Course Description

In this 4-day Course PL-500T00: Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer training, students for this course automate time-consuming and repetitive tasks. They review solution requirements, create process documentation, and design, develop, troubleshoot, and evaluate solutions. Candidates work with business stakeholders to improve and automate business workflows. They collaborate with administrators to deploy solutions to production environments, and they support solutions.

If you’re a developer with a keen interest in providing automated solutions for your organization, this certification could be a great fit for you. You automate time-consuming and repetitive tasks by using Microsoft Power Automate. You review solution requirements, create process documentation, and design, develop, deploy, integrate, troubleshoot, and evaluate solutions. Working with business stakeholders, you help to improve and automate business workflows.

Pre-requisites: Candidates should have some experience with JSON, cloud flows and Azure services, integrating solutions with REST and SOAP services, analyzing data by using Microsoft Excel, VBScript, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), HTML, JavaScript, one or more programming languages, and the Microsoft Power Platform suite of tools (AI Builder, Power Apps, Dataverse, and Power Virtual Agents).

Course Summary

Next Public Course Dates Book Now Ask About Group Rates	UK & Europe: 14 - 17 April 2026 28 April 2026 - 1 May 2026 12 - 15 May 2026 US & Canada: 7 - 10 April 2026 21 - 24 April 2026 5 - 8 May 2026 *More dates*
Duration	4 Days
Available Formats	Public Virtual Live Instructor-Led Private Virtual Live Instructor-Led Private Onsite
Audience	Developers

Course Modules

Module 1

Take your first steps with Power Automate for desktop

Learn how to get started with the Microsoft Power Automate for desktop console and flow designer. The console helps you create and handle flows, while the flow designer is the development environment of the platform.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Explore the console and the flow designer.
Learn how to use the core features of the Power Automate for desktop platform.
Create and run a flow.

Units

Introduction to Power Automate for desktop
Console overview
Flow designer overview
Create a simple flow
Exercise – Create and run a simple flow
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 2

Power Automate for desktop development essentials

Learn how Power Automate for desktop handles common development concepts and tasks, such as actions, variables, conditionals, and loops.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Create a flow from scratch using the flow designer
Learn how to use actions and variables
Understand the testing and debugging features of the flow designer
Configure the error handling properties of individual actions
Comprehend the use of UI elements and images
Use subflows to compartmentalize and reuse parts of a flow

Units

Introduction to Power Automate for desktop development
Create a flow in the flow designer
Create conditionals and loops
Using subflows
Test and debug flows
Manage UI elements and images
Deploy exception handling
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 3

Build your first Power Automate for desktop flow

Learn the basics of Power Automate for desktop flows. Additionally, learn how to build the first flow to help automate a repetitive task, freeing up time for more important endeavors.

Learning objectives

In this module, you’ll:

Learn how to use Power Automate to create a new desktop flow.
Record actions that are performed in a desktop-based application.
Perform a test run of the new desktop flow.

Units

Introduction
Set up the environment
Explore Power Automate for desktop
Create your first Power Automate for desktop flow
Record Power Automate for desktop actions
Edit and test recorded actions
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 4

Define input and output parameters in Power Automate

Varying your input and output parameters will allow your outcomes to change, or be variable, for every run of your flow. This module defines input and output parameters for desktop flows, which allows your flows to comprehensively handle tasks and processes with conditional input and output.

Learning objectives

In this module, you’ll:

Learn how to create a desktop flow with predefined inputs.
Record actions that are performed in the Contoso invoicing desktop application by using your predefined inputs and capturing application data for output.
Perform a test run of a new desktop flow with a new set of inputs.

Units

Introduction
Set up in Power Automate
Define an input variable
Set input variables
Define output variables
Add UI elements and test
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 5

Integrate desktop flows with Outlook connector in Power Automate for desktop

A connector is a proxy, or a wrapper around an API, that allows a service to talk to Microsoft Power Automate and other applications. It enables you to take advantage of prebuilt actions and triggers that help build your desktop and cloud flows. For example, Outlook.com connector allows you to complete various actions such as send email, schedule meetings, and add contacts. This module explains how to build on an existing gateway to integrate Microsoft Outlook with a desktop UI flow.

Learning objectives

In this module, you’ll:

Create a new solution to package the complete Contoso invoice processing solution.
Create a new cloud flow that initiates the invoicing process through receipt of an email.
Integrate a desktop flow into a cloud flow.
Test the new cloud flow.

Units

Introduction
Setup process in Power Automate
Build a cloud flow that’s triggered in Outlook
Test your new flow
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 6

Connect a cloud flow to desktop flows in Power Automate for desktop

Implementing business processes or completing everyday tasks often requires you to use multiple systems, data sources, or a combination of desktop applications and cloud services. This module explains how to use gateways to connect desktop flows to other technology and cloud services and use robotic process automation (RPA) to its fullest potential.

Learning objectives

In this module, you’ll:

Learn how to install the Power Automate for desktop application and how to create a desktop and cloud flow.
Set up an on-premises data gateway to enable the cloud flow to run the desktop flow on your device.
Add the desktop flow to the new cloud flow.
Test the new desktop and cloud flows.

Units

Introduction
Setup process in Power Automate for desktop
Create a new cloud flow
Connect your cloud and desktop flows
Test your new connection
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 7

Use AI Builder to process invoice forms in Power Automate

This module explains how to integrate AI builder into an existing API-based flow to facilitate a robust automated process.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Build a new AI model for form processing.
Train the new AI model to process Contoso Invoice forms.
Integrate the new AI model into an existing cloud flow.
Test the updated cloud flow and associated AI Builder-based predictions.

Units

Introduction
Solution setup in Power Automate
Create a form processing flow
Add fields and collections of documents
Analyze and train a model
Integrate the model into a cloud flow
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 8

Use the Teams connector in Power Automate

With Microsoft Power Automate, you can design an end-to-end robotic process automation (RPA), from automated emails and form processing to approvals and taking actions in desktop applications. Approvals are integral to many company processes, but preparing, requesting, and waiting for an approval can be time-consuming. Instead, you can build the process in Power Automate to reduce the time that you spend on necessary but repetitive tasks. Also, you’ll be able to request an approval in Microsoft Teams, where you spend the most time collaborating and chatting. This module explains how to integrate Microsoft Teams and Outlook into an existing cloud and desktop flow to build an automated, end-to-end invoice approval process.

Learning objectives

In this module, you’ll:

Integrate a Microsoft Teams-based approval model and the associated conditional logic into an existing cloud flow.
Integrate the desktop flow for entering the invoice information into the approval process.
Integrate Microsoft Outlook-based approval/rejection notifications into the invoice process.
Test the end-to-end invoice processing cloud flow.

Units

Introduction
Work from an existing solution in Power Automate
Create an approval solution
Integrate with an existing desktop flow
Build communication with Outlook
Test and run a flow
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 9

Run a Power Automate for desktop flow in unattended mode

Some business processes require supervision or input that’s impossible or risky to automate. However, you can fully automate other processes that don’t require human oversight or are inconvenient or impractical to constantly monitor. This module demonstrates the solution for these scenarios by explaining how to run your UI and API flows in unattended mode.

Learning objectives

In this module, you’ll:

Run a basic desktop flow in unattended mode.
Run a desktop flow and cloud flow scenario in unattended mode.
Learn about best practices and setup for unattended desktop flows.

Units

Introduction
Set up an unattended desktop flow
Create a new cloud flow that calls an existing flow in unattended mode
Perform a test run
Best practices
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 10

Optimize your business process with process advisor

With the process advisor capability in Power Automate, you can record existing business processes and analyze them to increase efficacy by tracking completion times and mapping various actions that are involved. The first step to automating a solution is knowing the process, and process advisor helps simplify that task.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Create your first recording.
Edit recordings and group actions.
Analyze recordings and interpret results.

Units

Introduction
Get familiar with process advisor
Create your first recording
Edit recordings and group actions
Analyze recordings and interpret results
Automation recommendations
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 11

Handle variables in Power Automate for desktop

In flow development, you may need to reuse information in various actions. Variables act like storage bins that save valuable information for later use when a flow is running.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Create, edit, and manipulate variables.
Examine the variables pane.
Become familiar with various variable data types and their properties.
Configure input and output variables.

Units

Introducing variables
Create, edit, and use variables
Variable data types
Advanced data types
Input and output variables
Variable manipulation
Sensitive variables
Exercise – Create, access and manipulate variables
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 12

Automate repetitive tasks using loops in Power Automate for desktop

Loops are used to automate repetitive tasks by executing a block of actions multiple times.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Use simple loops to perform a given number of repetitions and iterate through data
Deploy loop conditions in order to repeat actions until a condition is met
Iterate through the items of a list using for each loops
Explicitly end loops when required

Units

Introduction to loops
Loop actions
Simple loop actions
For each loop actions
Loop condition actions
Exercise – Loops
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 13

Adjust process behavior using conditional actions with Power Automate for desktop

Conditional actions allow you to modify flow actions at runtime, based on information available in the environment.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Use “If” conditionals
Deploy “Switch” conditionals in order to compare a single variable with multiple possible values
Explore additional options when evaluating conditions
Provide default and alternative behaviors for flows based on the environment data

Units

Introduction to conditional actions
Conditional actions
The If group of actions
Exercise – If group of actions
The Switch group of actions
Check your knowledge
Summary – Conditionals

Module 14

Configure flow control in Power Automate for desktop

The ability to alter the order in which actions and functions are implemented is called flow control. Power Automate for desktop enables flow control through the flow control actions.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn how flow control works.
Learn how to use the flow control group of actions to direct and manipulate the flow.

Units

Introduction
Flow control actions
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 15

Generate Power Automate for desktop flows by recording

The recorder can be used to automatically generate blocks of actions, based on the user’s interaction with the workstation.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Use the recorder to generate actions automating local Windows UI-based tasks
Deploy the recorder to automate interactions with a web browser
Preview and edit the automatically generated actions during and after the recording

Units

Introduction to the Power Automate for desktop recorder
Create desktop flows using the recorder
Exercise – Use the recorder to automate web applications
Exercise – Use the recorder to automate desktop applications
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 16

Configure exception and error handling in Power Automate for desktop

Exception handling is a mechanism that allows Power Automate for desktop to handle and recover from unexpected circumstances and issues that might occur during a flow run.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Configure the exception handling properties of individual actions.

Units

Introduction
About exceptions
Exception handling
Exercise – Exception handling
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 17

Control file and folder handling in Power Automate for desktop

Manipulating files and folders is a fundamental part of most business processes. Power Automate for desktop provides the files and folders actions to help accomplish this task.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn how to create flows that manage files and folders.
Learn how to manage the properties of multiple files and folders.

Units

Introduction
Folder actions
File actions
Exercise – Create a backup copy of the desktop folder
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 18

Web automation in Power Automate for desktop

Web applications are critical components of most organizations. Power Automate for desktop supports the automation of all major browsers through its browser automation actions.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn how to configure browser automation actions.
Learn how to extract data from web pages.
Create a flow that extracts gainer stocks from the MSN website.

Units

Introducing web automation
Launch, close, and handle browsers
Handle web pages and forms
Extract data from web pages
Direct web access and scripting
Exercise – Extract stocks from MSN
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 19

Use Power Automate for desktop to interact with windows and applications

UI interfaces and their components are identified through UI elements, which can be captured and used in UI/Windows-related actions.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn about the concept of UI elements.
Discover the window and element-handling capabilities of Power Automate for desktop.

Units

Introduction
UI elements
Window handling and element interaction
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 20

Excel automation in Power Automate for desktop

Power Automate for desktop provides an extensive variety of Microsoft Excel actions to help you read and manipulate Excel files.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Open Excel files and attach a process to an already opened file.
Use the Excel group of actions to read data from and write data to an Excel file.
Create and edit worksheets.
Save and close Excel files.

Units

Introduction
Launch, save, and close an Excel file
Read from an Excel document
Write to an Excel worksheet
Additional actions and features
Manage worksheets
Exercise – Organize data in a spreadsheet
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 21

Automating email handling in Power Automate for desktop

Using email services is common in business procedures and critical for most organizations. Power Automate for desktop provides various actions that enable email handling for webmail services, Microsoft Outlook, and Exchange servers.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Become familiar with the email, Outlook, and Exchange actions.
Create a flow that retrieves, processes, and sends emails.

Units

Introducing email automation
Automate webmail services
Automate Outlook
Automate Exchange servers
Exercise – Confirm the submission of support tickets
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 22

Automate system, workstation, and services actions in Power Automate for desktop

Power Automate for desktop supports the automation of miscellaneous tasks, which are fundamental to the Microsoft Windows operating system, through the system, workstation, and services actions.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Automate system-related tasks with the system and workstation groups of actions.
Automate the management of Windows services with the service group of actions.

Units

Introduction
System and workstation actions
Services actions
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 23

Communicate using message boxes in Power Automate for desktop flows

Message boxes can be used to interact with a user to either request input, or to provide output.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Familiarize yourself with the various preset message box actions

Units

Introduction to message boxes
Message box actions
Exercise – Use message boxes to communicate
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 24

Text manipulation in Power Automate for desktop

Power Automate for desktop provides actions to help you manipulate text and datetime values. These text and datetime actions help you adopt a standardized data format in your flows.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn how to use the text group of actions.
Create methods that help you process and edit text.
Manipulate text type variables for input and output in actions and flows.

Units

Introduction
Text handling actions
Date time actions
Exercise – Text actions
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 25

Simulate mouse and keyboard actions by using Power Automate for desktop

Learn how to create flows that simulate mouse movement and clicks, as well as typing and key presses. This module also describes how to select and locate a specific image or area on the screen with the mouse.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn how to create a flow that simulates human interaction with a PC
Learn how to automate simulated mouse movement and clicks
Learn how to select and locate a specific image or area on the screen with the mouse
Learn how to emulate typing or key presses

Units

Introduction
Mouse and keyboard actions
Exercise – Simulate mouse and keyboard actions
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 26

Combine Power Automate desktop and cloud flows

This module describes how to combine a Power Automate desktop flow with a Power Automate cloud flow. It demonstrates how to call an existing Power Automate desktop flow from a cloud flow to enhance its functionality and save time when designing large, complex flows.

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.

Units

Introduction to running Power Automate desktop flows from cloud flows
Run a Power Automate desktop flow from a cloud flow
Exercise – Create a cloud flow that calls a Power Automate desktop flow
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 27

Database handling in Power Automate for desktop

Databases are vital components of every organization, and efficient data handling is necessary for their effective operation. Power Automate for desktop provides organizations with the ability to automate databases through the database actions.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Compose a connection string to connect to a database.
Use the appropriate action to run queries on a database.

Units

Introduction
Database actions
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 28

Active Directory handling in Power Automate for desktop

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that enables administrators to manage permissions and access to network resources. Power Automate for desktop provides Active Directory actions to automate all related tasks.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Connect to an Active Directory server.
Manage users, groups, and objects with Active Directory actions.

Units

Introduction
Active Directory actions
Exercise – Create a new Active Directory user
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 29

Scripting in Power Automate for desktop

Power Automate for desktop enables you to automate complex scenarios using scripts in VBScript, JavaScript, PowerShell, and Python.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn how to use scripting actions.
Create two flows using VBScript and JavaScript.

Units

Introduction
Scripting actions
Exercise – Calculate modulo with VBScript
Exercise – Use JavaScript to find the last day of the current month
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 30

OCR technologies in Power Automate for desktop

Power Automate for desktop enables users to read, extract, and manage data within an assortment of files through OCR actions.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn how to configure OCR actions.
Create a flow that extracts text from images using OCR technologies.

Units

Introducing OCR technologies
OCR actions
Exercise – Extract data from images
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 31

Get started with custom connectors in Power Automate

Connectors help make it easier for app and flow makers to connect to other apps, data, and devices in the cloud. Learn how to configure and use custom connectors with Microsoft Power Apps, Microsoft Power Automate, and Microsoft Azure Logic Apps.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn about the role of custom connectors.
Build a connector and use it in a Power Automate flow.

Units

Introduction
Demo of the maker portal experience
Explore custom connector configuration options
Exercise – Create a new connector in a solution
Use a custom connector
Exercise – Use a connector from Power Automate
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 32

Configure custom connectors with authenticated APIs in Power Automate

Custom connectors can provide access to custom or third-party APIs that are accessible via public endpoints. In this module, learn how to configure custom connectors with authenticated APIs in Microsoft Power Automate.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Learn about authentication options.
Learn how to use APIs with Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
Use a graph API from a custom connector.
Share and move between environments.

Units

Introduction
Authentication options
Use APIs with Azure AD
Configure Azure Active Directory authentication
Exercise – Use graph API from a custom connector
Share and move between environments
Check your knowledge
Summary

Module 33

Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform security and governance

Do you want to learn about how to help secure and govern Microsoft Power Platform apps like Power Automate and Power Apps? This module focuses on introducing Microsoft Power Platform environments and their role in creating Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies by using examples and use cases. A brief introduction and overview of tools will also be discussed, including Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate Admin experiences and Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (COE) toolkit.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Access Microsoft Power Platform admin experiences.
Create simple environment and tenant-wide DLP policies.
Discover and identify the differences between the Business data group and the No-business data group.
Learn about the differences between out-of-the-box Power Automate Admin experiences and Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence toolkit.

Units

Introduction
Identify Microsoft Power Platform environments
Data Loss Prevention policies
Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit
Exercise – Create a Power Platform environment
Check your knowledge
Summary

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Take your first steps with Power Automate for desktop

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Automate repetitive tasks using loops in Power Automate for desktop

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Communicate using message boxes in Power Automate for desktop flows

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