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Microsoft Power Automate

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What is Microsoft Power Automate?

Discover a better way to get things done across your organization through digital and robotic process automation. Build time-saving workflows into everything from individual tasks to large-scale systems with seamless integration using hundreds of prebuilt connectors.Enable everyone to build secure workflows with a no-code guided experience and cloud-based data loss prevention, identity, and access management services.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Power Automate won the following awards in the Robotic Process Automation - Enterprise category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

8 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Power Automate Ratings

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88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Power Automate?

5% Negative

5% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Automation Apps

Role-Based Access

Code-Free Programming

Concurrent Work

Central Deployment

Unsupervised Launch

Performance Monitoring

Action Logging

User Libraries

Distributed Work

Native AI

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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Rohit B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Cost Effective, Easy to use, Advanced in features.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

Its new features, Integration with multiple tools i.e. Microsoft CRM, Dataverse, Sharepoint etc, cloud flows, Triggerrs. This provides cloud as well as desktop flows and can be used as trigger or automated scheduled flow.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cloud flow, Inbuilt actions, Machine groups, WLM, Data verse Integration, Solutions based approach.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Execution speed, connection references, limitations in actions, No much inbuilt integration with applications other than Microsoft.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Tool cost is very cheaper compared with other RPA tools ie. UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism. High productivity, Enhanced features, Triggers and cloud flows.

Pros

Saves Time
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Sarah B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

A low cost RPA tool from Microsoft

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

The integration with Microsoft products like SharePoint, Teams etc are seamless and the cost of license differentiates this product from other Tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite is the solution manager where we can combine desktop flow, cloud flow and child flow into one package.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is no ready framework available and it doesn't have any readily available realtime error logging features and credentials storage features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's good to have multiple RPA tools in your landscape instead of relying on one single RPA tool. PAD is slowly maturing

Pros

Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

For the automation of workflows.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Power Automate Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Power Automate?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Automation Apps Ability to automate an end to end business process that is beyond task automation

Role-Based Access Enable different levels of access based on role e.g. administrators can modify and see all data or department managers have access only to their data.

Code-Free Programming Drag and Drop graphical user interface to setup processes based on recorded user action and library of stock actions.

Concurrent Work Bots can be synchronized to access resources at the same time and undertake processes in parallel from different machines.

Central Deployment Bots managed and published from a common location to provide version control, manage the bot's system access rights, and act as repository for future reuse.

Unsupervised Launch Bots triggered to action based on a schedule or when prescribed conditions are met.

Performance Monitoring Report on bot actions to help make improvements via customized dashboard.

Action Logging Executed processes are logged for detailed auditing and compliance regulation.

User Libraries Stock of standard actions that are ready to use, as is, or that can be the building blocks of customized actions.

Distributed Work System is able to deploy additional bots to support overloaded bots based on process performance requirements.

Native AI Ability to perform decision making as part of process automation

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Microsoft Power Automate Reviews

Rohit B.

Cost Effective, Easy to use, Advanced in features.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sarah B.

A low cost RPA tool from Microsoft

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

For the automation of workflows.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Performance Monitoring

Action Logging

User Libraries

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Vendor Capability Ratings

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