Simple Tasks to Automate Using MS Power Automate
MS Power Automate is a SaaS application that allows the automation of business workflows. We covered the general introduction of it in Exploring Underrated Microsoft Applications. This tool allows you to automate the usual tasks, while you focus on the important ones. It makes use of low code and AI to set up and execute the automation.
This article covers seven simple tasks that you can automate using Microsoft Power Automate.
1. Deadline Notifications🔔
With Power Automate, you can create a workflow that notifies you via an Outlook email or MS Teams message whenever a deadline is added, approaching, or passed for your task. It will sync up with the Calendar and added inputs to determine this change and automate the notification workflow.
2. Ticket Tracking🎫
This ticket tracking system can be created for external clients and employee tickets. The workflow will notify you whenever a new ticket is created. You can also include the notification upon the change in the ticket’s state. This ensures that no ticket creation and progress is missed by the concerned stakeholders.
3. IT Workflow💻
Having a workflow to collect the required information about the IT issue created by an employee stands effective. This reduces the to-and-fro communication to understand the issue’s details. It can also equip employees with the basic steps, which may resolve the issue without even involving the IT personnel.
4. Time Tracking⏲️
Power Automate allows you to set up a workflow to track the employee’s attendance, time of arrival, and time of departure. With the right set of logical calculations, you can notify the employees of consecutive late arrivals, unfulfilled paid hours, and more.
5. Birthdays Tracking🎂
To retain employees, making them feel valued is important. Considering that many companies follow the practice of wishing birthdays to the employees and sending them gifts. Having an automated workflow can remind you about the birthdays so you don’t forget the date. It can also help you by sending out a pre-written email to the respective individual.
6. Onboarding Workflow👋
Automate the onboarding flow of your employees by adding all the required steps in Power Automate. It can notify the new hire about the next steps, ensuring that they don’t miss out on anything significant.
7. Approval Workflows🎖️
You can set up the approval workflow of the tasks or documents. Having a streamlined process of who the document needs to go through first and all the stakeholders outlined and notified about the document entering their stage of approval can reduce the delays.
All in all, with the right and required automated workflows, you can streamline your processes and reduce delays. Power Automate is an excellent choice to help you with the automation of processes and workflows.
Developing these flow by yourself is feasible, and as with all learning curve, when you need a little extra tips and push, just reach out and one of our experts will be able to help you unlock that flow and help you progress in no time!
