Raw Data with Rob Collie20 Jul 2021

Robotic Process Automation for All, w/ Microsoft's Ashvini Sharma

Ashvini Sharma is one terrific human being and he knows a LOT about Robotic Process Automation (RPA). As the Group Program Manager of Power Automate RPA at Microsoft, there is no better source of information about automation than from Ash!

If you want real-world examples of what Power Automate can do, this is the episode you need to listen to.

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Episode Timeline:

2:05 - How could anyone live without air conditioning?!, Maintaining the work/life balance is difficult
11:20 - Ash goes to the Excel Team and faces the challenges of his new role head-on, The Magic and Soul of Excel
21:05 - Ash's next pivot is RPA (Robotic Process Automation), the benefits of RPA, and some brilliant (and 1 possibly illegal) examples of RPA
34:05 - A Power Automate history lesson and some explanation on what it is and what it can do
47:30 - A little insight on how RPA was built and the cost of keeping company secrets
55:40 - A new segment called N Questions-Rob asks some burning questions, rapid-fire style..and some very interesting answers come out of it!
1:07:20 - Ash explains a "Hello World" scenario that will help many of you listening regarding automation of Export to Excel so that Power BI can pick up the refresh
1:13:20 - What's next for Power Automate?

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