Power Automate Desktop advanced course

What you will learn

The course gets your flows ready to run reliably in the business every day.

By the end of the course you can:

• Set up a flow so it can be moved and changed without touching the logic itself.

• Track what your flows have done and pass the figures on to the business.

• Put flows into scheduled operation and use run data to find and handle errors.

If you have completed both our Power Automate Desktop beginners course and the Power Automate Desktop advanced course, you are 80% ready to pass your PL-500: Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer exam.

About the course

Details and modules

• Lessons

  The course carefully covers advanced features in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, including:

  • Configuration management: Learn to create and manage configuration files to enhance security and maintainability by separating sensitive information from your core scripts.
  • Logging: Develop comprehensive logging practices to track the execution of your flows, making it easier to troubleshoot and maintain your automation solutions.
  • Validation: Implement input and UI validation techniques to ensure data integrity and handle potential errors gracefully within your workflows.
  • Error handling: Learn advanced error-handling strategies to create resilient automation processes that can recover from unexpected issues.
  • Reporting: Set up detailed reporting solutions to keep stakeholders informed about the performance and outcomes of your automated tasks.
  • Orchestration: Automate the execution of your robots using various scheduling techniques, including Windows Task Scheduler and Power Automate Cloud flows.
  • Work queues: Use work queues, dispatchers, and performers to efficiently manage and distribute tasks across multiple robots.
  • Best practices: Learn the key tips and tricks for efficient and maintainable automation.

  Changes: New features are continuously added to Power Automate Desktop. When appropriate, we incorporate these in the course to ensure coverage of the newest functionalities. Thus, the above topics may change accordingly.

• Target audience

  The course is for RPA developers who want to learn best practices and build complex workflows, whether they come from Power Automate Desktop or from tools such as UiPath and Blue Prism.

• Prerequisites

  You need experience with Power Automate Desktop or a similar RPA tool and should know the basic RPA concepts. Otherwise you will not get the full benefit of the course.

  If you are missing the basics, start with our Power Automate Desktop beginners course.

• Duration and location

  The course lasts two days. We agree on the date and location with you, and you choose whether it runs on-site or online.

  Online, we draw on our experience from the YouTube channel to keep the teaching lively and interactive on screen.

  On-site, we come to you. Travel and accommodation are added to the price by agreement.

• Equipment and licences

  The course runs on the participants' own Windows computers. Access to Microsoft Power Automate plus SQL Server and Visual Studio is required for the relevant modules.

• Format

  The course combines live teaching with practical exercises. Participants work through examples and tasks themselves, with help from the instructor.

• E-learning

  Participants get access to our e-learning during the course and can use it afterwards at their own pace. It lives on I Love Automation, where the content is kept up to date. There are also active communities where participants can get help applying what they learned to their own work.

• Number of participants

  We recommend up to about 15 participants per course. That leaves room for everyone to take part, ask questions, and get help from the instructor.

• Terms and conditions

  Our services follow clear business terms built on mutual trust and simple transactions. Note that all services require prepayment and are non-refundable. Read our terms and conditions for details.

• Price and booking

  The price is fixed regardless of the number of participants, which makes the course a good fit for teams that want thorough teaching at a good price.

  Call Stine on +45 30 13 41 84 or email info@andersjensen.org. We are also happy to arrange a meeting or a short call about your needs.

Instructor

Anders Jensen

Instructor in automation and AI

Anders shows how automation works in practice, without long PowerPoint presentations and without drowning you in theory. His YouTube videos have millions of views, and his automation and AI tutorials are among the most watched in the world.

Microsoft has named him a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) five years in a row, most recently in both Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio.

The teaching style is always practical. Anders explains theory while building solutions live, so both beginners and experienced professionals can take concrete lessons with them.

anders@andersjensen.org