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Topics covered on this course

  • Getting started

    Subtopics

    1. Creating flows
    2. Comments
    3. Input and message boxes
  • Variables

    Subtopics

    1. Referring to variables
    2. Managing variables
    3. Viewing variable values
  • Subflows

    Subtopics

    1. Creating subflows
    2. Running subflows
  • Debugging

    Subtopics

    1. Stepping through flows
    2. Setting breakpoints
  • Working with Excel

    Subtopics

    1. Opening and closing
    2. Getting and writing data
    3. Other Excel actions
  • Error handling

    Subtopics

    1. Testing buttons, files, etc.
    2. Error-handling for actions
    3. Error blocks for flows
  • Input and output variables

    Subtopics

    1. Calling flows
    2. Filling output varaibles
    3. Referencing input variables
  • Lists

    Subtopics

    1. Populating lists
    2. Looping over lists
    3. Adding to and clearing lists
  • Loops

    Subtopics

    1. Looping N times
    2. Conditonal loops
    3. Looping over collections
  • Conditions

    Subtopics

    1. Testing conditions (IF)
    2. Multiple conditions (SWITCH)
  • SQL Server

    Subtopics

    1. Opening connections
    2. Reading data
    3. Running stored procedures
  • Data tables and rows

    Subtopics

    1. Populating data tables
    2. Looping over data rows
    3. Collapsing data columns
  • Files and folders

    Subtopics

    1. Manipulating files
    2. Working with folders
    3. Reading / writing text files
    4. Using CSV files
  • Different data types

    Subtopics

    1. Getting the date
    2. Converting dates to text
    3. Testing for numeric input
  • Mouse and keyboard

    Subtopics

    1. Sending keys
    2. Mouse clicks
  • Browsing websites

    Subtopics

    1. Using different browsers
    2. UI elements
    3. Problems you may encounter
    4. Extracting data
  • User intefaces (UIs)

    Subtopics

    1. UI elements revisited
    2. Capturing data
    3. Filling in forms
  • Emails and Outlook

    Subtopics

    1. Using Outlook
    2. Sending emails
    3. Extracting attachments
  • Images

    Subtopics

    1. Adding images
    2. Using in website automation
    3. Deleting unused images
  • PDFs

    Subtopics

    1. Reading tables and text
    2. Reading images
  • Recording flows

    Subtopics

    1. Recording your steps
    2. Limitations of recording
  • Case studies  

    Subtopics

    1. Backing up files
    2. Emailing files to different users
    3. Compiling SEO results

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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And some benefits specific to online training:

  • Courseware posted to you in advance
  • Separate pre-course check-up included
  • Our clever Wordsworth system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

We've been in business over 30 years - we must be doing something right!

Power Automate Desktop course dates

The table below lists the Power Automate Desktop courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price Times  
Thu/Fri 27-28 March 2025 27-28 Mar 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 01-02 May 2025 01-02 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 29-30 May 2025 29-30 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 26-27 June 2025 26-27 Jun 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 31st Jul/1st August 2025 31 Jul-01 Aug 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 28-29 August 2025 28-29 Aug 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 29-30 September 2025 29-30 Sep 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 27-28 October 2025 27-28 Oct 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 27-28 November 2025 27-28 Nov 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

We don't currently have any Power Automate Desktop courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Power Automate Desktop course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Power Automate Desktop courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Power Automate Desktop course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price Times  
Thu/Fri 27-28 March 2025 27-28 Mar 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 01-02 May 2025 01-02 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 29-30 May 2025 29-30 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 26-27 June 2025 26-27 Jun 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 31st Jul/1st August 2025 31 Jul-01 Aug 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 28-29 August 2025 28-29 Aug 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 29-30 September 2025 29-30 Sep 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 27-28 October 2025 27-28 Oct 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 27-28 November 2025 27-28 Nov 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Power Automate and PAD training

Here are some comments we've received about our Power Automate and PAD training . You can see all of our 528 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"I thought the trainers were fantastic! They brought the learning to life and had the perfect balance of breaks for remote training. They were supportive and helpful, nothing was too much trouble. Id be interested to see what other courses you offer, we'd love to use you again!"

Melanie Grigg

Signature Senior Lifestyle Ltd

"Really good course & great that it is such a small group. I have previously attended in-person Wise Owl courses before. The online course worked really well (just a couple of tiny interruptions when people dropped out or sound lost). Taking the time to check the set up ahead of time & being able to have the pack posted to me was great. "

Catherine Turnbull-Ross

Fairhive Homes Ltd

"Excellent as always :)"

Jon Nagl

Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)

"Our trainer was very knowledgeable and engaging. The course was run at a suitable pace for the group. It was clear that despite big updates to the power automate application in recent weeks, great effort had been made to update content and ensure it was up to speed on how the updated power automate worked, including being prepared for bugs that are present in the new version."

Adam Tranter

The Phoenix Group

"We all thought that the course was excellent, well structured and presented at a good pace. Personally I liked that we were on the keyboard so much following the trainer’s demos rather than just sitting there listening, it made it a really interactive course and very valuable. I’d happily recommend the course to others and have forwarded your details on to the consultancy we are working with, on our PAD implementation, so they can pass your details to other clients."

Paul Brown

Knight Frank

"Altogether a very positive experience, professional and fun!"

Dane Horgan

Sofa Brands International Ltd

About this Power Automate Desktop course

Click on one of the tabs below to see the given information about the course.

Power Automate Desktop is Microsoft's Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software. It allows you to automate anything you do in Windows, including (but by no means limited to):

  • sending emails

  • printing

  • working with Excel

  • browsing websites

  • filling in forms

Think of it as like the Windows equivalent of VBA, allowing you to automate things that you do (you can even record what you're doing as a sequence of replayable steps), but with no programming involved. 

This two-day course will give practical examples of many of the most common tasks that you might want to automate (we hope!), and also explain underlying concepts of Power Automate Desktop such as variables, lists, data tables, UI elements, conditions and loops.

Pre-requisites

To attend this course you need to be a regular user of Windows.  You will get more out of the course if you're familiar with the basics of the main Microsoft Office applications.

What you'll need to bring

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

  1. A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
  2. A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed.  This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

  • For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
  • For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions

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What other Power Automate and PAD courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the Power Automate and PAD courses that we run:

Course name Days
Introduction to Power Automate 2 days
Advanced Power Automate 2 days
Fast track Power Automate 3 days
Power Automate Desktop (this course) 2 days

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

You might like to consider invesigating these related courses:

Related course Days Level
Introduction to Power Automate 2 days Introduction
Power Apps 2 days Introduction
Introduction to Power BI 2 days Introduction

What are your venues for your classroom Power Automate and PAD courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
Power Automate and PAD training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bishopsgate, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
Power Automate and PAD training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.
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