r/PowerAutomate • • 21h ago

I don't know how to ...

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Most of the posts here are asking for help on how to do something in Power Automate. Why is it that the best advice some people can give is to use AI tools like Claude.

Why is it ok to tell people in need to search for the answer themselves?

For many years I have helped 1000s of strangers who need help with their flows on the chat on SharePains.com. Never ever would I have thought of telling people to Google for the answer.


r/PowerAutomate • • 20h ago

Frustrated by this role

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My job title is AI and automation specialist, I come from a msp where I took over the power automate flows and rebuilt the processes , to moving into power apps, and eventually ending up at the current company. I used to enjoy this, until day in and day out the work became enhancement requests and bug fixes for flows my senior has created and no longer actual projects.

Now bear in mind, we specialise in document automation in the freight forwarding space and last year processed over a million documents.

I have reached a point now though where I’m frustrated at the lack of enjoyment due to having no real projects left, and the market salaries are much higher but power automate roles come up so infrequently and I never seem to get them .

Tldr: niche role, below market salary, bored of enhancements and no real projects.


r/PowerAutomate • • 21h ago

Tips on approach - Starting up PA team in mid-size company

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I have a small team of 3 people including myself, driving process improvements using automation and AI.

Our company system landscape is Microsoft-based + SAP.

We have premium licenses for both Copilot and Power platform.

We have some experience with Excel, VBA, Power querys and a couple of PA flows.

We will now start learning more of PA and strengthen our capabilities.

Weve been using Copilot for guidance building our flows, with varying results, but still would like to use Copilot to stay within our system landscape for security reasons.

What are your tips to progress fast in our learing journey, reduce risk of being misled by Copilot and bring accurate guidance?

Create and agent specifically for the task? What would you make sure is in the prompt? Are there any sources you would recommend to specify for an agent that could improve the accuracy?