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Porting my flows from Power Automate Desktop (PAD) to Power Automate Cloud (PAC)

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I have created a few complicated flows and they work fine on Power Automate Dekstop.

Then I realized that the same flows can also work with Power Automate Cloud as there is no specific functions that can not be used in Cloud. In cloud I will be able to shate my floes with teammates.

Is it possible to port (import) my flows from Desktop version to Cloud version without having to re-create everything from sratch?

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VishnuReddy1997 2,666 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @umka ,

Unfortunately, directly porting (importing) flows from Power Automate Desktop (PAD) to Power Automate Cloud (PAC) isn't currently possible. PAD and PA Cloud are different platforms with distinct functionalities.

But you can run your desktop flow with cloud using Run a flow built with desktop flow action in cloud.

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@umka

Lets first understand what is exact difference between both flows.

Desktop flows, typically create to interact with on-prem software's like ERP/Windows application or any web application which lacks the API's.

If our targeted application have API's then we can automate them using power automate cloud flows.

Is it possible to port (import) my flows from Desktop version to Cloud version without having to re-create everything from sratch?
As I said the both flow functionality would be different in nature you cannot simply convert from desktop to cloud version. So you have to create them from scratch only but as @VishnuReddy1997 said you can invoke your desktop flow from cloud flow.

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Thank you very much both of you. I have a better understanding of cloud and desktop flows now.
Will have to recreate from scratch though - cause what I do is for Web only - trying to analyze all the purchases my company made on amazon and other online shops and get all the invoices for accounting purposes