Add WinAutomation actions to desktop flows v1

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Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	Jun 23, 2020	-	Oct 5, 2020

Business value

Makers can run WinAutomation processes from desktop flows V1 with a new action added to the desktop flows designer.

Feature details

This is the first step that enables makers to use WinAutomation processes with Power Automate. A new WinAutomation action was added to the desktop flow designer to allow users to run a WinAutomation process. Follow these steps to use this feature:

1. Create a WinAutomation process outside of Power Automate.
2. Create a desktop flow, and then select the new WinAutomation action.
3. Configure the action by using the path and any optional parameters for the WinAutomation process to be run. Desktop flows will automatically start the process through the gateway on the local machine and will monitor the process run to completion.

See also

New WinAutomation action in UI flows is now available (blog)