AssistantAI TRAINING
Learning guide · 3 courses

Learn Power Automate for office work

Choose Power Automate training around the Microsoft environment you can access. Cloud flows, approvals, Dataverse, AI Builder and desktop automation have different setup and licensing needs.

Find your starting point

Microsoft's Automate and extend your solutions with AI in Microsoft Power Automate covers cloud-flow triggers, Dataverse actions, approvals and AI Builder prompts, including a fictional proposal exercise. It expects a Power Automate account and prior Dataverse modelling or similar experience. AI Builder practice also names a supported region, database and table, plus eligible Power Apps, Power Automate or Copilot Studio licences. An add-on may be needed.

Office Automation with Claude Cowork, Codex & Copilot uses a fictional operations case to teach Power Automate approvals, logs, duplicate prevention, handoffs and failure testing. Its capstone includes missing data, duplicate records, rejected approvals and connector failures. Designing Intelligent Workflows with No-Code AI Platforms from Edureka covers branches, filters, errors, document extraction and draft-review-refine delivery.

A course can fit the workflow and still require Dataverse, AI Builder, connectors or administrator permission. Check the data source and review step, then test in a nonproduction environment before a live write.

Example to try

Connect a repeated task

  1. 01Start with

    A message, form or new file

  2. 02Make a first pass

    A useful record in the next app

  3. 03Make it yours

    Review the result before saving or sending

Use a fictional example to practise the workflow.

Compare the courses

CourseWhat you’ll doTimeCost and access
Automate and extend your solutions with AI in Microsoft Power AutomateMicrosoft
  • Four modules include recurring/email flows, a Dataverse connector exercise and grounded-prompt practice.
  • The prompt exercise imports a fictional proposal dataset and tests a data-backed summary.
  • Four modules
  • The course is free.
  • Software for the exercises may need a paid plan. Check the account requirements before you start.
Office Automation with Claude Cowork, Codex & CopilotEngr. Ziyad Alghamdi
  • A fictional Northstar operations case leads to a governed capstone
  • Missing data, duplicates, rejected approvals and connector failures are explicit test cases.
  • 2h 23m of video
  • Check the course page for current pricing and software requirements.
Designing Intelligent Workflows with No-Code AI PlatformsEdureka
  • Weekly activities include app/data connections, building/test workflows, information extraction and template-based output delivery.
  • Three weeks at three hours per week
  • Study estimate
  • Displayed $39/month ExpertTrack subscription with a two-day trial.

Take a closer look

Try this before you choose

Map a fictional request-to-approval process with a missing field, duplicate and rejected request. Ask where the course covers those cases, then confirm your Power Automate, Dataverse, AI Builder and connector access.

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