[Free] Get Started With Microsoft Power Automate From Zero
Work smarter, not harder: A Practical Introduction to Power Automate for Beginners – Free Course
What you’ll learn
- Understand the fundamentals of workflow automation
- Identify automation opportunities in your organization
- Apply Power Automate to real-world Scenarios
- Create basic automated workflows
- Increase productivity by saving time with repetitive tasks
- Integrate Power Automate with popular apps and services
- Apply best practices for automation
Requirements
- Microsoft 365 access (can be a personal license, or from your organization or school)
- Very basic Microsoft 365 knowledge: no strong IT background is required. You don't need to know about programming, networks or other complex technology topics
Description
In this course, you’ll start your automation journey with Microsoft Power Automate. Designed specifically for beginners, the course offers a comprehensive introduction on how to get started with Power Automate, bringing real-world examples on how to automate repetitive tasks and streamline your processes.Among other topics, you will learn:
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What is Power Platform and Power Automate
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How to navigate in Power Automate environment
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How to choose the correct type of flow in Power Automate
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How to work with variables and data types (even without being a software developer!)
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How to connect Power Automate to other services, like Excel, Outlook and Forms
In addition to the theoretical lessons, the course also has two real-world projects, where you will have a hands-on experience on how to solve problems with Power Automate:
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Project 1: “No-click” solution to handle upcoming event registrations, storing the data from event’s attendants in an Excel file.
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Project 2: Automation to populate an email template and send it to several addresses via Outlook. The template is dynamically populated from an Excel file, and will even include a quick introduction on how to format dates in Power Automate.
