What are Cloud Flows? The Ultimate Guide to Effortless Workflow Automation

Types of Microsoft Power Automate Cloud Flows

What are triggers (start a flow) and actions (do something)?

Standard vs. Premium Connectors in Power Automate

Authentication, API limits, and trigger polling/frequency

Conditions (if/else logic)

Apply to each (looping through arrays/lists)

Switch control (multi-condition branching)

Do Until (loop until a condition is true)

Scopes (grouping actions for clarity and control)

Terminate and Configure Run After (error/timeout control)

Using the expression builder

Creating variables and composing outputs

String Functions in Power Automate

Date and Time Functions in Power Automate

Manipulating strings, dates, and numbers

Logical Functions in Power Automate

Collection and Array Functions in Power Automate

Conversion Functions in Power Automate

Math Functions in Power Automate

Workflow Functions in Power Automate

Error Handling with Expressions in Power Automate

Parsing JSON from APIs or HTTP calls in Power Automate

Compose in Power Automate

Parse JSON in Power Automate

Select Action in Power Automate

Filter array in Power Automate

Power Automate Approval Workflow

Approval in Outlook and Microsoft Teams in Power Automate

Exception management: Try/Catch with Scopes in Power Automate

Using Configure Run After for failure paths

Logging errors to a SharePoint list or Excel

Monitoring run history, failures, and setting notifications

Concurrency settings, delay, and parallel branches

Export/import flows as part of Solutions

Environment variables and connections

Sharing flows with team members or organization-wide

Role-based access to connectors and data

Project 1: Automated ticket triage (Forms → SharePoint → Teams)

Project 2: Automated invoice tracker (email → extract → Excel → Teams alert)

Project 3: Employee onboarding process (multiple approvals and SharePoint updates)

Project 4: Daily digest bot (scheduled flow summarizing daily updates into Teams)