Microsoft Power Automate/Flow

Automate Repetitive Workflows with Microsoft Power Automate

This practical training course gives you the essential skills needed to automate repetitive tasks with Microsoft Power Automate cloud flows. You will learn how to select triggers and actions, use connectors and workflow logic, work with variables and date expressions, and test and troubleshoot flows.

Whether you are new to Power Automate or already use Microsoft 365 applications, this course builds practical foundations so you can connect information across platforms, reduce manual steps, and create workflows that support your business processes.

Microsoft Power Automate is ideal for people who:

• Want to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks
• Use Microsoft 365 applications in everyday work
• Need information to move between applications
• Want to improve workflow consistency
• Need confidence selecting actions and workflow logic

To attend Microsoft Power Automate, you should:

• No prior Power Automate knowledge is required
• Basic knowledge of Excel tables is helpful
• Basic knowledge of SharePoint lists or document libraries is helpful
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Teams is helpful

After completing Microsoft Power Automate, you will be able to:

• Explain triggers, actions, and connectors
• Use the available trigger types in Power Automate
• Apply conditions, switches, and Apply to each logic
• Initialise variables and format dates for New Zealand standard time  
• Edit, test, troubleshoot, and manage flows

Power Automate Foundations

• Understand cloud flows and no-code automation
• Identify triggers, actions, and connectors
• Relate automation to Microsoft 365 business processes

Creating Automated Flows

• Create a calendar appointment workflow
• Notify a team when an event occurs
• Create a form-based evaluation and notification flow

Scheduled and Data-Driven Flows

• Schedule a SharePoint document review process
• Scan Excel rows for dates
• Compare order information with product data

Instant Flows

• Create an instant button-driven flow
• Use the mobile app with an instant flow
• Review when an instant trigger is appropriate

Workflow Logic

• Use conditions and switches
• Use Apply to each
• Understand how logic changes flow behaviour

Variables and Date Expressions

• Initialise and use variables
• Use date function expressions
• Convert and format dates to New Zealand standard time

Testing and Flow Management

• Edit existing flows
• Test and troubleshoot flows
• Create new flows from transferable concepts
• Manage flows within an organisation