Power Automate resources
Cloud flows, desktop flows, and automation patterns
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Start here
- Types of flows : For a new automation: choose the flow type around the task before choosing actions.
- Anti-patterns (things to avoid) : Before handing a flow over: look for avoidable complexity and maintenance problems.
Official resources
- Power Automate documentation
- Power Automate learning paths
- Connector reference - 1000+ pre-built connectors
- Desktop flows docs
Getting started
- Types of flows - when to use which
- Desktop flows vs. cloud flows
- Triggers and actions
Community resources
YouTube creators
- Kevin Stratvert (website) - beginner to advanced tutorials
- April Dunnam (website) - practical Power Automate guides
- IWMentor Wonder Laura (website) - practical automation patterns
- John Liu (blog, GitHub) - advanced techniques and custom solutions
- DamoBird365 (blog) - creative automation solutions
- Shane Young of PowerApps911 - comprehensive tutorials
- Anders Jensen - the go-to for desktop flows / RPA
- SharePains (Pieter Veenstra) - prolific blog on expressions and patterns
Communities
- Power Automate Community - official forums for questions and knowledge sharing
- Power Automate + Microsoft Flow subreddits
- ILoveAutomation Discord - very active community
- Dynamics 365 + Power Platform Discord
Common patterns and techniques
- Data operations - working with arrays, objects, and JSON
- Expressions and functions - dynamic content manipulation
- Loops and iterations - processing collections
- Parallel branches - improve performance
- Child flows - reusable flow components
Best practices and performance
- Coding guidelines
- Anti-patterns (things to avoid)
- Limits and configuration
- Solution-aware flows
- Testing strategy
- Monitoring and analytics
Tools and development
- Flow Studio - visual tool for building and debugging flows
- Power CAT Tools - solution review and documentation toolkit
- Dataverse solution scanner - sample solution backup and scan scripts, not a security assessment
- Power Platform CLI - command-line tools
- Power Automate management connectors - programmatic flow management
- VS Code extension - for editing expressions
Advanced topics
- Custom connectors - integrate with any REST API
- Process mining - discover automation opportunities (was ‘process advisor’)
- Copilot Studio agent flows - where cloud-flow automation is heading; see the Copilot Studio page
- AI Builder integration - add AI capabilities to flows
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