Introduction to running Power Automate desktop flows from cloud flows
Using Power Automate for desktop combined with Power Automate portal enables you to:
- Run a Power Automate desktop flow through a Power Automate cloud flow
- Pass in values from other Power Automate API actions that run in the cloud
- View run results from cloud portal
- Leverage existing desktop flows gateway connections
- Leverage existing experience of running desktop flows in both attended and unattended modes.
The connector combines the functionality of Power Automate for desktop and Power Automate to further boost the benefits of both platforms.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create a cloud flow in Power Automate that calls a Power Automate desktop flow.
- Use the values of variables from Power Automate in a Power Automate desktop flow.
- Use the resulting variables from Power Automate for desktop in Power Automate actions.
Prerequisites
- Either a paid or trial Power Automate license.
- A work or school account to sign into your Windows device with administrator privileges and Power Automate.
- A device that runs Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019.
- Microsoft Edge (version 80 or later) or other supported browser.
- An environment with a Dataverse database.