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There has been, and continues to be, a lot of buzz about PowerApps in Microsoft365 (previously called Office365). As the workflow engines behind SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 workflows are disabled and soon to be disabled (respectively) for SharePoint Online, the push is to rewrite them for SharePoint Online using PowerApps. That’s pretty much the consistent message I’m hearing. You don’t have a choice: the answer going forward is Power Automate.
However, Microsoft has another automation platform that is housed in Azure instead and may work better for automating tasks across your Azure portal. It’s called Logic Apps. It may actually prove better at integrating with other enterprise applications, particularly those housed in Azure. Read up on it for yourself.
Obviously, one key difference is that Logic Apps run on Azure so for those who have an Azure subscription but are not subscribers to Microsoft365, then it’s a clear choice to go with Logic Apps. Vice-versa for those who have a Microsoft365 subscription but do not have an Azure subscription. For those of us who have both, Microsoft has put together this comparison of Logic Apps vs Power Automate, which they’re still calling Flow in this older presentation.
Last but not least, Thijs Lecomte has posted Why You Should Use Logic Apps Instead of Power Automate which I find compelling and helpful. Hopefully this post will encourage you to explore your options a little more. Happy Automating.
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