K2's 2024 The ABCs of Automation With Microsoft's Power Platform

Overview

Microsoft’s Power Platform – incorporated into many Microsoft 365 subscriptions – offers tools to automate common business processes. Learn how to take advantage of the Power Platform in this session.

Highlights

Overview of the Power Platform and its components
Review examples of business processes that may benefit the most from using automation
Discussion and demonstration of its low-code/no-code app development environment

Prerequisites

Fundamental knowledge of business-related technology

Designed For

Accounting and financial professionals seeking to automate workflows in their organizations

Objectives

Identify the major steps in automating business processes
Identify two rudimentary process automation applications in Microsoft 365 and explain how the use cases for these applications differ from those for Power Platform
List the applications which make up the Power Platform
From a list, identify significant differences in expected use cases and user bases for Microsoft Forms in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Power Automate/Power Apps in the Power Platform
Identify the Power Platform components used to solve common problems when creating process automation solutions