Streamlining Enterprise Automation with the Automation Kit Scheduler for Power Automate Desktop

Biswa Pujarini Moahaptra
2 min readJun 22, 2023

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Efficient automation is crucial for modern enterprises, and the Automation Kit along with its Scheduler component provides a powerful solution. This comprehensive suite enables organizations to provision, trigger, monitor, measure, and track the work of both attended and unattended robots. In this article, we will explore how these tools streamline automation processes, enhance workflow management, and drive business success.

Enhanced Control Center for Enterprise Automation:

The Automation Kit and Scheduler offer a range of robust features that empower organizations to streamline their automation processes and achieve operational excellence.

Let’s delve into the key aspects of Scheduler that make essential for enterprise automation:

Comprehensive Scheduling Views: The Scheduler offers a variety of calendar views, including Day, Week, Month, and Schedule views. This flexibility enables leaders to visualize and plan automation workflows based on their preferred timeframes, ensuring alignment with business requirements.

Proactive Monitoring and Error Handling: The Scheduler empowers organizations to proactively monitor scheduled workflow executions. In case of errors or failures, the Scheduler provides detailed error messages and notifications, allowing for prompt troubleshooting and resolution.

Automation kit : Control Center

Triggering Workflows:

The current version of Run Now will execute the the Power Automate desktop flow. It is assume that there is no parameters required to execute the desktop flow.

Automation kit : Control center — Run / trigger Desktop flow

To use Automation kit scheduler, it is recommended to download the latest release version Release Automation Kit June 2023 · microsoft/powercat-automation-kit (github.com), specifically the AutomationKitControlCenter_1.0.20230620.2_managed.zip file.

The Automation Kit and Scheduler offer a comprehensive solution for enterprise automation, empowering organizations to achieve operational efficiency, productivity, and compliance. By provisioning, deploying, triggering, monitoring, measuring, and tracking both attended and unattended robots, enterprises can streamline their automation initiatives and drive business success.

To gain a deeper understanding of the features and capabilities of the Automation Kit, you can visit the official Microsoft documentation here.

Automation kit

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Biswa Pujarini Moahaptra

Principal Engineering Manager @ Microsoft Power CAT - Power Platform