess learners' understanding and reinforce key concepts. Course Modules: Module 1: Power Automate Module 2: Power Automate Fundamentals – Building and Managing Flows Minimum 1–2 years of experience in automating business processes using Microsoft Power Automate is recommended. However, candidates with a basic understanding of Microsoft Power Platform and cloud-based automation can take this course to prepare for advanced Power Automate scenarios and certifications. By the end of this course, a learner will be able to: - Understand Power Automate fundamentals and various flow types. - Use Process and Task Mining to identify and optimize workflows. - Build AI-powered cloud flows with Copilot and advanced automation tools. - Orchestrate and govern complex workflows with lifecycle management, monitoring, and Business Process Flows.

Welcome to Week 1 of the Power Automate: Workflow Automation and Integration course. This week, we'll dive into the fundamentals of process automation and begin building intelligent workflows. We'll start with a comprehensive overview of Power Automate, understanding its core purpose and capabilities. Then, we'll explore Power Automate's key components and various flow types, laying the groundwork for effective automation. As we progress, we'll introduce modern capabilities like Process Mining and Task Mining, which help you analyze and optimize your existing processes. You'll then get hands-on with the latest AI integrations, learning how to get started with Copilot in cloud flows. We'll culminate this week with a practical demo on how to create cloud flows using Copilot in Power Automate, giving you immediate experience in intelligent automation. By the end of the week, you'll have a solid understanding of Power Automate's basics and the power of Copilot-driven workflow creation.

What's included

5 videos2 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

5 videosTotal 26 minutes

Power Automate - Overview4 minutesPreview module
Power Automate Components and Flows5 minutes
Process Mining and Task Mining4 minutes
Get started with Copilot in cloud flows6 minutes
Create cloud flows by using Copilot in Power Automate - Demo5 minutes

2 readingsTotal 60 minutes

Welcome to the Course30 minutes
Overview of Power Automate Overview30 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Power Automate Overview - Knowledge Check30 minutes
Power Automate - Assessment30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Meet and Greet10 minutes

Welcome to Week 2 of the Power Automate Fundamentals: Building and Managing Flows course. This week, we'll dive deep into building and managing diverse automated workflows. We'll start by guiding you through creating your first flow. You'll then build practical flows for notifications, file copies, and recurring tasks, including sending emails from tweets and creating team flows. Next, we'll tackle complex business processes like approval requests and flows for document storage, location/date-based actions, and user input. You'll learn to automate on recurring intervals and based on Dynamics 365 events, plus integrate Power Apps, Power Automate, and SharePoint. By week's end, you'll master monitoring, exporting, and importing flows. We'll cover building more complex flows, using AI Builder actions, and creating Business Process Flows with Process Advisor for record management.

What's included

23 videos3 readings3 assignments

23 videosTotal 118 minutes

Create your first flow - Demo2 minutesPreview module
Receive text and email notifications from flows - Demo2 minutes
Copy files with flows - Demo2 minutes
Create recurring flow - Demo3 minutes
Send an email when a tweet is posted - Demo3 minutes
Create team flow - Demo1 minute
Build a flow that processes an approval request - Demo3 minutes
Build an approval request - Demo9 minutes
Create a flow that stores documents - Demo6 minutes
Build a flow that uses information like locations or date - Demo2 minutes
Build a flow accepts user input when run - Demo4 minutes
Learn to build a flow that runs at recurring time intervals - Demo2 minutes
Create a flow that runs when an event occurs in Dynamics 365 - Demo3 minutes
Integrate Power Apps, Power Automate, and SharePoint - Demo2 minutes
Monitor Flows - Demo2 minutes
Export and import flows - Demo3 minutes
Build More Complex Flows with Power Automate - Overview10 minutes
Use AI Builder actions in Power Automate - Demo8 minutes
Creating Business Process Flow - Overview12 minutes
Creating Business Process Flow - Demo6 minutes
Process Advisor - Overview6 minutes
Creating and Editing Records - Overview12 minutes
Creating and Editing Records - Demo5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 90 minutes

Overview of Power Automate Fundamentals: Building and Managing Flows30 minutes
Key Takeaways of the course30 minutes
Course Conclusion30 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 150 minutes

Getting Started with Power Automate: Essential Flow Creation- Knowledge Check30 minutes
Business Process Automation and AI-driven Workflows - Knowledge Check30 minutes
Power Automate Fundamentals: Building and Managing Flows - Assessment90 minutes

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