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Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate - Second Edition

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

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803237671
Pages 424 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Aaron Guilmette Aaron Guilmette
Profile icon Aaron Guilmette

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface Introducing Microsoft Power Automate Getting Started with Power Automate Working with Email Copying Files Creating Button Flows Generating Push Notifications Working with Shared Flows Working with Conditions Getting Started with Approvals Working with Multiple Approvals Posting Approvals to Teams Using a Database Working with Microsoft Forms Accepting User Input Automating Azure AD Introducing Robotic Process Automation Introducing AI Models Exporting, Importing, and Distributing Flows Monitoring and Troubleshooting Flows Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Learning about file connectors and actions

In Chapter 3, Working with Email, you saw that Power Automate can work with files as attachments to emails. Work processes that require us to automate file attachments may also benefit from automating further processing with those files. Files may need to be copied or moved, uploaded to a new service, ingested into another platform, archived, parsed, analyzed, or require approvals. Learning how to reference files and their properties is an important building block to building more complex flows.

Here’s a quick rundown of some of the file storage mechanisms that are available to use:

  • SharePoint Online
  • OneDrive for Business
  • OneDrive
  • Azure Files
  • Google Drive
  • Box
  • Dropbox
  • FTP/SFTP

Most organizations will use Power Automate primarily within the context of SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. However, most organizations also have access to or use other file-hosting...

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