Organisations using robotic process automation are increasingly migrating to Microsoft Power Automate. After all, this cloud-based platform offers numerous benefits, including scalability, cost-effectiveness, and the ability to engage citizen developers to develop automation. Even though it is a powerful automation tool, it is not for everyone. This article discusses why Microsoft Power Automate might be the right tool for your organisation. If not, we recommend exploring other automation platforms, including Electroneek or UiPath.

Reasons to Shift to Power Automate

1. Powerful Automation Ecosystem

Microsoft is arguably the top IT company globally, and for good reasons. It provides an ecosystem of complementing applications that make it impossible to ignore its products. For example, while Power Automate is a powerful tool, it is only one part of Microsoft’s Power Platform. Several other apps are a part of the Power Platform, including Power BI, Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Pages.

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The above image illustrates the Microsoft Power Platform. These tools can benefit from other products, including the AI Builder and Dataverse. If simple RPA does not work for your organisation and you are looking for additional automation tools, shifting to Microsoft is a no-brainer. No other automation platform comes close to its capability and vast ecosystem.

2. Enable Citizen-Led Development Automation

Power Automate is a low-code/no-code automation platform. It allows organisations to benefit from a citizen-led approach to automation development. Usually, professionals who have IT/technical skills design the automation. However, due to a tech skills shortage, businesses often don’t have the required resources. It prevents companies from realising the full potential of automation within their organisation.

Additionally, client automation projects may get delayed, leading to financial and reputational damage. The citizen-led approach means non-technical resource design automation. Of course, they cannot design complex automation projects unless they have the required training. What they can do is work on smaller projects and clear the backlog. Over time, they can move to more complex automation tasks.

How is it possible? Automation platforms like Microsoft Power Automate are low-code-code. It means they require little to limited coding knowledge to design an automation. A user only needs to develop the workflow or edit the available templates. A citizen-led approach is more feasible because technical resources are in short supply. They also charge much higher salaries than non-technical resources, meaning a citizen-led approach is a viable strategy for recession resilience.

3. Benefit from Existing Infrastructure

Looking around, you’ll notice that most individuals and organisations rely upon Microsoft products. It could be the operating system or productivity tools like Outlook, Microsoft 365, Azure, or others. Since most organisations already use Microsoft products, it makes sense to use its automation platform. The inherent cross-compatibility among Microsoft products can enhance organisational efficiency. Power Automate offers native integration with more than 25 Azure services. This integration does not require the user to buy any additional tool or subscription.

4. Use Power BI to Understand the Data

Organisations use multiple automation tools simultaneously. It makes monitoring their effectiveness challenging for automation professionals, primarily when no central department oversees the organisation-wide automated processes. Power Automate addresses this challenge through Power BI. All data is centralised, and Power BI allows the organisation to create custom dashboards for each automation. It makes monitoring and control hassle-free.

Conclusion

Agile Managex Technologies acknowledges that migrating your entire RPA estate to a new platform is difficult. However, the migration can be performed seamlessly with the right automation partner. As a leading automation company in UAE, we can help you shift your RPA estate from any platform to Microsoft Power Automate. Contact us for more details.

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