Microsoft Power Automate, formerly known as Microsoft Flow until November 2019, is an
iPaaS Cloud-based integration is a form of systems integration business delivered as a cloud computing service that addresses data, process, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and application integration.
Description
Integration platform as a service (i ...
platform by
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
for automation of recurring tasks. It is part of the
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a line of business intelligence, app development, and app connectivity software applications. Microsoft developed the Power Fx low-code programming language for expressing logic across the Power Platform. It also p ...
line of products together with products such as
Power Apps
Microsoft Power Platform is a line of business intelligence, app development, and app connectivity software applications. Microsoft developed the Power Fx low-code programming language for expressing logic across the Power Platform. It also pro ...
and
Power BI
Power BI is an interactive data visualization software product developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence. It is part of the Microsoft Power Platform.
Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors t ...
.
History
In 2016 October, Microsoft Flow was officially released.
Formerly, workflows in
SharePoint
SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform that integrates natively with Microsoft Office. Launched in 2001, SharePoint is primarily sold as a document management and storage system, but the product is highly configurable and its usage v ...
environments could be created using either
SharePoint Designer Workflow or various third-party products. For long, SharePoint Designer workflows was still running on the 2010 engine, since the 2013 workflow engine was less powerful. Later, Microsoft Flow was set to replace the SharePoint Designer Workflow as Microsoft's standard tool for workflow automation.
In 2019 at November 4, Microsoft announced the renaming from Microsoft Flow to Microsoft Power Automate. At the same time, a number of new functions were announced, including
robotic process automation
Robotic process automation (RPA) is a form of business process automation technology based on metaphorical software robots (bots) or on artificial intelligence (AI)/digital workers. It is sometimes referred to as ''software robotics'' (not to be ...
capabilities.
See also
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UiPath
UiPath is a global software company that makes robotic process automation (RPA) software. It was founded in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tîrcă. Its headquarters are in New York City. The company's software monitors user acti ...
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IFTTT
IFTTT (, an acronym of Conditional (computer programming)#If–then(–else), If This Then That) is a private commercial company that runs online digital automation Computing platform, platforms which it offers Platform as a service, as a servic ...
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Zapier
Zapier is a product that allows end users to integrate the web applications they use and automate workflows. The company is fully remote. As of 2021, it connects to more than 4,000 apps, with free and paid plans.
Overview
Zapier provides workflo ...
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Microsoft Power Fx
Microsoft Power Fx is a free and open source low-code, general-purpose programming language for expressing logic across the Microsoft Power Platform.
It was first announced at Ignite 2021 and the specification was released in March 2021. It is ...
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Microsoft software
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