Power Automate Quick Tips
28mIntermediate2021-10-08
Authors
Phil Gold
Senior-Level Learning and Development Professional
Course details
If time is money, how much is a healthy dose of automation worth? With Microsoft Power Automate, you can set up automated workflows to handle routine tasks, you can create instant apps to speed up your productivity, and maybe best of all, Power Automate is now free. Join Phil Gold in this course as he provides a series of short tips on how to increase your productivity and automate your workflows. Phil covers topics like working with cloud and desktop-based automations, constructing flows to automatically send emails and notifications, and best practices for creating and deploying automations. If you're looking for some quick help—time is money, after all—in getting hands-on with Power Automate, this course is for you.
Skills covered
Power AutomateQuick TipsBusiness IntelligenceData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyMicrosoft
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Improving workflows with Power Automate
1. Automated Cloud Flows
- 02 - Notify team when a new item is created in a SharePoint list
- 03 - Save email attachments to OneDrive
- 04 - Create Planner tasks for flagged emails in Office 365
2. Connectors
- 05 - Add the Google connector
- 06 - Save Gmail attachments to Google Drive
- 07 - Add the Adobe connector to Power Automate
- 08 - Convert Microsoft Word documents to searchable PDFs
3. Instant Cloud Flows
- 09 - Adding the Power Automate app to your mobile device
- 10 - Send yourself a reminder
- 11 - Upload a photo to a SharePoint folder
- 12 - Post a message to Microsoft Teams for a selected file
4. Scheduled Cloud Flows
- 13 - Send a custom reminder email
- 14 - Get a summary of outstanding Planner tasks via email
- 15 - Refresh SharePoint lists at a specific time
5. Beyond Templates
- 16 - Send email when Twitter hashtag shows in feed
- 17 - Send notification to mobile device when email arrives
6. Best Practices for Power Automate
- 18 - Name your actions
- 19 - Use variables when available
- 20 - Leverage templates and modify as needed
- 21 - Sharing flows