Microsoft Power Automate

Power Automate is a cloud-based system that lets you create automated workflows, simplifying business processes and managing them effectively. It can automate repetitive processes on a schedule, instantly, or when triggered by a change (“trigger”) in data—for example, a record update or the arrival of a new email.

Power Automate is highly versatile and can connect to more than 500 data sources using connectors already available from Microsoft and third parties.
It can also connect to specific APIs by configuring a custom connector or through direct queries.

Power Automate does require an Office 365 license for development and execution. However, if these automated flows need to be used by multiple users and with strong execution performance, you’ll need dedicated Power Automate licensing.
For example, if several users need to trigger a specific flow (without relying on a trigger event or a scheduled time).

Power Automate supports three types of automated flows:

• Automated: Runs whenever the selected data connector receives a trigger input.
  Example: When a new email arrives in the inbox, automatically log it along with its attachments.

   

• Instant: Runs immediately on demand (by pressing a button).
  Example: A user clicks a button in a Power Apps app to trigger a flow that sends notifications to the appropriate users.
  
  
• Scheduled: Runs repeatedly based on a defined time interval.
  Example: Every morning, send a notification to users who have pending tasks to resolve in Planner.