Console overview

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When you launch Power Automate for desktop, the first window that appears is the Home screen. This screen is where you give a quick overview of all the new features available.

When you select My flows, you see the console. The console is the main component of the platform from which you can manage your existing flows and launch the flow designer to edit them or create new ones.

Screenshot of the Power Automate for desktop console.

When you select an existing flow, you get a new command bar with bulk actions you can perform.

Screenshot of the Power Automate for desktop console again.

Like all products in Microsoft Power Automate, the Power Automate for desktop console enables you to select a development environment, handle all the flows in it, and create new ones.

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Environments are spaces to store, manage, and share your organization's business data, apps, chatbots, and flows. They also serve as containers to separate apps that might have different roles, security requirements, or target audiences.

To handle an existing flow, right-click on it and choose between starting, editing, renaming, and deleting it. If the flow is currently running, one more option to stop it is available.

Screenshot of the available actions in the Power Automate for desktop console.

To run, stop, or edit a flow more efficiently, you can use the icons next to its name.

In Examples, you'll see several categories you can have available to use as templates.

Desktop flow examples.

Each category shows how many examples there are. For example, Excel Automation has 5.

Excel automation examples.

Select Excel Automation to see all of the examples that you can use.

Screenshot of Excel automation examples.