Further democratize RPA through new authoring experiences with Microsoft Power Automate Desktop
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| Enabled for | Public preview | Early access | General availability |
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| Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | 
Sep 20, 2020 |
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Dec 30, 2020 |
Feature details
This feature has a citizen developer friendly interface, enabling any user to create rich automations via recording or by adding pre-built actions as building blocks. Its improved application compatibility unlocks automations for Java, terminal, or complex extraction across webpages on top of the go-to business applications, such as SAP or Microsoft Excel. It is also suited for automation specialists with advanced debugging and error management capabilities.
With these features, you can:
- Build richer desktop automations using over 370 pre-built actions.
- Automate legacy applications that were previously not supported, such as Java, terminal, and complex webpages.
- Improve desktop automation readability and reuse with sub-flows.
- Improve automation reliability with new debug capabilities and error handling.
- Trigger and orchestrate Power Automate Desktop automations from the cloud.
- View Power Automate Desktop run logs in the cloud.