

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.


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. Until now, a per-user license for Power Automate Desktop would set you back at least $15 per month.Repetitive tasks consume many workers' days, decreasing productivity and creating a less-engaging work environment. Users who want to give Power Automate Desktop a try can now download it from Microsoft, but in the coming weeks, it’ll become part of Microsoft’s Insider Builds for Windows 10 and then eventually become a built-in part of Windows 10, all the way down to the standard Windows Home version. It’s based on Microsoft’s acquisition of Softomotive in early 2020, but Microsoft has since extended Softomotive’s technology and integrated it deeper into its own stack. Power Automate Desktop originally launched last September. It comes with 370 prebuilt actions that help you build flows across different applications, but its real power is in letting you build your own scripts to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks. Power Automate Desktop is what Microsoft calls its “attended Robotic Process Automation” solution, but you can think of it as a macro recorder on steroids. Microsoft today announced that it is making Power Automate Desktop, its enterprise-level tool for creating automated desktop-centric workflows, available to all Windows 10 users for free.
