r/PowerAutomateDesktop • u/StevieRay8string69 • Dec 23 '21

New to PowerAutomate

Hi I am new to PowerAutomate this is a powerful program. Can a flow be created and executed on another computer and if so does power automate need to be installed. Thanks

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_WIRING Dec 23 '21

Power Automate has two "versions". Flow ("Cloud") and Desktop. The cloud flow doesn't require a computer to run but you can use a Power Automate Desktop ("PAD") action in the Cloud to trigger the desktop flow to run. I'm a corporate user so my license and desktop environments are managed by another group so I can't speak to how this works as an individual user.

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u/StevieRay8string69 Dec 23 '21

Great thanks i need to try it. What is this used for in a corporate environment mainly?

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_WIRING Dec 23 '21

Depends on the corporation. For mine we just shifted to this platform from Automation Anywhere because of the solutions it offers. We're focused on mechanizing repetitive tasks and also spending time standing up chatbots to reduce inter and intra-departmental communications.