Understand the basics of flow and learn how to implement guidelines in real-life scenarios, including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capabilities. This book covers the evolution of flow and how it is transformed to a full-fledged RPA (such as Power Automate).

The book starts with an introduction to flow and its transformation to Process Automation. You will learn how to create a Power Automate environment and demonstrate different types of flows within it. Author Goloknath Mishra takes you through various types of cloud flows and their best practices. Desktop Flows (RPA) or Power Automate Desktop (PAD) is discussed and the author teaches you its architecture, installation steps, and how to manage, schedule, and share a desktop. You will learn about Business Process Flow, Process Advisors, and AI Builder. You also will go through licensing considerations in Power Automate and AI Builder, and demonstrate all of your learnings through a mini project.

After reading thebook, you will have gained expertise in Power Automate and be able to implement its guidelines and solve problems at your organization.

What Will You Learn

• Know the difference between Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
• Understand the different types of flows in Power Automate
  
• Create various types of cloud flows, Desktop flows, Business Process flows, and AI Builder models
• Study common use cases and be aware of Power Automate best practices

Who This Book Is For

Business executives, citizen developers, IT professionals, and computer scientists who wish to efficiently automate monotonous work

Goloknath Mishra is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and a Power Platform Solution Architect Expert with over 14 years of experience in digital transformation using Microsoft Tech Stack as an enabler. He has worked with various organizations in different domains and is currently associated with NCS Group, Singapore as Senior IT Architect.

During his tenure of work, he was involved in enterprise solution architecture and design, delivery management (Scaled Agile, Agile and Waterfall), pre-sales, project management, client consulting and business analysis.

He is active in the tech community and participates in different Microsoft programs. He is an instructor, speaker, blogger, and YouTuber. He runs the Microsoft User Group in Singapore and Odisha focusing on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. He is also one of the founding members of #PowerPlatformClassmates.