Overview

The goal of this course is to provide you with the knowledge to create and work with Power Automate to automate and manage business processes. The course will emphasise hands-on experience, with a series of demonstrations and exercises integrated into the training.

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Prerequisites

This course requires delegates to meet the following prerequisites:

  • A basic understanding of Windows 10 or later versions

  • Experience using a web browser

  • A general knowledge of using Office 365

  • Some basic knowledge of programming and HTML is useful but not essential

Please Note: If you attend a course and do not meet the prerequisites you may be asked to leave.

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Delegates will learn how to

  • This course will help you meet the following objectives:
  • Understand what Power Automate cloud flows are and how they work
  • Build Power Automate cloud flows from templates or using Artificial Intelligence.
  • Build Power Automate cloud flows from scratch (blank).
  • Understand how to work with many features Power Automate offers
  • Learn how to manage your Power Automate flows
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Outline

Module 1 – An introduction to Power Automate

  • What is Power Automate?
  • Accessing Power Automate
  • Power Automate architecture

Module 2 – Create Power Automate flows from templates and using Copilot

  • Find and use a template
  • Configuring the flow
  • Running the flow
  • Creating a Power Automate by using Copilot
  • Formatting output using HTML

Module 3 – Creating flows from blank

  • Data connections
  • Triggers
  • Actions
  • Controls
  • The Compose actions
  • Expressions
  • Action names, notes and comments
  • Date formatting
  • Using Instant triggers
  • Sharing flows

Module 4 – Flow controls

  • Conditions
  • Apply to Each
  • Switch

Module 5 – Approvals

  • The approvals data connector
  • Responding to approvals
  • Approval dynamic content
  • Formatting approvals with Markdown

Module 6 – Advanced flow techniques

  • Working with variables
  • Do Until
  • Scope
  • Moving actions
  • Copy and pasting actions
  • Inserting actions into a flow
  • Parallel branches
  • The Terminate action

Module 7

  • Longer hands-on exercises to reinforce learning

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Why choose QA

Special Notices

Please note: Due to the dynamic nature of updates to Office 365 functionality by Microsoft, elements of the syllabus of this course can be subject to change without notice.

Please note: for Attend from Anywhere customers an additional screen is required. The additional screen must have a minimum screen size of 19 inch and minimum resolution of 1280x1024, with the vertical resolution (1024) being the most critical.

This course is one of the unique Microsoft Office 365 QA authored Mastering courses.

Other technical courses within the QA authored curriculum for Office 365 include:

Instructors will demonstrate features throughout the event. Optional Lab exercises are available for students to complete within a delegate created free trial tenancy available for 60 days.

Dates & Locations

Microsoft 365 learning pathways

Required Star = Required
Certification = Certification
Technical Decision Maker
Office 365 General Administration
Exchange Online/Hybrid
SharePoint Online/Hybrid
Device Management, Identity and Services
Security and Compliance
Modern Desktop
Power Platform
Microsoft Teams
Copilot for Microsoft 365

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