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

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]

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.