Desktop flows

Enables desktop flows (previously called UI flows)

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service	Class	Regions
Power Automate	Premium	All Power Automate regions
Power Apps	Premium	All Power Apps regions

Connector Metadata
Publisher	Microsoft

Creating a connection

The connector supports the following authentication types:

Connect with sign in - Attended (preview)	Connect with sign in - Attended (preview)	PRODUCTION only	Not shareable
Connect with username and password	Connect with username and password	All regions	Not shareable
Default [DEPRECATED]	This option is only for older connections without an explicit authentication type, and is only provided for backward compatibility.	All regions	Not shareable

Connect with sign in - Attended (preview)

Auth ID: passwordlessAttended

Applicable: PRODUCTION only

Connect with sign in - Attended (preview)

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name	Type	Description	Required
Machine or machine group	string	Select the machine or machine group to connect to	True

Connect with username and password

Auth ID: azureRelay

Applicable: All regions

Connect with username and password

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name	Type	Description	Required
Machine or machine group	string	Select the machine or machine group to connect to	True
Domain and username	string	Format as domain\username or username@domain.com	True
Password	securestring	Password credential	True

Default [DEPRECATED]

Applicable: All regions

This option is only for older connections without an explicit authentication type, and is only provided for backward compatibility.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name	Type	Description	Required
Domain and username	securestring	Format as domain\username or username@domain.com	True
Password	securestring	Password credential	True

Throttling Limits

Name	Calls	Renewal Period
API calls per connection	700	60 seconds
Non-Get requests per connection	300	3600 seconds

Actions

Run a flow built with Power Automate for desktop	A flow will automatically run a set of steps built by Power Automate for desktop.
Run a flow built with Windows recorder V1 (deprecated) [DEPRECATED]	A flow will automatically run a set of steps recorded in a single app using Windows recorder (V1) (deprecated).

Run a flow built with Power Automate for desktop

Operation ID:

RunUIFlow_V2

A flow will automatically run a set of steps built by Power Automate for desktop.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Desktop flow	uiFlowId	True	string	Choose an option or create your own
Run Mode	runMode	True	string	Choose between running while signed in (attended) or in the background (unattended).
Attended Mode	runSession		string	When "Attended" Run Mode is selected, run on desktop or in picture-in-picture
Priority	runPriority		string	Choose an option or add your own
item	item	True	dynamic	The inputs.

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Run a flow built with Windows recorder V1 (deprecated) [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:

ExecuteDesktopUIFlow

A flow will automatically run a set of steps recorded in a single app using Windows recorder (V1) (deprecated).

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Desktop flow	uiFlowId	True	string	Choose an option or create your own
Run Mode	runMode		string	Choose between running while signed in (attended) or in the background (unattended).
Priority	runPriority		string	Choose an option or add your own
item	item		dynamic	The inputs.

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.