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Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop
Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop

Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop: Boost your productivity by implementing best practices for automating repetitive desktop processes

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  • Learn how Office programs can assist with automating recurring tasks
  • Maintain superior work quality by including daily desktop and web applications in your flows
  • Enrich your flows with additional AI-based information and integrate them with cloud systems

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Whether you want to organize simple files or perform more complex consolidations between different Office programs and remote-control applications that don't allow outside access, Power Automate Desktop helps meet these challenges. This book shows you how to leverage this workflow automation platform by explaining the underlying RPA concepts in a step-by-step way. You’ll start with simple flows that can be easily recorded and further processed using the built-in recorder. Later, you’ll learn how to use the more advanced actions to automate folder and file management and enable Office programs to interact with each other. You’ll also get to grips with integrating desktop flows into other cloud environments and further enhance their value using AI. As you progress, you’ll understand how flows can run unattended and how they are managed in the Power Platform, as well as key concepts such as creating, modifying, debugging, and error-handling UI flows. Finally, the book will guide you to use Process Automation Designer (PAD) in conjunction with your frequently used desktop systems to automate routine tasks. By the end of this book, you’ll have become a Power Automate Desktop expert, automating both professional and personal tasks.

Who is this book for?

Whether you’re a home user looking to automate simple tasks on your workstation or a business user or citizen developer seeking to automate more complex rule-based processes, this book will help you overcome the challenge. No knowledge of a programming language is required, but in the more advanced chapters, a general understanding of information technology, including basic programming language structures, protocols, and cloud concepts, will be helpful.

What you will learn

  • Master RPA with Power Automate Desktop to commence your debut flow
  • Grasp all essential product concepts such as UI flow creation and modification, debugging, and error handling
  • Use PAD to automate tasks in conjunction with the frequently used systems on your desktop
  • Attain proficiency in configuring flows that run unattended to achieve seamless automation
  • Discover how to use AI to enrich your flows with insights from different AI models
  • Explore how to integrate a flow in a broader cloud context

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joka Jun 27, 2023
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I recently had the opportunity to read the new book by Peter: "Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop", which focuses on Power Automate Desktop, a powerful tool for automating processes on Windows desktops. As someone who had the privilege of working with Peter at Microsoft, I am especially delighted that he is sharing his extensive knowledge with us in the form of a book.My personal journey with this book led me to automate a formerly tedious task - extracting text from an extensive PDF for data preparation, which was further used in Azure Cognitive Search and Azure Open AI.The book is designed for both beginners and advanced users and cleverly combines technical know-how with a captivating narrative. It takes readers on an inspiring journey through the world of automation, demonstrating how Power Automate Desktop can help make everyday tasks more efficient and effective.Peter conveys the basics of automation in an understandable way and gradually introduces more complex use cases. His primary focus is on the "story" and "flow" of automation, meaning that readers not only learn how to use Power Automate Desktop, but also how to develop meaningful and creative solutions to various challenges.The practical examples and use cases presented in the book range from automating emails and file organization to extracting data from websites and integrating with Microsoft 365 applications. Peter's enthusiasm for the topic is infectious and motivates readers to experiment with Power Automate Desktop themselves and design their own automation solutions.Overall, "Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop" by Peter is a fascinating and informative work that offers both technical knowledge and creative inspiration. It is a must-read for anyone looking to expand their knowledge of Power Automate Desktop and tap into the full potential of automation.
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Joshua Brown Jul 06, 2023
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This was the first book I have come across that fully covers RPA with Power Automate Desktop. This book will provide readers with a solid foundation for developing the skills necessary to build RPA solutions. If you're looking for a deeper dive on the technology than the MS Learning Paths, then be sure to pick this up!Reasons to consider picking this up:- easy to navigate and understand- comprehensive coverage of the technology- quickly get up to speed automating workflows with PAD
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Emanuel Caraza May 16, 2023
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Great read! Gets from the basics of Power Automate Desktop to the complex stuff all in a coherent, fluent structure. Easy to follow and specially important, easy to pick up in the spot where you left off as knowledge of Power Automate Desktop grows.Loved it!
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D. Wyatt Jul 20, 2023
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This is truly a in-depth guide to Power Automate (almost 300 pages of content) so don't think of it as a quick guide. It covers everything you need to learn how to spin up some great automations (the downloadable support code is extremely useful). I have almost 5 years of RPA experience and I wish I
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Olaoluwa Ogunwa Jun 07, 2023
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RPA is a field with lots of opportunities! This is a great book to start with. You’ll get to understand the basics of RPA even without programming knowledge! I recommend!
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