Power Automate resources

Official resources

• Power Automate documentation
• Power Automate learning paths
• Connector reference - 1000+ pre-built connectors
• Desktop flows docs

Getting started

• Types of flows - when to use which
• Desktop flows vs. cloud flows
• Triggers and actions

Community resources

YouTube creators

• Kevin Stratvert (website) - beginner to advanced tutorials
• April Dunnam (website) - practical Power Automate guides
• IWMentor Wonder Laura (website) - practical automation patterns
• John Liu (blog, GitHub) - advanced techniques and custom solutions
• DamoBird365 (blog) - creative automation solutions
• Shane Young of PowerApps911 - comprehensive tutorials
• Anders Jensen - the go-to for desktop flows / RPA
• SharePains (Pieter Veenstra) - prolific blog on expressions and patterns

Communities

• Power Automate Community - official forums for questions and knowledge sharing
• Power Automate + Microsoft Flow subreddits
• ILoveAutomation Discord - very active community
• Dynamics 365 + Power Platform Discord

Common patterns and techniques

• Data operations - working with arrays, objects, and JSON
• Expressions and functions - dynamic content manipulation
• Loops and iterations - processing collections
• Parallel branches - improve performance
• Child flows - reusable flow components

Best practices and performance

• Coding guidelines
• Anti-patterns (things to avoid)
• Limits and configuration
• Solution-aware flows
• Testing strategy
• Monitoring and analytics

Development

• Flow Studio - visual tool for building and debugging flows
• Power CAT Tools - solution review and documentation toolkit
• Dataverse solution scanner - sample solution backup and scan scripts, not a security assessment
• Power Platform CLI - command-line tools
• Power Automate management connectors - programmatic flow management

Advanced topics

• Custom connectors - integrate with any REST API
• Process mining - discover automation opportunities (was ‘process advisor’)
• Copilot Studio agent flows - see also Copilot Studio
• AI Builder integration - add AI capabilities to flows

See also: Azure for Logic Apps and Functions.