In many well-established companies, there are on-prem legacy systems that those companies cannot stop using, and the need to integrate those systems or with the cloud is crucial However, those systems are likely won’t support API connectivity, and a manual input or copy of data is the only possible way. Why Power Automate Desktop?īesides the fact that I love watching actions gets executed, applications windows get opened, and forms get filled from variables all by their own, Robotic Process Automations RPA are highly useful. WinAutomate was a well-known player in the RPA field with great capabilities, and now being part of the Power Automate family expected to be a market leader.

Acquisition press release, please read here. I don’t know if this section is important, however, you can skip through.īriefly, Power Automate Desktop used to be known as WinAutomatin until Microsoft acquired Softomotive back in May 2020.

Fully bot automated process for menial tasks that don’t require any human interference and can be scheduled or triggered based on events History of Power Automate Desktop and Robotic Process Automation

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