Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer (PL-500)

Course Overview

1 - Take your first steps with Power Automate for desktop

• Console overview
• Flow designer overview
• Create a simple flow
• Check your knowledge

2 - Power Automate for desktop development essentials

• Create a flow in the flow designer
• Create conditionals and loops
• Using subflows
• Test and debug flows
• Manage UI elements and images
• Deploy exception handling
• Check your knowledge

3 - Build your first Power Automate for desktop flow

• Set up the environment
• Explore Power Automate for desktop
• Create your first Power Automate for desktop flow
• Record Power Automate for desktop actions
• Edit and test recorded actions
• Check your knowledge

4 - Define input and output parameters in Power Automate

• Set up in Power Automate
• Define an input variable
• Set input variables
• Define output variables
• Add UI elements and test
• Check your knowledge

5 - Integrate desktop flows with Outlook connector in Power Automate for desktop

• Setup process in Power Automate
• Build a cloud flow that's triggered in Outlook
• Test your new flow
• Check your knowledge

6 - Connect a cloud flow to desktop flows in Power Automate for desktop

• Setup process in Power Automate for desktop
• Create a new cloud flow
• Connect your cloud and desktop flows
• Test your new connection
• Check your knowledge

7 - Use AI Builder to process invoice forms in Power Automate

• Solution setup in Power Automate
• Create a form processing flow
• Add fields and collections of documents
• Analyze and train a model
• Integrate the model into a cloud flow
• Check your knowledge

8 - Use the Teams connector in Power Automate

• Work from an existing solution in Power Automate
• Create an approval solution
• Integrate with an existing desktop flow
• Build communication with Outlook
• Test and run a flow
• Check your knowledge

9 - Run a Power Automate for desktop flow in unattended mode

• Set up an unattended desktop flow
• Create a new cloud flow that calls an existing flow in unattended mode
• Perform a test run
• Best practices
• Check your knowledge

10 - Optimize your business process with process advisor

• Get familiar with process advisor
• Create your first recording
• Edit recordings and group actions
• Analyze recordings and interpret results
• Automation recommendations
• Check your knowledge

11 - Handle variables in Power Automate for desktop

• Introducing variables
• Create, edit, and use variables
• Variable data types
• Advanced data types
• Input and output variables
• Variable manipulation
• Sensitive variables
• Check your knowledge

12 - Automate repetitive tasks using loops in Power Automate for desktop

• Loop actions
• Simple loop actions
• For each loop actions
• Loop condition actions
• Check your knowledge

13 - Adjust process behavior using conditional actions with Power Automate for desktop

• Conditional actions
• The If group of actions
• The Switch group of actions
• Check your knowledge

14 - Configure flow control in Power Automate for desktop

• Flow control actions
• Check your knowledge

15 - Generate Power Automate for desktop flows by recording

• Create desktop flows using the recorder
• Check your knowledge

16 - Configure exception and error handling in Power Automate for desktop

• About exceptions
• Exception handling
• Check your knowledge

17 - Control file and folder handling in Power Automate for desktop

• Folder actions
• File actions
• Check your knowledge

18 - Web automation in Power Automate for desktop

• Introducing web automation
• Launch, close, and handle browsers
• Handle web pages and forms
• Extract data from web pages
• Direct web access and scripting
• Check your knowledge

19 - Use Power Automate for desktop to interact with windows and applications

• UI elements
• Window handling and element interaction
• Check your knowledge

20 - Excel automation in Power Automate for desktop

• Launch, save, and close an Excel file
• Read from an Excel document
• Write to an Excel worksheet
• Additional actions and features
• Manage worksheets
• Check your knowledge

21 - Automating email handling in Power Automate for desktop

• Introducing email automation
• Automate webmail services
• Automate Outlook
• Automate Exchange servers
• Check your knowledge

22 - Automate system, workstation, and services actions in Power Automate for desktop

• System and workstation actions
• Services actions
• Check your knowledge

23 - Communicate using message boxes in Power Automate for desktop flows

• Message box actions
• Check your knowledge

24 - Text manipulation in Power Automate for desktop

• Text handling actions
• Date time actions
• Check your knowledge

25 - Simulate mouse and keyboard actions by using Power Automate for desktop

• Mouse and keyboard actions
• Check your knowledge

26 - Combine Power Automate desktop and cloud flows

• Run a Power Automate desktop flow from a cloud flow
• Check your knowledge

27 - Database handling in Power Automate for desktop

• Database actions
• Check your knowledge

28 - Active Directory handling in Power Automate for desktop

• Active Directory actions
• Check your knowledge

29 - Scripting in Power Automate for desktop

• Scripting actions

• Check your knowledge

30 - OCR technologies in Power Automate for desktop

• Introducing OCR technologies
• OCR actions
• Check your knowledge

31 - Get started with custom connectors in Microsoft Power Platform

• Demo of the maker portal experience
• Explore custom connector configuration options
• Use a custom connector
• Check your knowledge

32 - Configure custom connectors with authenticated APIs in Microsoft Power Platform

• Authentication options
• Use APIs with Azure AD
• Configure Azure Active Directory authentication
• Share and move between environments
• Check your knowledge

33 - Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform security and governance

• Identify Microsoft Power Platform environments
• Data Loss Prevention policies
• Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit
• Check your knowledge

Prerequisites

Candidates should have experience with JSON, cloud flows and desktop flows, integrating solutions with REST and SOAP services, analyzing data by using Microsoft Excel, VBScript, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), HTML, JavaScript, one or more programming languages, and the Microsoft Power Platform suite of tools (AI Builder, Power Apps, Dataverse, and Power Virtual Agents).