That's major overkill for a person who just wants to schedule some automated desktop flows on a single PC.
If you log out to go to lunch, your machine cannot work for you while you eat lunch unless you pay another $150 a month.Īnd it looks like you'll also have to get one of those overly-complicated 365 Admin center accounts that are a MAZE of settings and switches in order to use Unattended RPA so your PC can work when you are not logged in. When you log out for the night at work, because you should not leave your PC logged in and unattended, desktop flows won't run.
It's $40/month for premium Power Automate (without which you cannot schedule desktop flows) and evidently there is a $150/month/bot ("Unattended RPA add-on") charge as well to be able to run desktop flows with no human interaction.ĮDIT: "Unattended" evidently means that you are not signed in, not that you have to manually do something for the process to run. Get started today by downloading Microsoft Power Automate Desktop to harness the power of automation.As I read it, it seems that Microsoft is going to charge you at least $190 per month to automate desktop processes - see Opens a new window
Photo credit: MicrosoftĪll of this is part of Microsoft’s Robotic Process Automation (“RPA”) initiative to optimize productivity by greatly reducing the manual and rote daily data tasks. There are over 400 prebuilt system connectors available in the Power Automate platform, with many more being developed each month. You can then further edit your recordings with a drag-and-drop visual interface to extend and personalize the data flow with over 400 predefined actions via a robust content authoring experience.Īdditionally, on April 1 st, Microsoft made their enterprise Power Automate data workflow tool within their Power Platform available for $15 per-user per-month, allowing your organization to deploy rich, low-code data workflow and consolidation solutions across a plethora of on-premises and cloud-based applications. Unlike Office macros, Power Automate Desktop flows will allow you consolidate tasks, clicks, and taps across multiple applications and web sites. You are able to record repetitive actions and then replay those actions to automate the recorded functionality, generating operational flows on your desktop to streamline and reduce redundant or repetitive tasks. Power Automate Desktop (formerly Microsoft Flow) will allow you to automate repetitive tasks such as mouse clicks and keyboard taps in much the same way as macros operate within the Microsoft Office suite of products. Good news! If you are an existing Windows 10 user, you can now download Microsoft Power Automate Desktop for free! Microsoft made this download available on March 2 nd, 2021.
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