Power Automate Copilot: Simplifying Process Automation and System Integration
Microsoft Power Automate Copilot is a next-generation AI-based tool that sits inside the flow studio and assists with every flow that’s being built or changed. It allows open-ended and conversational experiences while authoring your flows. As you build, you’ll be able to ask questions and get assistance making improvements and changes.
Simplifying Process Automation
Power Automate Copilot simplifies process automation by understanding your intent and creating a flow based on the scenario prompt you provide. It can auto-set up connections on your behalf to get you to a working automation as soon as possible. It applies the necessary parameters in the flow based on your prompt. It can also respond to your requests to make changes to your flow, such as update actions and replace actions.
System Integration for Business Users
Power Automate lets you create automated processes between your favorite apps and services. The ability to run flows from within customer engagement apps, makes it simple for users to combine a broad spectrum of services that can be initiated from within Microsoft 365 apps or anything supported by the range of connectors for 3rd party systems.
Microsoft Power Automate offers a wide range of connectors that allow users to easily connect to their apps, data, and services. These connectors include popular ones like Dropbox, Dynamics 365, Google Calendar, Office 365 Outlook, OneDrive, and OneDrive for Business. Recently added connectors include HTTP with Microsoft Entra ID, VoiceRSS, Tesseron Asset, Letterdrop, NameAPI, LoginLlama, Hash Generator, and Abbreviations.
With Power Automate, you can set up and use flows to connect business-process tasks performed by different users. System tasks, such as automatic posting, can be included as steps in flows, preceded or followed by user tasks. Requesting and granting approval to create new records are typical flow steps.
Using Power Automate with Microsoft AI
AI Builder is a turnkey solution that brings the power of Microsoft AI through a point-and-click experience and is directly integrated into Power Apps and Power Automate. You can build AI models by using the AI Builder option from the left navigation pane of Power Automate.
You can use your AI Builder models in your flows to add intelligence to your organization. For example, you can use generative AI in your apps with a next-generation control, and in Power Automate for desktop. There is a new AI Builder action that you can use in your desktop flows called Create text with GPT, just like in cloud flows today.
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Here’s an example of how you can use Power Automate Copilot:
Let’s say you want to create a flow that sends an email when a new item is added to a SharePoint list. You can start by typing in the scenario prompt: “Send an email when a new item is added to my SharePoint list.”
Power Automate Copilot will understand your intent and start creating a flow based on your prompt. It will auto-set up connections to both SharePoint and your email service. It will then apply the necessary parameters in the flow based on your prompt, such as the SharePoint list you’re referring to and the email details.
Once the basic flow is set up, you can ask Copilot to make changes to your flow. For example, you might want to update the email action to include details from the new SharePoint item in the email body. You can simply ask Copilot to “Include the item title and description in the email body.”
Copilot will understand your request and update the email action accordingly. It’s as simple as having a conversation with Copilot!
Remember, you can always ask Copilot questions about your flow or the product. For example, you might ask, “What does my flow do?” or “How do I access child flows?” Copilot is there to assist you every step of the way.
Conclusion
Power Automate Copilot is a powerful tool that simplifies process automation and system integration. It leverages the power of Microsoft AI to provide a user-friendly, conversational experience for building and modifying flows. Whether you’re a business user looking to streamline workflows or a developer seeking to integrate systems, Power Automate Copilot offers a robust, intelligent solution.