{"id":123296,"date":"2024-09-06T07:56:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/?post_type=power-automate&#038;p=123296"},"modified":"2024-10-07T10:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:33:09","slug":"august-2024-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop","status":"publish","type":"power-automate","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/august-2024-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are happy to announce that the August 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop (version 2.47) has been released! 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