Author: Manish Solanki

Manish Solanki is a technology enthusiast with vast experience in Microsoft power platform technology stack. I specialize in designing and implementing solutions using low-code tools like Power Apps, Power Automate, AI builder, Dataverse etc. Experience in leveraging O365/M365 services such as SharePoint, Planner, Forms etc. to drive efficiency and innovation. I love writing technical blogs, collaborating in technical communities & basically anything & everything in technology.
Azure Azure Key Vault Dataverse Power Automate Power Automate Desktop

How to securely sign in to an application in Power Automate Desktop with the password stored in Azure Key Vault?

Full video tutorial is available on my YouTube channel: Use Case In UI automation, it is a standard process to sign in to an application (desktop or web) to process data in power automate desktop flow. Azure Key Vault is the safest place to securely store the application password. Storing password in Vault also allows […]

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Cancel Run Only User Flow
Power Automate Power Automate Desktop SharePoint

How to allow “Run Only User” to cancel a desktop flow trigger from cloud?

Use Case In many organizations, business users are not granted owner/co-owner access but are allowed to run or trigger flows by granting ‘Run Only User‘ access permission. Business users can’t cancel the flow due to this restriction. To address this limitation, we can leverage SharePoint list & power automate cloud flows to allow them to […]

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Azure Key Vault
Azure Azure Key Vault Desktop Flow Power Automate

How to use Azure Key Vault credentials in desktop flow connections?

Use Case To mitigate the risk of saving static machine credential in desktop flow action in cloud, we can leverage Azure Key Vault feature. This feature also addresses password rotation policy that most of the organizations follows. With ‘Credentials‘ feature in power platform, we can pull the latest password stored in Azure Key Vault and […]

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AI functions in PAD
AI Builder Dataverse Power Automate

Add intelligence with Dataverse AI functions in Power Automate Desktop flows

With the introduction of Dataverse Cloud Connector (preview) in power automate desktop flow (in Version 2.44), it becomes easier to add intelligence in PAD using Dataverse AI functions. This will address the issue of setting up HTTP request trigger or any other approach for calling AI functions from Power Automate Desktop. You can find official […]

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