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“M365-native automation that accelerates every work-govern early, plan licenses, and scale desktop bots deliberately”
“Effective For Simple Logistics Automation, But Performance And Cost Remain Challenges”
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Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.
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M365-native integration: Connectors for SharePoint, Teams, Outlook and Dataverse make common automations trivial and keep users in the tools they already use Speed to value for cloud flows: Templates, triggers, and approvals (incl. adaptive cards in Teams) to shrink the cycle time from idea to first run. Low-code pro escape hatches: Makers can start visually, then step up to custom connectors, Graph API, and solution ALM when needed Process insights: Process mining/Advisor is helpful for spotting what to automate next.
connectors and flows security and compliance DIY low code no code easy trouble shooting
1. Both cloud and desktop flows have a large number of actions available that can do almost anything required. 2. There is a wealth of information, tutorials, and documentation. Many other services do not have the same level of answers available if a problem presents itself. 3. Easy integration with Microsoft suite. You can connect your email, teams, and many other Microsoft services very easily, and then use them in process flows. 4. If you have any software development knowledge, it's easy to pick up. 5. Flows can be shared easily. 6. It's not expensive for the potential it gives. 7. Support does exist. I contacted Microsoft support, and they did resolve my issue, although it took a few days for them to respond.
Licensing complexity Environment sprawl vs. agility Desktop bot operations
No connectors for legacy systems like OAS application we cannot build big apps using it only simpler to medium apps, we often end up in loading issue and performance failure. cost is also a , when increasing the flows it also comes with cost
1. Licensing is very confusing to set up. Figuring out exactly what is required to support your business case can be confusing with all the different packages and capabilities. Once set up however, it doesn't change unless your needs do. 2. Very quickly you will need more than one unattended machine (if you are using unattended processes). If a process is running on a machine and another process attempts to use it, Power Automate will throw an error immediately. It would be nice if there was a process queue where it would wait for the first to finish, then run the next process in the queue. 3. Every variable is a global variable. This can make large flows difficult to decipher, especially if you did not write it yourself. 4. Co-pilot AI at this time does not work well. It doesn't implement prompts as expected and most of the time it doesn't make a usable product. Scripting actions do have AI that works well. 5. Compared to other platforms, error handling could be improved. 6. Same with UI automation, UI path does a better job in that area.
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- SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - FULL STACK1B-10B USDBankingReview Source
M365-native automation that accelerates every work-govern early, plan licenses, and scale desktop bots deliberately
Power Automate has become our "everyday automation" layer: it's quick to stand up, deeply integrated with Microsoft 365, and good at moving data across SharePoint, Teams, Outlook and line-of-business APIs. We've saved hours on approvals, notifications, and data hygiene tasks without asking for full-blown development. Trade-offs: Licensing and environmental governance need early planning, and desktop bots still require disciplined machine/runbook management to be reliable at scale. (Environment creation is now locked down in our tenant, which helps control sprawl but adds a request step.) - SECURITY ANALYST<50M USDBankingReview Source
Power Automate Offers Extensive Development Options But Error Handling Needs Improvement
Power Automate is a powerful hybrid automation suite with plenty of documentation, integrations, and potential use cases. - ManagerGov't/PS/EdEducationReview Source
Streamlined Document Automation that delivers consistent, reliable results
My experience has been very positive. The platform has allowed us to streamline what was previously a manual and time consuming workflow. Once the automation was configured, the process became highly reliable and reduced risk of human error. While there is a learning curve during initial setup, the long-term benefits have made the implementation worthwhile. - SENIOR DIGITAL ANALYTICS MANAGER1B-10B USDRetailReview Source
Power Automate Enables Seamless Business Integration Yet Remains Widely Underutilized
Power Automate is a highly underutilized product for the business. Often teams onboard third party applications to deliver some of the same capabilities that Power Automate can deliver out of the box. Particularly for end users where no IT support is required to setup valuable business automation flows. - Data AnalystGov't/PS/EdEducationReview Source
Power Automate is an awesome product to help make small repetitive tasks easier.
Power Automate has made is so that we can create dynamic flows to respond to student needs and automate tasks that previously had taken time and consideration for. It's something that has been a lynch pin in setting up staff observation forms and check ins for individuals needing support.