If you have already installed Power Automate, ensure that you are running the latest available version. The following steps will guide you through the download and installation of Power Automate, the required extensions, and the Contoso Invoicing app. The following exercises will require various software to be installed on your computer. If you are using a trial environment, consider setting up a profile in your browser to prevent from being signed out of your existing Microsoft account. You might be prompted to sign in again before creating your database, after which your database should provision appropriately.Ĭreating your database might take up to one minute afterward, you can continue to the next steps. In the subsequent dialog box, you can specify the requested values but can keep the defaults. Now that you are in your chosen environment, add a database by selecting Add database. If you are using an existing tenant rather than creating a trial for this exercise, you can use the default environment or create a new one to keep it separate from your existing solutions.

Select Environments and then select your automatically created environment, Demo (default). You will need to create a trial environment with a database. Create a trial environment with databaseĪfter you have successfully signed in to a valid tenant, go to the Microsoft Power Platform admin center. You can sign up for a free trial if you don't already have this license. In addition, you will need a Power Automate user plan with attended RPA license to complete this module. If you don't already have admin access to a valid tenant, you might want to start a free trial. Perform a test run of the new desktop flow.Ĭreating and running automation systems in Power Automate requires you to have access to make changes to the environments in your tenant and to have the appropriate licenses and permissions.Record actions that are performed in a desktop-based application.Building desktop flows is the first step in designing your RPA solution. Microsoft Power Automate allows you to build that automation from start to finish by using Power Automate flows. Robotic process automation (RPA) allows you to outsource those tasks to user-friendly software, freeing your time for more important or creative endeavors. Repetitive tasks consume many workers' days, decreasing productivity and creating a less-engaging work environment.

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