SharePoint Online: Workflows & Power Automate

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SharePoint Online: Workflows & Power Automate ⚡

Microsoft SharePoint Online · Curated Video Lessons

Microsoft Power Automate is the modern workflow tool for SharePoint Online — replacing the old SharePoint Designer workflows with a more powerful, cloud-based automation platform. With Power Automate, you can automatically trigger actions when items are added or changed in SharePoint lists and libraries — sending notifications, routing approvals, updating records, creating files, and integrating with hundreds of other applications. This guide covers everything from basic SharePoint automation to advanced approval workflows and integration patterns.

Mastering Workflows

🔧 Mastering SharePoint Workflows with Power Automate

A September 2024 workshop that explores how to build SharePoint workflows using Microsoft Power Automate — covering the full range of SharePoint triggers (when an item is created, when an item is modified, when a file is created, for a selected item), the most useful SharePoint actions (get item, update item, create item, send HTTP request to SharePoint), and how to build complete end-to-end workflow scenarios. This video is one of the most comprehensive SharePoint + Power Automate tutorials available, suitable for both beginners and intermediate users.

  • SharePoint Triggers
  • SharePoint Actions
  • End-to-End Workflows
  • 2024

Source: Power Automate + SharePoint Series 2024

Best SharePoint Workflows

🏆 Power Automate: The Best SharePoint Workflows

An August 2024 video presenting the top SharePoint workflows in Power Automate with real-world examples — covering the most commonly needed automations: automatically sending an email when a document is uploaded, moving files between libraries based on metadata, notifying a team when a list item status changes, sending weekly summary emails of new SharePoint content, and creating a Teams channel message when a document is approved. These examples cover the vast majority of automation use cases teams encounter.

  • Email Notifications
  • File Moving
  • Status Changes
  • Teams Integration

Source: Power Automate SharePoint Workflows 2024

Approval Workflows

✅ Build Power Automate Approval Workflows for SharePoint

A September 2024 step-by-step tutorial on creating document and item approval workflows for SharePoint using Power Automate — covering the "Start and wait for an approval" action, how to configure single and multi-stage approvals, how to update a SharePoint item's status based on the approval outcome, how to send approval request emails with direct approve/reject buttons, and how to handle approval timeouts and reminders. Approval workflows are one of the most requested SharePoint automations and this tutorial covers them completely.

  • Approval Actions
  • Multi-Stage Approval
  • Status Updates
  • Reminders

Source: Power Automate Approval Series 2024

SP + Power Automate Integration

🔗 SharePoint Online and Power Automate Integration

An October 2024 step-by-step guide on integrating Power Automate with SharePoint Online — covering how to access Power Automate from within SharePoint, how to create flows directly from a list or library, the difference between automated flows (triggered by SharePoint events), scheduled flows (run on a timer), and instant flows (triggered manually from a SharePoint list item). This video also shows how to manage and monitor your flows from within SharePoint, making it easy to keep track of all your SharePoint automations in one place.

  • Automated Flows
  • Scheduled Flows
  • Instant Flows
  • Flow Management

Source: SharePoint Power Automate Integration Series 2024

SharePoint Buttons

🖱️ Trigger Power Automate with SharePoint Buttons

A September 2024 tutorial on how to build and integrate Power Automate flows into SharePoint using the "For a selected item" and "For a selected file" triggers — enabling users to run a flow on a specific list item or document by selecting it and clicking a button in the SharePoint toolbar. This feature makes it possible to trigger complex automations (like generating a PDF, sending a custom email, or archiving a document) directly from SharePoint without needing to access Power Automate separately.

  • Selected Item Trigger
  • SharePoint Toolbar
  • User-Initiated Flows
  • Document Actions

Source: Power Automate SharePoint Buttons Series 2024

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