So rather than waiting for an event to occur in a cloud service (e.g. This is a flow that is manually triggered.

Screenshot of triggering actions for automated cloud flows Instant Cloud Flow It lets you decide what your triggering action should be. These run automatically based on an event happening in a cloud service.

Which type of cloud flow should you pick, then? The difference between the 3 cloud flows is the type of triggering action. Cloud flows have the flow building interface as below: Screenshot of building a cloud flow one of these 600+ connectors here ), then you’d be looking at using cloud flows. If you came to Power Automate wanting to automate something you do in a cloud service (i.e. There are 3 types of cloud flows you can build in Power Automate (automated, instant or scheduled).

Let’s break down what each type is and when you would use it. When opening up Power Automate, you’ll be asked if you want to created an automated cloud flow, instant could flow, scheduled cloud flow, desktop flow, or business process flow.

Scheduling power automate desktop flow