“Microsoft is really all-in on Power Platform as a way to tie together many of the assets that we have in the cloud today.” Cunningham said. Ryan Cunningham, who is the product lead for Microsoft Power Apps, concurs. Work done in either Power Automate platform can also be integrated into the company’s Power Apps service to take automation and data even further. This is possible because, although they are two separate services, the work performed in one is available in the other and vice versa to support that continuum concept. As those skills advance or the end goal changes, the user can move into other areas of the two services to expand their work and automation.

Stephen Siciliano, product lead for Microsoft Power Automate, says that Microsoft sees these two services as a continuum that allows for users to enter at a point that accommodates their current skill level and the task at hand. Related: Microsoft Debuts New Low-Code Language, Microsoft Power Fx Power Automate Desktop broadens the existing robotic process automation (RPA) capabilities in Power Automate by giving end users prebuilt drag-and-drop actions to help them automate workflows or by letting them record their own desktop workflows to run later. Consider Power Automate as the cloud-based enterprise technology that allows users to automate business processes that access cloud services, desktop applications, and legacy systems. In this article, to distinguish between them, they will be referred to as Power Automate Cloud and Power Automate Desktop.Įach brings a unique spectrum of tools and services across multiple options to start automating processes in any business and at any skill level.

Power Automate consists of two main entry points – one via the cloud and via a desktop app.

When looked at as an ecosystem of tools that help with automating processes across businesses, Microsoft’s Power Automate is the key service for IT pros who want to start optimizing employee workflow.

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