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Power automate Desktop connection with Power automate cloud

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Posted on by Sivapriya 9

I have used power automate desktop to perform UI related operation and called the desktop flow from power automate cloud. Connection is made. Power automate desktop is in VM. I signed out of the VM. When i try to login to VM during the run i can see below screen message:

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Since the bot is running, I can see the above message. But when I force login, nothing has happened. The download operations that i used in Desktop flow has not worked. How to check if my desktop flow is working or not? The status of the cloud flow is as below always:

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I can also see in the desktop activity that it is running:

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  • CU16071609-1 Profile Picture
    CU16071609-1 6,255 Moderator on at

    @Sivapriya 

    I understand that you've scheduled your desktop flow to run in unattended mode. This means the flow will execute automatically on your machine without requiring your direct observation.

     

    While you won't be able to see the flow's actions on the screen during execution, you can still monitor its progress and results by adding 'Log Message' actions within the flow. These messages will be logged and accessible in the Power Automate cloud portal under the 'Desktop activity' page.

     

    If you wish to monitor how the flow runs on your machine, consider changing the run mode to "Attended mode." In this mode, when you sign in to your VM, the cloud flow will automatically send instructions to your VM to execute the configured flow.

     

    Below is the difference between two run modes:

    Deenuji_0-1708712824301.png

     

    Also refer the below MS article for more details:

    Attended and unattended scenarios for process automation - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn

    Video reference for unattended mode run:

    https://youtu.be/EUhNahpR_l4?si=9GJL5T_iUufZtVJF 

    Thanks,

    Deenu

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  • Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

    If you sign in to the machine while it is running in unattended mode, this will in fact break your flow and it will not be able to complete. You do not need to observe it running (nor can you) in unattended mode.

     

    If you are not sure whether or not it works, I recommend, as @Deenuji correctly suggested, first of all making it work properly in attended mode. This mode requires an active user session - i.e. you being signed in to the VM. Test it like that, and when you're happy with the results, switch back to unattended.

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