Reader small image

You're reading from  Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate - Second Edition

Product typeBook
Published inAug 2022
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803237671
Edition2nd Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Aaron Guilmette
Aaron Guilmette
author image
Aaron Guilmette

Aaron Guilmette is a Senior Program Manager with the Microsoft 365 Customer Experience, helping customers adopt and deploy the Microsoft 365 platform. He primarily focuses on collaborative technologies, including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and Azure Active Directory.
Read more about Aaron Guilmette

Right arrow

Resolving authentication errors

One of the most common flow errors is due to an authentication failure. Consider the following error report email:

Figure 19.8: Flow authentication error

This error can occur when multifactor authentication is newly enabled for an account, your credentials have changed, or the user account used in a connection is no longer valid.

Common authentication error messages include the term Unauthorized or may display an error code of 401 or 403. These error codes generally indicate that the username and password combination is incorrect or that there is some other security issue. If the username and password are correct, a 403 error code may mean that the account you’re attempting to use to access a resource does not have the required permissions.

To resolve authentication errors, sign in to Power Automate, edit the flow, and then update the connection settings. Look for an action with an error and expand the title bar to update...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate - Second Edition
Published in: Aug 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803237671

Author (1)

author image
Aaron Guilmette

Aaron Guilmette is a Senior Program Manager with the Microsoft 365 Customer Experience, helping customers adopt and deploy the Microsoft 365 platform. He primarily focuses on collaborative technologies, including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and Azure Active Directory.
Read more about Aaron Guilmette