Microsoft Power Automate Features
What are the features of Microsoft Power Automate?
Customization
- Document Generation
- Process Design
- Process Repository
- No-Code App Development
- Low-Code App Development
Collaboration
- Permissions for Sharing
- Data Unification
- Accessibility
- Process Routing
Process Management
- Process Overview
- Real-Time Process Monitoring
Automation Building
- Visual Editor
- Workflow Recording
- Pre-Built Templates
- Custom Automation
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Customization
Document Generation | Based on 245 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables users to create documents for business processes and provides a wide array of templates which are customizable. | 81% (Based on 245 reviews) | |
Process Design | Based on 253 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. The ability to create custom workflows aligned with business objectives. | 84% (Based on 253 reviews) | |
Process Repository | Based on 247 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. A library in which to keep previously used or designed workflows for future use or to use parts of for upcoming custom workflows. | 82% (Based on 247 reviews) | |
No-Code App Development | Based on 246 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides drag and drop tools usable by admins with little to no coding experience in order to build applications which automate workflows and business processes. | 84% (Based on 246 reviews) | |
Low-Code App Development | Based on 247 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides development environments to allow users to develop applications which automate workflows and business processes with minimal coding. | 85% (Based on 247 reviews) |
Collaboration
Permissions for Sharing | Based on 249 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enable decision-makers to easily share processes with the proper employees. | 82% (Based on 249 reviews) | |
Data Unification | Based on 242 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Compile data from across all systems so that users can view relevant information easily. | 83% (Based on 242 reviews) | |
Accessibility | Based on 249 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allow users to access workflows and processes from anywhere given that employees in different locations and roles will require. | 85% (Based on 249 reviews) | |
Process Routing | Based on 249 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ensures the right task is being assigned to the proper employee across an entire process. | 84% (Based on 249 reviews) |
Process Management
Process Overview | Based on 246 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides users a holistic view of all workflows so as to see how all processes work together. | 86% (Based on 246 reviews) | |
Process Analysis | Based on 241 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Delivers data points such as time and cost of a process on a dashboard to evaluate process efficacy. | 82% (Based on 241 reviews) | |
Real-Time Process Monitoring | Based on 247 Microsoft Power Automate reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to view progress of a business process in real-time enabling them to view performance or manage tasks within the process. | 82% (Based on 247 reviews) | |
Unstructured Processes | Provides the ability to manage unstructured processes. This feature was mentioned in 221 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 78% (Based on 221 reviews) | |
API Connection | As reported in 222 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Connect with existing systems via API. | 78% (Based on 222 reviews) | |
Intelligence | Gives user machine learning tools for intelligent process improvement This feature was mentioned in 223 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 79% (Based on 223 reviews) | |
Document Approval | Streamline and simplify document approval processes. 224 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 82% (Based on 224 reviews) | |
Process Library | Based on 28 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides users with a repository for process maps and documentation. | 85% (Based on 28 reviews) | |
Collaboration | Allows for collaborative authoring of process documents. 27 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 85% (Based on 27 reviews) | |
Integrations | Provides various connectors and integrations to business applications and data sources. This feature was mentioned in 29 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 86% (Based on 29 reviews) | |
Execution Management | Based on 29 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Gives users the ability to analyze processes, find bottlenecks and identify the gaps between how things should be and how they really are. | 81% (Based on 29 reviews) |
Automation Building
Visual Editor | Provides a visual editor to easily create automation models. 258 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 83% (Based on 258 reviews) | |
Workflow Recording | Offers the ability to record processes performed by humans to be recreated by bots. This feature was mentioned in 252 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 80% (Based on 252 reviews) | |
Pre-Built Templates | Based on 243 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides templates for workflows and processes for easier automation creation. | 78% (Based on 243 reviews) | |
Custom Automation | As reported in 256 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Allows developers to code custom automations. | 82% (Based on 256 reviews) | |
Collaboration | As reported in 224 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Offers users the ability to reuse process automations and communicate with other team members around automation building. | 79% (Based on 224 reviews) | |
Ease of Bot Creation | Allows non-technical users to create bots in an easy, intuitive manner. 187 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 80% (Based on 187 reviews) |
Bot Management & Execution
Bot Scheduling | Equips administrators with the ability to schedule bot deployments in advance or on a consistent, regulated cadence. This feature was mentioned in 234 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 82% (Based on 234 reviews) | |
Attended Automation | Automates processes that supplement human action, often requiring human intervention and collaboration. This feature was mentioned in 242 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 85% (Based on 242 reviews) | |
Unattended Automation | Automates processes completely without the need for human intervention. This feature was mentioned in 242 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 80% (Based on 242 reviews) | |
Bot Performance Analytics | Based on 215 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Allows users to analyze the performance of bots via dashboards. | 77% (Based on 215 reviews) | |
Data and Product Security | Insures data remains secure and compliant with industry standards. This feature was mentioned in 183 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 83% (Based on 183 reviews) | |
Scalability | Based on 188 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Able to support large deployments. | 78% (Based on 188 reviews) |
Intelligent Automation
OCR | Provides OCR capabilities in order to recognize text in documents and applications. 179 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 75% (Based on 179 reviews) | |
Machine Learning | Based on 179 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Allows for intelligent automation whereby the bot can imitate human behavior by learning from behavioral patterns. | 74% (Based on 179 reviews) | |
NLP | As reported in 173 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides NLP capabilities in order to understand text in documents and applications. | 73% (Based on 173 reviews) |
Process Development
Process Routing | As reported in 226 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Ensures the right task is being assigned to the proper employee across an entire process. | 81% (Based on 226 reviews) |
Process Analysis
Real-Time Process Analysis | Allows users to conduct real-time process analysis, as opposed to just historical analysis. 29 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 85% (Based on 29 reviews) | |
Process Notation | As reported in 29 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Gives process notation capabilities. | 86% (Based on 29 reviews) | |
Process Mapping | Based on 29 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides tools for defining what a business entity does, who is responsible, to what standard a business process should be completed. | 86% (Based on 29 reviews) |
Automation
RPA Integration | Integrates with RPA technology, either natively or via 3rd-party integrations. 26 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 83% (Based on 26 reviews) | |
Application Development | As reported in 28 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Allow customers, partners and third-party developers to create applications on top of business processes. | 83% (Based on 28 reviews) |
Generative AI
AI Text Summarization | Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. | Not enough data | |
AI Text Generation | Based on 179 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt. | 72% (Based on 179 reviews) | |
AI Text Summarization | Based on 179 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. | 72% (Based on 179 reviews) |
Workflow Design & Orchestration
Task Logic and Sequencing | Supports defining task order, dependencies, and conditional logic in workflows. 25 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 81% (Based on 25 reviews) | |
Visual Workflow Builder | As reported in 25 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides a visual interface for managing workflows without code. | 82% (Based on 25 reviews) |
Integrations & Connectivity
Pre-Built Integrations | As reported in 24 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Offers pre-built connectors for widely used business applications and systems. | 81% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Custom Integration Capabilities | As reported in 24 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides API and webhook support for building and managing custom integrations. | 85% (Based on 24 reviews) |
Automation Execution & Intelligence
AI-Powered Optimization | As reported in 24 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides AI-driven insights or suggestions to improve workflow performance and efficiency. | 75% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Trigger-Based Automation | As reported in 24 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Supports initiating workflows based on schedules, user actions, or system events. | 85% (Based on 24 reviews) |
Development & Customization
Low-Code/No-Code Tools | Provides a low-code or no-code interface for creating and modifying workflows. 24 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 90% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Reusable Components | As reported in 24 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Allows reuse of workflow elements such as templates, forms, or logic blocks. | 83% (Based on 24 reviews) |
Governance & Security
Audit Logging | Based on 24 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Offers detailed audit trails to monitor changes and user activity within workflows. | 82% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Role-Based Access Control | Provides tools to manage access permissions based on user roles. This feature was mentioned in 23 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. | 80% (Based on 23 reviews) |
Reporting & Analytics
Real-Time Dashboards | Offers real-time dashboards to track progress and automation impact. 24 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 82% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Workflow Analytics | Based on 24 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Provides metrics and insights into workflow performance and bottlenecks. | 83% (Based on 24 reviews) |
Agentic AI - Business Automation Platforms (BAPs)
Autonomous Task Execution | Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input | Not enough data | |
Multi-step Planning | Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes | Not enough data | |
Cross-system Integration | Works across multiple software systems or databases | Not enough data | |
Natural Language Interaction | Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation | Not enough data | |
Proactive Assistance | Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting | Not enough data | |
Decision Making | Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives | Not enough data |
Agentic AI - Business Process Management
Multi-step Planning | Based on 11 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes | 76% (Based on 11 reviews) | |
Autonomous Task Execution | Based on 10 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input | 78% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Cross-system Integration | Works across multiple software systems or databases 10 reviewers of Microsoft Power Automate have provided feedback on this feature. | 80% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Adaptive Learning | Based on 10 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Improves performance based on feedback and experience | 68% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Natural Language Interaction | Based on 10 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation | 70% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Proactive Assistance | As reported in 10 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting | 72% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Decision Making | As reported in 10 Microsoft Power Automate reviews. Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives | 70% (Based on 10 reviews) |
Agentic AI - Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Autonomous Task Execution | Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input | Not enough data | |
Multi-step Planning | Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes | Not enough data | |
Cross-system Integration | Works across multiple software systems or databases | Not enough data | |
Adaptive Learning | Improves performance based on feedback and experience | Not enough data | |
Natural Language Interaction | Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation | Not enough data | |
Proactive Assistance | Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting | Not enough data | |
Decision Making | Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives | Not enough data |
Agentic AI - Process Mining
Autonomous Task Execution | Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input | Not enough data | |
Multi-step Planning | Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes | Not enough data | |
Cross-system Integration | Works across multiple software systems or databases | Not enough data | |
Adaptive Learning | Improves performance based on feedback and experience | Not enough data | |
Natural Language Interaction | Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation | Not enough data | |
Proactive Assistance | Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting | Not enough data | |
Decision Making | Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives | Not enough data |
