{"id":11157,"date":"2024-05-21T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/revolutionize-the-way-you-work-with-automation-and-ai\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T13:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:50:34","slug":"revolutionize-the-way-you-work-with-automation-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"power-automate","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/revolutionize-the-way-you-work-with-automation-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionize the way you work with automation and AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In 2023, <\/span>Microsoft Power Automate<\/span><\/a> introduced <\/span>groundbreaking<\/span> AI experiences <\/span>t<\/span>hat<\/span> simplif<\/span>y<\/span> and accelerate<\/span> automation development and process discovery for professional developers and business users alike. In 2024, Power Automate <\/span>continues to <\/span>build<\/span> on these capabilities and takes great leaps in harnessing the transformative power of generative AI to revolutionize the automation landscape. <\/span> <\/span> Streamline processes across your organization with low code and AI<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Until today, process automation required users to map out the entire sequence of triggers, actions, and conditions needed to achieve a process objective. Today, at Microsoft Build 2024<\/a>, we are announcing our early access program for AI flows–a new way to automate that lets generative AI reason over unstructured content and determine what steps and sequence are needed to achieve a process outcome based on instructions and parameters provided by a user in natural language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AI flows <\/span>leverage<\/span> the simplicity of natural language and the power of rapidly evolving<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>large language<\/span><\/span><\/span> model (LLM)<\/span> abilities to create more intelligent, flexible, and dynamic<\/span> automation. <\/span><\/span>Instead of building out complex rules-based processes from beginning to end, users work with AI to create an automation plan. When the plan is executed, the LLM considers all the resources available to it and dynamically selects the most appropriate actions to achieve the desired outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Building an AI flow is a fundamentally different user experience than building a rules-based cloud flow<\/a> or desktop flow<\/a> and involves the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ability of AI flows to easily incorporate both structured and unstructured data makes it flexible as information resources are updated, and its reasoning abilities make AI flows uniquely beneficial in the building and maintenance of complex process flows to handle conditions, exception management, and process loops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Low-code experiences <\/span><\/span><\/span>like drag-and-drop design or keyboard and mouse recording <\/span><\/span><\/span>have made desktop automation <\/span><\/span><\/span>more <\/span><\/span><\/span>approachable and scalable<\/span><\/span><\/span> for all<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Today, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Power Automate is bringing the next wave of AI innovation to robotic process automation (RPA) by giving <\/span><\/span><\/span>users <\/span><\/span>the option<\/span><\/span><\/span> to <\/span><\/span><\/span>train the desktop recorder in a more natural and flexible way<\/span>, available through the Early Access Program.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Multimodal AI recording for desktop flows uses screen understanding and speech processing to let users teach the desktop recorder how to automate a process. By sharing their screen and describing what they are doing in their own voice, the \u201cshow and tell\u201d experience of AI recording is very much like training a new employee. AI uses the inputs from the recording to create a desktop flow in just minutes, and any needed changes to the automation can be made from the Power Automate desktop designer prior to production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With screen understanding also comes the ability for AI to self-heal when UI elements change. Users are notified when a change is detected and are prompted to approve the adjustment recommended by AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continue reading to learn about new ways to automate, from outcome-based AI flows that simplify complex processes, to multi-modal AI recording that makes UI automation more natural, accessible, and <\/span>resilient. Also see our latest features and enhancements for streamlined process management, flow authoring, and personal productivity that help everyone save time and focus on what matters most.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\nExplore Microsoft Power Automate <\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/a>A quantum leap in productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>A brand-new way to automate processes with AI flows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Automate your desktop with multi-modal AI recording for a \u201cshow and tell\u201d user experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n