5 Reasons You Should Leverage Power Automate to Improve Productivity

1. Auto-Save Email Attachments

• Scenario: A finance team receives invoices via email and needs to store them in SharePoint.
• Solution: Power Automate saves all attachments from emails with the subject “Invoice” into a designated SharePoint folder.

2. Automatic Email Follow-Ups

• Scenario: A sales rep sends proposals to clients and wants automatic follow-ups.
• Solution: If no response is received within 5 days, Power Automate sends a polite reminder email.
• Tip: Ask Copilot to draft an email for you ????

3. Automate Approvals

• Scenario: An HR team processes leave requests via email.
• Solution: Employees submit leave requests in a Microsoft Form, triggering an approval process in Power Automate, with responses updated in SharePoint.

4. Task Creation from Emails

• Scenario: A consultant receives client requests via email and wants them logged as tasks.
• Solution: Power Automate scans flagged emails and creates corresponding tasks in Microsoft To Do.

5. Automated Incident Management

Solution: Power Automate creates a ServiceNow ticket for emails with “Urgent” in the subject.

Scenario: An IT helpdesk receives high-priority service requests via email.