Power Automate - Complete Guide to Power Automate Desktop

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1 - Introduction

1 - What is Power Automate Desktop.mp4

05:27

2 - Different types of flows.mp4

02:47

3 - Features of Power Automate Desktop.mp4

06:56

4 - Why learn Power Automate Desktop.mp4

04:49

5 - Course roadmap.mp4

08:42

6 - Keys to success.mp4

02:12

7 - Instructor overview.mp4

01:53

8 - Ways to reach out.mp4

01:48

9 - Watch in 1080p.mp4

01:05

10 - Leave a rating.mp4

00:48

2 - Beginner Basic Flows

11 - Download Power Automate For Desktop.mp4

10:37

12 - Environment walkthrough.mp4

06:37

13 - Introduction to new flow screen.mp4

06:52

14 - Create a simple flow create a text file.mp4

02:28

15 - Add an action and action parameters.mp4

07:02

16 - Run a flow.mp4

04:25

17 - Modify flow settings.mp4

06:03

18 - Add more than one action into a flow.mp4

08:16

19 - Add input variables into a flow and use them in a flow.mp4

08:54

20 - Add input variables into a flow and use them in a flow continued.mp4

09:38

21 - Use output variables in subsequent actions.mp4

07:25

3 - Beginner Files and Folders

22 - Copy actions Move and Copy.mp4

07:14

23 - Copy actions Move and Copy continued.mp4

04:43

24 - Read and writes.mp4

07:26

25 - Read and writes continued.mp4

08:52

26 - Read and writes CSV Data.mp4

09:02

27 - Get Subfolders.mp4

05:23

28 - Get Files in Folders.mp4

05:17

29 - If folder exists.mp4

07:32

30 - If folder exists continued.mp4

06:21

4 - Beginner Folders and Compression

31 - Delete actions.mp4

07:25

32 - Get special folder.mp4

08:45

33 - Compression compress.mp4

08:59

34 - Compression uncompress.mp4

07:08

5 - Beginner Text and Date

35 - Text manipulation.mp4

10:56

36 - ext manipulation continued.mp4

10:11

37 - Text manipulation conversions and date time.mp4

09:05

38 - Create random text.mp4

03:37

39 - Escape text for regular expression.mp4

09:16

40 - Recognize Entities in Text.mp4

06:12

6 - Beginner Email and Outlook

41 - Retrieve email message from Outlook.mp4

09:38

42 - Process emails.mp4

08:21

43 - Process emails continued.mp4

06:51

44 - Send email messages in Outlook.mp4

07:28

7 - Intermediate Inputs and Message Box

45 - Display message.mp4

08:15

46 - Display input dialog.mp4

09:08

47 - Display select file dialog.mp4

04:42

48 - Display select from List.mp4

05:34

49 - Display Custom Form.mp4

09:21

8 - Intermediate Conditions Variables and Loops

50 - Intro to variables.mp4

09:20

51 - Lists.mp4

08:33

52 - Lists from file.mp4

08:42

53 - Lists from datasource.mp4

08:19

54 - Working with multiple lists.mp4

06:29

55 - Working with additional Info dot notation.mp4

10:25

56 - IF statements.mp4

08:37

57 - ELSE statements.mp4

04:59

58 - ELSE IF statements.mp4

10:41

59 - SWITCH statements.mp4

07:22

60 - SWITCH Run.mp4

06:14

61 - Loops For Each.mp4

09:56

62 - Loops Loop.mp4

07:35

63 - Loops Loop with Variable.mp4

08:30

64 - Loops Loop Condition.mp4

10:01

65 - Loops Loop Condition Logic.mp4

06:09

66 - Loops Next and Exit.mp4

08:33

67 - Loops Nested Loops.mp4

06:13

68 - Loops using Loops Examples in Files and Emails.mp4

10:49

9 - Intermediate Flow Action Controls

69 - Wait and Stop.mp4

11:43

70 - Go To and Label.mp4

09:34

71 - Subflow.mp4

11:16

72 - Subflow run.mp4

04:36

73 - Error Handling.mp4

09:38

74 - Errors Debug and Next Action.mp4

06:14

10 - Intermediate UI Automation

75 - Introduction to UI Automation.mp4

08:58

76 - UI Automation Navigation.mp4

10:47

77 - UI Automation Navigation and Programs.mp4

05:14

78 - UI Automation Data Entry UI Picker.mp4

08:01

79 - UI Automation Data Entry Images Send Keys and Move Mouse.mp4

10:55

11 - Intermediate Excel

80 - Excel Open and Read.mp4

06:09

81 - Excel Write Worksheets Save and Close.mp4

09:54

82 - Excel Other Actions.mp4

10:25

12 - Expert Browser Automation

83 - Open Browser and Navigate to Web Page.mp4

05:38

84 - Download from Web Browser.mp4

10:38

85 - Form Fill and Data Extraction.mp4

10:56

13 - Expert Records

86 - How to use Desktop recorder.mp4

07:05

87 - Web Recorder.mp4

10:43

14 - Expert Database and HTTP

88 - SQL database and HTTP.mp4

09:59

15 - Expert PDF and OCR

89 - Extract from PDF.mp4

07:10

16 - Expert Cloud Flow Integration

90 - Set up for Integration.mp4

10:46

91 - Instant Cloud Flow.mp4

08:23

92 - Scheduled Cloud Flow.mp4

06:13

93 - Output Variables and Automated Triggers.mp4

09:02

94 - Run from Automated Cloud Flow and Return Data.mp4

06:51

17 - Advanced Systems

95 - Launch a Program.mp4

06:09

96 - Environment Variables.mp4

04:07

18 - Advanced CMD Actions

97 - Open CMD Close CMD.mp4

06:14

98 - Write to read from CMD.mp4

09:59

19 - Advanced Scripting Actions

99 - Python.mp4

08:46

100 - Powershell.mp4

08:04

20 - Advanced Workstation Actions

101 - Print & User Control.mp4

05:19

102 - Sound & Screen Resolution.mp4

05:04

103 - Screen Capture.mp4

07:48

21 - Advanced Other Actions

104 - Available Resources and Process Advisor.mp4

10:12

22 - Conclusion

105 - Congratulations.mp4

02:57

106 - Next steps.mp4

02:41

107 - Certificate.mp4

00:25

108 - Leave a rating.mp4

00:20

109 - Ways to reach out.mp4

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23 - Bonus

110 - Bonus.mp4

01:41

Description

Use Power Automate to streamline your desktop and web tasks with the complete guide on Microsoft Power Automate Desktop

What You'll Learn?

Use Power Automate Desktop to automate any routine or repetitive task
Understand how to create sophisticated logic in automating your tasks, with conditionals, loops, and variables
Manipulate folders, files, text fields, and more when automating a task
Execute, share, and manage your Power Automate Desktop Flows
Link your Power Automate Desktop flows to your Cloud flows, and send information back and forth to create more sophisticated flows
Use the UI and Browser automation and recorders to quickly create and automate your workflows, with no code
Use Power Automate Desktop to enable Robotic Process Automation to take your workflows to the next level

Who is this for?

Anyone who wants to automate any task on their machine (desktop or web) and get time back

Anyone who wants to integrate automation to any of their processes, including business one

Anyone who wants to learn and master automation, including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) features

Automation and RPA enthusiasts

Power Automate Cloud users who want to extend their knowledge to Power Automate Desktop

What You Need to Know?

Windows 10 or Windows 11

Common web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)

Familiarity with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, especially Excel formulas) is desired but not required

Willingness to learn

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Description
Note: this course is specifically on Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, the application found on Windows 10/11 that enables users to automate their desktop and web tasks.

Do you want to automate a repetitive task on your desktop? Is there a daily / weekly / monthly task that you do on your desktop or web that you want to automate? Do you want more time back in your day, to focus on higher value business tasks? Then this is the course for you. Are you an automation enthusiast? Welcome to Microsoft Power Automate Desktop!

Learn from more than 12 hours of relevant instructional video content, with the only complete beginner to expert guide on Microsoft Power Automate Desktop

Any desktop or web related task can be automated. Learn how to automate folder and file creation, read and write excels, create conditional logic statements and loops, apply inputs and message boxes, manipulate text, integrate with cloud flows, and so much more.

The Microsoft Power Automate platform is quickly growing in demand and is currently the highest adopted system is medium-to-large companies (along with PowerApps) and one of the most sought after Microsoft skills, both personally and for business. People have leveraged Microsoft Power Automate to free up several hours in their work day, so that they can focus on more important things. In fact, Forrester has reported that Power Automate makes businesses on average 15% more efficient. Microsoft Power Automate empowers everyone, from end users to technology experts.

Microsoft Power Automate also contains powerful Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capabilities (both attended and unattended). You can start implementing RPA in your workflow with Power Automate. In fact, Power Automate was labelled as a Visionary by Gartner in July 2022, and RPA continues to become more popular.

This is the only complete guide to Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, from beginner to expert. This course is not only comprehensive (it covers everything you need to know right from the start / beginner level) but is also instructional in nature, meaning that as we learn new concepts, we are also integrating them in the application. Don't just learn concepts, learn how to actually apply them. That also means that whether you are a beginner or expert, there's something for you in this course.

This course is structured in a way that helps you learn all the concepts. For each concept, we first cover it in theory and then apply it using a real life example. We also progressively learn more and more advanced concepts, so that you never feel overwhelmed and can achieve your goals. There is also a Q&A section and you can always reach out to me.

Again, this is the complete guide to Microsoft Power Automate Desktop - you won't ever need another course.

What is Power Automate?
Microsoft Power Automate is a no-code and easy-to-use platform to automate repetitive tasks and improve efficiency. Individuals and workers use Power Automate to streamline their workflows and automate routine tasks, so they can focus more on high value work. Users of Power Automate has seen a 15% increase in productivity after using Power Automate for only a week.

What is the difference between Power Automate Cloud vs. Power Automate Desktop?
There are two main flavors of Power Automate: Cloud and Desktop
Power Automate Cloud: Cloud is used to automate tasks within software applications (think Emails, OneDrive, Twitter, Trello, SharePoint, Excel Online) that exist in the cloud. Connectors (or app bridges) are used, and a Microsoft 365 account is required. This course does not cover Power Automate Cloud.
Power Automate Desktop: Desktop is more popular, as it uses the programs on your local machine and works with desktop and web interactions. Anything that you do on your computer desktop or web, you can automate with Power Automate Desktop, including legacy and first-party applications. Power Automate Desktop is available to Windows 10 users, and comes pre-installed with Windows 11.

What can you do with Power Automate Desktop?
Microsoft Power Automate Desktop can be used to automate tasks in your desktop and web applications. Here are some of the tasks that you can automate with Power Automate Desktop, that you cannot with Power Automate Cloud:
Create, read, and write folders and files on your machine
Edit, read, and write local Excel files
Perform CMD and scripting actions
Create and read PDF files using OCR
Record actions on any software applications (even legacy or independent / first-party) and automate it
Automate web page clicking and typing, and extract values you need
Robotic Process Automation

What are the main features of Power Automate Desktop?
Desktop and web automation - automate anything on your desktop and on the web browser, including reading / writes files, sending and processing emails, and scraping values from websites
No code and easy to use - no code required; Power Automate Desktop uses a workflow designer that is a drag-and-drop based system
Comprehensive and extensible - automate all programs using UI Automation features, including legacy programs; extend to other software applications using recorders
Link to cloud flows - link Desktop flows to Cloud flows; enabling you to transfer information between both types and trigger unattended and attended Desktop processes
Sophisticated logic - use complex logic gates to make your Desktop flows sophisticated, including conditions, variables, loops, error handling, subflows, and more
Share flows - share flows with anyone, allowing you to create impact and improve productivity for yourself, your team, and across your organization
UI and browser recorders - create automated flows by recording the task yourself, and Power Automate Desktop does the rest
Robotic Process Automation - embrace RPA for both desktop and web by performing automation tests, in both attended and unattended desktops
The future - Microsoft has included Power Automate Desktop pre-installed in Windows 11 for a reason; automation available to everyone is the future

Why learn Power Automate Desktop?
Productivity - improve your productivity by automating routine and repetitive tasks; any task on your desktop or web can be automated, so you can get time back and focus on your high value tasks instead
Create impact - replace many business tasks with the click of a few buttons, and with no code; this means you could save your organizations countless hours in mundane work that can be automated
Improve your toolkit - add automation to your list of skills; automation is highly sought after, and works great with the full Power Platform suite (Power Apps, Power Automate Cloud, Power Virtual Agents, and so forth)

Why choose this course?
Complete guide - this is the 100% start to finish, zero to hero, basic to advanced guide on Power Automate Desktop. There is no other course like it that teaches you everything from start to finish. It contains over 12 hours of instructional content!
Fully instructional - we not only go through important concepts, but also apply them as we are building our application so that we can solidify them. This is not only a walkthrough of the Power Automate Desktop features, but a course that actually builds applications with you
Step by step - we go through every single concept in a sequential order (from beginner to expert). This improves your probabilities of learning Power Automate Desktop rather than going haphazardly through each feature.
Learn to learn - during the latter parts of the course, we go through situations where we encounter new features or errors, and work through how we would use the documentation to resolve them. In this way, you not only learn about Power Automate Desktop inside and out, but learn how to resolve your own issues as they come up
Teacher response - if there's anything else you would like to learn, or if there's something you cannot figure out, I'm here for you!
Reference material - follow along! I provide all reference material directly to you so you can follow along in your learning journey

Course overview
Introduction - learn about Power Automate Desktop, its features, how to succeed in the course, course overview, and at the reference material
Beginner - create basic flows, perform flows with files and folders, manipulate text and date elements, and use email (Outlook) in your flows
Intermediate - Add inputs and message boxes for your users, make your flows more sophisticated using conditions, variables, loops, flow action controls, and Excel; automate any application using UI Automation
Expert - automate web activity using Browser Automation and recorders, performing database actions using HTTP, read PDF files using OCR, and integrate with your cloud flows
Advanced - automate systems, CMD actions, scripting actions (Python, Powershell), and learn about workstation actions
Conclusion - earn your Microsoft Power Automate Desktop certification, and read about next steps

If you want to learn Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, this is the course for you. We're looking forward to having you in the course and hope you earn the certificate.
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Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to automate any task on their machine (desktop or web) and get time back
Anyone who wants to integrate automation to any of their processes, including business one
Anyone who wants to learn and master automation, including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) features
Automation and RPA enthusiasts
Power Automate Cloud users who want to extend their knowledge to Power Automate Desktop

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