# Power Automate

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, Power Automate flow

[Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft)'s tool for automating steps between apps, such as saving email attachments to a folder, with little or [no code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/no-code).

**For example:** An office manager builds a Power Automate flow that posts every new form response to [Microsoft Teams](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft-teams).

Official site: <https://www.microsoft.com/power-platform/products/power-automate>

## Connects to (4)

- [No-code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/no-code): Tools that let you build an app or site by arranging visual blocks or describing what you want, instead of writing code.
- [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft): The company behind Copilot and Azure.
- [Microsoft Teams](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft-teams): Microsoft's chat and video meeting app for companies, part of Microsoft 365.
- [Apple Shortcuts](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/apple-shortcuts): An app on iPhone, iPad and Mac for building small automations that chain together actions across apps.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/power-automate