Item: Microsoft Power Automate
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Power Automate

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have created a couple of Power Apps that have linked automations via flows in Microsoft Power Automate. Most importantly, we use it as our main tool for distribution of technical alerts via a incoming webhook. Utilizing the Microsoft directory, we then are easily able to check for availability of developers, send out dedicated adaptive cards vis teams and once responded, feed the info in our project mgmt tools.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Integration with Microsoft
Ease of coding
Openess for external integration via webhook

Cons

Direct third party system actions
Tracking of individual items/statistics
Co programming

Most Important Features

Variety of triggers
Multiple parallel executions
Integration with MS teams

Return on Investment

Key player in our automation of maintenance tasks
Significantly reduced manual screening of issues
Automation of change documentation

Alternatives Considered

UiPath Automation Platform, Bizagi Digital Business Platform and Splunk Cloud Platform

We are using Microsoft Power Automate alongside other tools, always judging the automation scenario, necessities and limitations. Compared to UiPath e. g. Microsoft Power Automate does not offer the same customizing abilities. However it is much more advanced considering the Office suite integration. In a case where we depend on those and no other systems or tools, we much more likely would choose Microsoft Power Automate than UiPath.

Key Insights

Do you think Microsoft Power Automate delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Power Automate's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Power Automate live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Power Automate go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Microsoft Power Automate again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Splunk Cloud Platform, UiPath Automation Platform, Bizagi Digital Business Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

It is abgreat tool for easy use cases but not essily handable if you are trying to optimize more complex scenarios. It lacks an overall automation framework like other vendors have. Utilizing templates is key in any automation CoE but Microsoft Power Automate does not live up to our expectations in that regard.

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Possibly the best tool for within Office suite automation

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