Master Microsoft Power Automate Desktop: Advanced Techniques & Automation

What you will learn:

Build highly efficient and robust automated workflows.
Master advanced error-handling techniques in Power Automate Desktop.
Design and implement reusable subflows for modular automation.
Integrate external web services using various HTTP methods.
Automate complex FTP file transfer processes.
Interact with the command prompt for advanced system automation.
Gain expertise in handling various real-world automation scenarios.
Develop highly reliable and error-resistant automation solutions.
Improve code organization and maintainability through subflows.
Increase the scope of automation projects by integrating with external services.

Description

Elevate your automation skills with this in-depth Power Automate Desktop course! Part 2 builds upon foundational knowledge, guiding you through advanced techniques for efficient task automation. This comprehensive program covers:

Expert-Level Error Handling: Master exception handling at both the action and block levels, ensuring robust and reliable automation processes. Learn how to anticipate and gracefully handle errors in your workflows.

Subflow Mastery: Optimize your flows using subflows for modularity, reusability, and enhanced organization. Learn to create, manage, and seamlessly integrate subflows into your main automation processes.

Web Services Integration: Unlock the power of web APIs. This module provides a complete guide to integrating web services into your workflows using various HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE). You'll learn to interact with external systems and services using your Power Automate Desktop flows.

FTP Automation Excellence: Automate FTP file transfers with ease! Learn to connect, navigate, upload, download, create, delete, rename, and synchronize directories and files across FTP servers. This module offers a comprehensive guide to handling all aspects of FTP automation.

Command Prompt (CMD) Session Control: Gain control over your command prompt from within Power Automate Desktop. Execute commands, capture output, and automate interactions with the system's command-line interface.

Whether you're a beginner seeking to level up your skills or an experienced user looking to enhance your automation capabilities, this course will equip you with the knowledge and proficiency needed to build efficient and powerful automated workflows. This course assumes you've completed Part 1 or have a comparable understanding of the fundamentals of Power Automate Desktop.

Curriculum

Introduction

This introductory section provides a refresher and sets the stage for the advanced topics covered in the course. Lectures include an overview of the course, a comparison between Microsoft Power Automate and Power Automate Desktop, and a discussion of attended and unattended flows, establishing a solid foundation for the following modules.

Error Handling

This module delves into advanced error handling techniques. You'll learn about exception handling, its properties, action-level and block-level error handling strategies. These techniques are crucial for developing robust and reliable automations that can handle unexpected situations gracefully.

Subflows

This module focuses on subflows, a key technique for creating modular and reusable workflows. You'll learn to create, run, and manage subflows, passing parameters between the main flow and subflows, making your automation projects more manageable and maintainable. You will also learn how to rename and delete subflows.

Invoke Web Service

This section covers integrating web services into your automations. You'll explore Web APIs, understand how to use the "Invoke Web Service" action, and master different HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE) for interaction with various web services, allowing your automations to interact with external data sources and systems.

FTP Automation

This module is dedicated to FTP automation. Learn about FTP, its benefits, and how to set up FTP connections. You'll master tasks like connecting, disconnecting, listing directories, changing directories, uploading and downloading files and folders, creating, deleting, renaming files and directories, and finally synchronizing directories—all essential for automated file transfer management.

CMD Session

This module teaches you how to control and interact with the command prompt (CMD) session. You'll learn how to open and close CMD sessions, write to and read from the CMD, and utilize the ‘wait for text’ function for improved flow control, giving you the ability to automate tasks that require interaction with the command-line interface.