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Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop

You're reading from   Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop Boost your productivity by implementing best practices for automating repetitive desktop processes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803245942
Length 308 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Peter Krause Peter Krause
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Power Automate Desktop 2. Chapter 2: Using Power Automate Desktop and Creating Our First Flow FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Editing and Debugging UI Flows 4. Chapter 4: Basic Structure Elements and Flow Control 5. Chapter 5: Variables, UI Elements, and Images 6. Chapter 6: Actions for UI Automation 7. Chapter 7: Automate Your Desktop and Workstation 8. Chapter 8: Automating Standard Business Applications 9. Chapter 9: Leveraging Cloud Services and Power Platform 10. Chapter 10: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence 11. Chapter 11: Working with APIs and Services 12. Chapter 12: PAD Enterprise Best Practices 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting Started with Power Automate Desktop

Power Automate Desktop (PAD) is based on principle known as robotic process automation (RPA). In this chapter, we will look at the essential concepts of PAD and explore the fundamentals that Microsoft leveraged to create the product. In addition, we will look at how the product fits into the ecosystem of Power Platform and what possibilities exist with it.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • What is PAD and what can it do?
  • How it all started – robotic process automation
  • Microsoft Power Platform at a glance
  • UI flows demystified and their role in Power Platform
  • A first example of the incredible potential of PAD and Power Platform

By the end of this chapter, you will have a thorough understanding of the concept of RPA and how PAD fits into the Microsoft automation strategy. The first example will show you the potential of PAD and provide a taste of what you will learn in this book.

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