
Automate your desktop with robotic process automation
Connect old and new systems and reduce repetitive tasks using UI-based automation with desktop flows—the robotic process automation (RPA) capability in Power Automate.
Why use robotic process automation
Streamline your business processes with RPA

Create automated workflows quickly with a low-code visual designer that empowers everyone, regardless of technical expertise.

Take advantage of hundreds of drag-and-drop actions that interact with your desktop’s user interface and apps. Use variables and conditionals, launch apps, copy and paste, and more.

Save time by capturing your mouse and keyboard actions and importing them directly into the visual designer.

Initiate desktop flows or respond to prompts in attended mode, or choose the available unattended mode to run your desktop flow autonomously in the background.

Run desktop flows from available cloud flows, and use AI Builder to take advantage of hyperautomation.
What customers are saying about RPA in Power Automate


“It was too costly to create APIs for our legacy applications… and we also had to navigate a third-party website. We used Power Automate RPA bots to fill these gaps and automate the process.”
Allan McDaniel
Manager of Development for BI and Master Data, Coca-Cola
Bottling Company United
What analysts are saying about RPA in Power Automate
Microsoft is named a Leader in the July 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Robotic Process Automation (RPA).1
Read the reportMicrosoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Robotic Process Automation, Q1 2021.
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Learn how to boost productivity with RPA in Power Automate, now built into Windows 11.

See an example of how RPA can be used to streamline processes.

Manage RPA workloads with greater ease using the new Azure Virtual Desktop starter kit (preview).

Focus on important tasks by training RPA software bots to perform the repetitive ones.

Get step-by-step guidance on how to use Microsoft Power Automate.
Get started with desktop flows
Windows 11
Automate personal desktop flows on your machine for free using the app, available in the Start menu.
Power Automate
Experience everything Power Automate offers with access to all flows, add-ons, and apps.
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