Power Automate
A comprehensive, end-to-end cloud automation platform powered by low code and AI.
Overview and features
Automate and optimize business processes
- Optimize processes and uncover business automation opportunities with task and process mining.
- Automate across nearly unlimited systems, desktop apps, and websites with AI and digital and robotic process automation.
- Confidently scale automation across your organization with built-in security, governance, and 360-degree monitoring.
- Accelerate digital transformation with automation-infused apps, websites, copilots, and more in Microsoft Power Platform.
- Create, edit, and extend process automation faster using natural language with Copilot in Microsoft Power Automate.
- Uncover optimization and automation opportunities faster with AI recommendations.
- Apply leading built-in AI models to intelligently automate repetitive work on documents and more.
- Turn your raw data into engaging content responsibly with built-in GPT support.
- Use robotic process automation (RPA) to automate legacy systems with prebuilt or custom user-interface actions.
- Use the copilot experience in Power Automate for desktop to accelerate development.
- Run automation with human interaction or autonomously in the background.
- Manage peaks and optimize resources with hosted infrastructure that automatically scales and dynamically balances loads.
- Use digital process automation (DPA) to automate apps, data, and services running in the cloud or on premises.
- Start from scratch, use a prebuilt template, or engage the copilot to automate tasks and processes.
- Choose from more than 1,000 API connectors or create your own custom API connector.
- Native experiences in Microsoft 365, such as Microsoft Teams, Excel, and SharePoint, help you do more in your favorite apps.
- Define and measure the business challenges of the process you want to analyze or improve.
- Choose from several built-in templates for rapid deployment, from data ingestion to predefined custom reports.
- Uncover ways to optimize business processes and automation with data-driven prioritization and AI guidance.
- Deliver return on investment (ROI) by acting on insights and establish continuous process monitoring and improvement.
- Stay in control with 360-degree live monitoring, centralized governance, elastic scaling, and more.
- Take advantage of superior exception handling, work queues, and the Center of Excellence copilot experience.
- Use Managed Environments, data loss prevention, and more to help keep your data secure.
Use cases
Systems of record, work, and collaboration
Powerful governance made easier
Get more visibility and control with less effort. Govern at scale with Managed Environments.
SAP procurement solution template
Quickly and easily set up solutions that carry out core purchasing processes.
Streamlined approval processes
Create, manage, and share approval processes across your organization. Approve from anywhere with mobile support.
Interoperation with Microsoft 365
Automate in Excel, OneDrive, or Teams without switching applications and interrupting your flow of work.
Innovative document automation
Easily set up robust document processing with AI Builder, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Dataverse.
Data-driven business automation
Connect to Power BI and kick off downstream workflows when your KPIs cross critical thresholds.
Enhance productivity with automation
Learn how customers save time, lower costs, and foster a culture of innovation with Power Automate.
Recognized by top industry analysts
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms.2
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Robotic Process Automation.3
Microsoft is named a Leader in the Everest Group Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) and Unstructured Document Processing Products PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023.
Microsoft is named a Leader in the Everest Group Process Mining Products PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023.
Microsoft is named a Leader in the Everest Group Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – Technology Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023.
Pricing
Power Automate pricing
Free trial
Experience Power Automate, including premium features, free for 30 days.
Free
Experience Power Automate, including premium features, free for 30 days.
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Power Automate Premium
Scale workflows with cloud and attended desktop flows enhanced with premium connectors, process mining, and more.
user/month
Scale workflows with cloud and attended desktop flows enhanced with premium connectors, process mining, and more.
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Power Automate Process
License a bot that can be used for unattended desktop flows or cloud flows that can be accessed by unlimited users in the organization.
bot/month
See terms4
License a bot that can be used for unattended desktop flows or cloud flows that can be accessed by unlimited users in the organization.
See terms4
This product is not available in your market.
Partner marketplace
Get expert help from Power Automate partners
Take advantage of the Microsoft partner ecosystem of service providers in low-code process automation development.
Customer stories
Real stories, real impact
Resources
Explore news, training, and support
FAQ
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To use Power Automate, all you need is a web browser and an email address.
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Power Automate can be used on a large variety of devices and browsers. For the best results on a mobile device, use the Power Automate mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows. For browsers, use the most up-to-date version compatible with your operating system: Microsoft Edge, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. The Power Automate for desktop app is also available for the Windows 10 and 11 operating systems.
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No, Power Automate is a cloud service. However, you can securely connect to your own on-premises services through its on-premises data gateway.
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More than 1,000 prebuilt, certified connectors are available for Power Automate, including popular services like Dynamics 365, SAP, and Salesforce. You can also build a custom connector to any cloud application and have it certified for sharing broadly with the Power Automate community. To extend to a non-API service, use RPA to connect to systems.
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Templates are prebuilt flows for popular and common scenarios. To use one, you just need to have access to the services in the template and to input any required settings.
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Yes. You can add co-workers or groups in your organization as owners so they can edit and manage the flows. Or, for flows that can be run manually, you can grant other people or groups in your organization permission to run them.
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The number depends on the type of license you hold. Power Automate offers a great deal of flexibility in licensing and pricing to cover a broad range of use cases. Contact your administrator for details regarding your current license, or see pricing details.
Take the next step
Start using Power Automate for free
Experience how Power Automate helps you automate business processes and boost productivity.
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[1] The Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Power Automate, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, July 2024. Data reflects the three-year benefits of adopting Power Automate for a composite organization.
[2] Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Oleksandr Matvitskyy, Kimihiko Iijima, Mike West, Kyle Davis, Akash Jain, Paul Vincent, October 17, 2023.
[3] Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation, Arthur Villa, Saikat Ray, Melanie Alexander, Sachin Joshi, Mike Helsel, August 7, 2024.
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[4] Requires access to the Microsoft 365 admin center with global administrator or billing administrator roles.
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