Mastering Microsoft Power Automate and Copilot

This five-day workshop provides participants with essential knowledge and skills for automating business processes using Microsoft Power Automate and enhancing productivity with Microsoft Copilot.

The "Complete RPA, Power Automate & Copilot Dictionary" workshop offers a practical introduction to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and No-Code/Low-Code tools. It combines theory with hands-on applications, covering process automation and workflow optimization.

Designed for business leaders, IT professionals, analysts, and process managers, the workshop empowers participants to automate tasks, eliminate repetitive work, and drive efficiency using Microsoft’s automation tools. It ensures a clear, non-technical understanding of automation implementation across industries.

Workshop Overview

Learning Outcomes

• Understand key RPA and automation terms.

• Differentiate RPA, AI-assisted automation, and traditional scripting.

• Recognize the capabilities of Microsoft Power Automate, Power Automate Desktop, and Copilot.

• Learn to design and improve business workflows.

• Explore No-Code/Low-Code methods for building bots.

• Understand how Copilot AI enhances automation through natural language.

• Familiarize with governance, security, and RPA best practices.

• Compare standalone automation platforms with integrated Microsoft solutions.

• Design end-to-end real-world automation projects.

Detailed Course Schedule

• Day 1:

  • Introduction to the Automation Era

  • RPA vs. Traditional Automation vs. AI-Powered Automation

  • Overview of the Microsoft Power Platform

• Day 2:

  • Designing Process Flows using Microsoft Power Automate Cloud

  • Understanding Connectors, Triggers, and Actions

• Day 3:

  • Introduction to Power Automate Desktop for Robotic Desktop Automation

  • Screen scraping, file system automation, and UI automation

  • Hands-on labs: Automate your first desktop task

• Day 4:

  • Copilot in Power Platform: Empowering No-Code Automation with AI

  • How to generate workflows using natural language

  • Training Copilot to refine automation suggestions

• Day 5:

  • Governance, Security, and Best Practices in RPA

  • Planning and managing automation at scale

  • Final Project: Build a Business Automation Solution using Power Automate

• Automation Basics: Key concepts like processes, workflows, triggers, and actions.

• RPA Foundations: Attended vs. unattended bots, rule-based automation.

• Power Automate Cloud: Setting up flows in Microsoft 365, Outlook, SharePoint, and external apps.

• Power Automate Desktop: Advanced UI and robotic desktop automation (RDA).

• Copilot in Automation: Creating workflows using natural language.

• Data Handling: Managing structured and unstructured data in workflows.

• Security and Compliance: Secure practices, audit trails, and data governance.

• Use Cases: HR onboarding, invoice processing, sales automation, approval workflows.

• Prompting with ChatGPT.

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