It’s easy to get started with Power Automate Desktop and build your first desktop flow-the series of steps that automate a specific action or task-using either prebuilt drag-and-drop actions or by recording your own desktop flows to run later. Start automating everyday tasks-no coding required With Power Automate Desktop, you can automate the consolidation of data across multiple sources-such as a database, webpages, Excel files, PDFs, and more-to auto generate a report based on your requirements. It works much like macros work in your favorite Microsoft Office app, by recording repetitive actions from your desktop across multiple applications-like SharePoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and many third-party applications-as well as websites, and then lets you replay the automation whenever needed.Ī common scenario we see is the need to scale and automate the creation of large-scale weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting. Power Automate Desktop uses low-code RPA (no coding required) to give you time back for more high-value work by automating “busy work.” RPA makes it possible to automate workflows across modern and legacy applications on your desktop by recording actions such as mouse and keyboard clicks. All too often “busy work”-repetitive, manual, time-consuming tasks-consumes the finite hours in each workday. The pace of business is accelerating and everyone is looking for ways to be more productive and drive faster time to value while delivering more strategic and innovative thinking. Keep reading to learn how this user-friendly, low-code application empowers coders and non-coders alike to optimize their workflows by automating repetitive and time-consuming manual tasks in Windows 10.Īutomate everyday tasks and free up time for higher-value work Windows 10 users can harness the power of low-code RPA by downloading Power Automate Desktop on March 2, and it will be included in Windows Insider Preview builds in the coming weeks. Today, we are continuing this momentum by announcing that desktop automation in Power Automate Desktop will be available to Windows 10 users at no additional cost. We first introduced RPA in Power Automate at Microsoft Ignite in 2019, and we have seen tremendous growth with hundreds of thousands of organizations using Power Automate and taking billions of actions each month. In 2020, Microsoft Power Automate doubled down on its investments in the robotic process automation (RPA) space with the introduction of Microsoft Power Automate Desktop.

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