If you have an on-prem VM, it should allow connections from Power Automate so that the gateway can communicate with your on-prem network. You need to install the gateway on the VM. In the flow that triggers the Power Automate Desktop UI flow, you can use following premium action to run a Power Automate Desktop flow.Ī gateway is used to communicate between the normal flow in Power Automate and the robot on the VM. This is needed to use the premium actions to connect to your VM’s using the gateway. The account that runs the UI flow on the VM (for example a service account) needs the Power Automate per user plan with attended RPA or a per flow license. They do not run on a normal computer, but on a virtual machine or VM.Ī Power Automate Desktop UI flow need to be triggered by a normal flow in Power Automate. They execute completely on itself without a user seeing or following it. Unattended UI flows execute logic without a real human looking at it.

When you create a UI flow in Power Automate Desktop for the first time, you will first need to install the software: “Get the app” allows to install the required software Unattended UI flows When you create a new UI flow, you can choose out of multiple options

A real human is watching Power Automate Desktop clicking by itself on your computer.įor attended scenarios, the Power Automate per user plan with attended RPA should be enough. What is the difference between an attended and unattended UI flow? Attended UI flowsĪn attended UI flow is executed on the computer of a real human.

Power Automate per user plan with attended RPAĭepending on the use case, you need (some of) them.

Which licenses exist?įor RPA scenarios, following licenses exist in November 2020: Microsoft is working on a migration experience from WinAutomation or older UI Flows to Power Automate Desktop. The RPA product is called Power Automate Desktop. A while ago, Microsoft bought WinAutomation from Softomotive and made a huge step forward by providing RPA software.Īs expected, they are integrating WinAutomation into Power Automate.

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