web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

Welcome to the Power Platform Communities
The Next Big Bite | Aussie Classics & Starting Small with Clay Wesener | EP04
News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Power Platform Community / Forums / Power Automate / Run Desktop flows in b...
Power Automate
Unanswered

Run Desktop flows in business user machines

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by vamsi_varanasi 152

Dear Community,

 

If I want to run power automate desktop flows with in user machines or VM or any machine ( attended or unattended mode ) , do I need to install complete power automate desktop software which contain the development console or do I have any run time software where there won't be any console available ? 

 

Thanks,

 

Categories:
Power Automate Desktop
I have the same question (0)
  • Expiscornovus Profile Picture
    Expiscornovus 33,970 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @vamsi_varanasi,

     

    Depends a bit on what you plan to do with your automations.

     

    But I would install PAD on the VM/machine because the installer also installs the Power Automate browsers extensions which can be useful for the web application actions. Also could be useful for troubleshooting when something works on your own machine and it doesn't work on the VM. 

     

    I would check this article:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/setup#install-the-on-premises-data-gateway-to-run-your-desktop-flows-from-the-cloud

     

    Hope this helps a bit?

  • vamsi_varanasi Profile Picture
    vamsi_varanasi 152 on at

    Thanks for your response @Expiscornovus.

     

    I though Microsoft have a runner software to install in users machine ( which can't have the developer designer instance to code ) and developer have a designer to develop the code. so now I understand that both business user machine\VM and the developer machine would have the same PAD software. 

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

News and Announcements

Welcome to the Power Platform Communities
The Next Big Bite | Aussie Classics & Starting Small with Clay Wesener | EP04

Quick Links

Season of Sharing Community Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to our community stars!

Kudos to our 2025 Community Spotlight Honorees

Expanding mentorship, skilling, and AI innovation

Congratulations to the June Top 10 Community Leaders!

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Power Automate

#1
David_MA Profile Picture

David_MA 267 Super User 2026 Season 1

#2
11manish Profile Picture

11manish 196

#3
Haque Profile Picture

Haque 182

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Featured topics

Known issue with browser automation in Power Automate for Desktop on Google Chrome 146 and 147
Share your ideas and struggles with building Power Automate flows!
Survey: Power Automate mobile app
How to Ask for Help with Your Power Automate Workflow
Flows are not visible for users who sign in with their personal accounts
Start and wait for an approval action
Restore a deleted flow
List of actions cheat sheet for Power Automate Desktop
Welcome to the Power Automate forum!

Product updates

Microsoft Power Platform Community release plans