<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Power	I-Application
Automate	I-Application
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Flow	I-Application
until	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
platform	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
automation	O
of	O
recurring	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Power	I-Application
Platform	I-Application
line	O
of	O
products	O
together	O
with	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Power	B-Application
Apps	I-Application
and	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
October	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Flow	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formerly	O
,	O
workflows	O
in	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
environments	O
could	O
be	O
created	O
using	O
either	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
Workflow	O
or	O
various	O
third-party	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
long	O
,	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
workflows	O
was	O
still	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
2010	O
engine	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
2013	O
workflow	O
engine	O
was	O
less	O
powerful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Flow	I-Application
was	O
set	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
Workflow	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
standard	O
tool	O
for	O
workflow	O
automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
renaming	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Flow	I-Application
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Power	I-Application
Automate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
functions	O
were	O
announced	O
,	O
including	O
robotic	B-Application
process	I-Application
automation	I-Application
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
