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Stephen Siciliano
Vice President, Power Automate
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Announcing the preview of pay-as-you-go for Power Automate 

We are excited to announce a new flexible way for you to pay for Microsoft Power Automate. Currently, admins must predict licensing needs in advance, then purchase licenses, and assign them to makers for them to start using premium features of Power Automate. While this works for situations where admins understand their licensing needs in
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Microsoft acquires Clear Software to enhance connectivity to systems of record 

Organizations depend on their business applications to work seamlessly across many different systems and data stores. Customers need to know that their most critical business processes are built to optimize working across those systems and data sets no matter how complex the process becomes. Customers will benefit from stronger Microsoft Power Platform integration with outside
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Reduce process bottlenecks with process advisor for Power Automate, now generally available 

As companies strive to be more nimble and focus productivity on innovation, workplace automation is taking center stage. With the right tools, like Microsoft Power Automate, everyone can reduce time-consuming tasks to focus on what matters most. In fact, the month after Microsoft Ignite, where we announced Power Automate Desktop was available at no additional cost
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Automating automation with RPA and process mining—available for Power Automate 

Efficiency is key for sustained success across organizations and industries, especially as everyone is looking for new ways of working to be more adaptable and resilient to change. It is no surprise, then, that robotic process automation (RPA) is gaining momentum to free up employees’ time to focus on higher–value work. With this traction comes a growing demand for deeper insight into opportunities to automate
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Jumpstart your business with Power Automate’s new desktop RPA solution 

This year at Microsoft Ignite, I'm happy to continue the conversation about how Microsoft Power Automate is enabling developers to further accelerate their organizations digital transformation with low-code Robotic Process Automation (RPA) accessible to all users. Today, we are announcing the continued expansion of our RPA technology in Power Automate with a new desktop-based solution, Microsoft Power Automate Desktop.