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Power Automate Desktop RPA for Beginners
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(35 ratings)
217 students

Power Automate Desktop RPA for Beginners

Getting started with Power Automate Desktop also called Microsoft Flow Masterclass. best Robotic Process Automation tool
Created byDan We
Last updated 3/2025
English
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What you'll learn

  • You can automate process on your local windows system
  • You can work more effiently and outsource manual tasks
  • You enhance your productivity
  • You learn a new skill which will help you increase your market value when apply for jobs
  • You learn how to use an RPA Tool
  • Another tool from the Micosoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate Desktop and Virtual agents)

Course content

2 sections • 27 lectures • 4h 26m total length

  • 1 Introduction to Microsoft Power Automate Desktop for beginners2:55
  • Download all resources here0:03
  • 2 The Power Automate Desktop Interface Walkthrough8:28
  • 3 All about Variables in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop12:08
  • 4 Variables and Type Conversion with Power Automate Desktop8:30
  • 5 Getting Lucky with Random Numbers in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop6:13

    Learn how to generate random numbers in Power Automate Desktop, set min and max values, avoid duplicates, display results, and rename variables for clarity using a lottery example.

  • 6 Getting started with Lists in Microsot Power Automate Desktop12:08

    Learn to create and manage lists in Power Automate Desktop, add items, rename lists, remove items by index or value with zero-based indexing, and perform sort, shuffle, merge, and reverse.

  • 7 Conditionals or Conditions in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop13:49

    Explore seven conditionals in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, including file exists, window contains, and ui element checks, and learn how to structure if end blocks and display message boxes.

  • 8 Conditionals or Conditions in MS PAD Teil 25:29

    Explore how to use conditionals in ms pad to check file existence, window text availability, folder existence, and running processes, including how to identify a program by its process name.

  • 9 Conditionals or Conditions with Switch Case in Power Automate Desktop11:06
  • 10 Conditionals and Conditions in Power Automate Desktop the final act15:36

    Explore if else logic and related conditions in Power Automate Desktop, including if window and if image checks, and compare with switch and case for multi-criteria control.

  • 11 Introduction to loops in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop10:21
  • 12 More on Loops in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop16:31
  • 13 Waiting Options in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop14:55

    Explore 13 waiting options in Power Automate Desktop, including wait for file creation, wait for window content, wait for a process, and time-based waits, with practical setup tips and examples.

  • 14 System interactions with Microsoft Power Automate Desktop11:13

    Explore the system actions in Power Automate Desktop, including running applications, terminating processes, and showing desktop. Configure paths, window styles, environmental variables, and run scripts or sounds.

  • 15 Files and Folders in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop13:15
  • 16 Getting started with Excel in Power Automate Desktop8:11

    Launch and automate Excel workbooks in Power Automate Desktop, read from and write to worksheets, manage active instances, and enable macros for streamlined data tasks.

  • 17 Getting started with Excel in Power Automate Desktop Part 214:51

    Launch and control an Excel instance, read a data range into a data table, and dynamically determine the end range with first free column and row in Power Automate Desktop.

  • 18 PDFs in Power Automate Desktop and cleaning options9:00

    Explore Power Automate Desktop's pdf actions to extract text or images, merge pdfs, and clean extracted data with text manipulation for reliable rpa workflows.

  • 19 Walkthrough to what is available in Power Automate Desktop13:51

    Explore the full range of Power Automate Desktop actions, including variables, conditionals, loops, file handling, user interface automation, web and database tasks, email, OCR, cryptography, and azure services.

  • 20 UI Interaction and Web Automation Setup7:51
  • 21 Web Automation Example with Power Automate Desktop22:58

    Master web automation with Power Automate Desktop by filling forms, selecting dropdowns and checkboxes, and handling page load waits on a holiday booking site.

  • 22 Final Words0:38

Requirements

  • Power Automate Desktop is free if you have a Windows 10 license and a microsoft account
  • You need a windows system (linux and mac is currently not supported)
  • No programming skills required - everything is drag and drop
  • No prior knowledge required - we start from scratch together and get you up to speed

Description

Hello and welcome to the world of RPA (Robotic Process Automation). Sounds fancy? Yes it is

In this course we dive into the world of Power Automate Desktop. Another great tool from Microsoft which allows us to automate manual processes on our systems. And this includes everything - literally!

Power Automate Desktop allows to automate anything on our desktop -  programs, file creation, microsoft excel and many more things!

The possibilities are endless.

Just imagine who much time and effort can be saved when we use automated flows instead of using manual tasks.

But wait there is more.

Power Automate Desktop is a free tool. So no additional costs. All we need is a windows 10 license and an active microsoft account. The tool can then be downloaded for free.

But wait there is more.

No coding required. Power Automate Desktop is created for business users. It has a drag and drop interface so you do not need to have any coding/programming skills.

The ease of use allows you to get up to speed in no time and after the course you know everything you need to start applying the tool to your own specific needs.

Excited? You should be. So let's don't waste anymore time and  get into it!


(Please note: currently it is based on windows so mac and linux are not supported!)

Who this course is for:

  • You want to automate processes
  • You want to reduce manual tasks
  • You want to enhance your productivity and efficiency
  • You want to learn the Microsoft Power Platform Tools

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