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Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

You're reading from   Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate Achieve digital transformation through business automation with minimal coding

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839213793
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1 - What is Power Automate?
2. Introducing Power Automate FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2 - Basic Flow Concepts
4. Getting Started with Power Automate 5. Working with Email 6. Copying Files 7. Creating Button Flows 8. Generating Push Notifications 9. Working with Team Flows 10. Section 3 - Intermediate Flow Concepts
11. Working with Conditions 12. Getting Started with Approvals 13. Working with Multiple Approvals 14. Posting Approvals to Teams 15. Using a Database 16. Working with Microsoft Forms 17. Accepting User Input 18. Section 4 - Administering the Power Automate Environment
19. Exporting, Importing, and Distributing Flows 20. Monitoring and Troubleshooting Flows 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning about email connectors and actions

One of the most common scenarios for end user automation is email. Microsoft Power Automate can connect natively to different types of email systems, such as the following:

  • Office 365
  • Outlook.com
  • Gmail

Additionally, there are third-party plug-ins such as MailParser that further enhance the ability of Microsoft Power Automate to process messages.

When processing a mailbox, there are several types of actions available, depending on the data source. Popular actions include the following:

  • Creating or deleting a calendar event
  • Creating or deleting a contact
  • Flagging an email (such as the Importance flag)
  • Forwarding and replying to an email or sending a new one
  • Marking an email as read

As you saw in the previous chapter, you were able to access dynamic content—properties, metadata, and content related to a unique item. When manipulating mailbox content, you have many types of objects available to you as parameters. For example, when retrieving...

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