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How to run power automate desktop flow as unattended without virtual machine and Hosted machine

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I have two environments in my power automate.
Name of environment is
1. Degest
2. Bhairav
 
 
I have builded power automate desktop flow in Bhairav environment, it's perfectly working as attended. now i want to run as unattended mode. 
my instant cloud flow is looks like this action
1. When new file is created in One drive
2. Run power automate flow build with desktop
  (this action, which username and password should i give for running as unattended)
 
I have power automate machine runtime environment, and power automate desktop. I'm able to successfully login this in both environments(Degest, Bhairav)
I'm able successfully shift my power automate cloud for both environments and I'm able successfully create multiples machines in power automate machine runtime environment.
I have RPA unattended license also
 
based on above environment, i want to run my flow as unattended without using any remote desktop, Virtual machine and machine hosted. 
can you assist here. how to run flow as unattended
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    Deenuji_Loganathan_ Profile Picture
    6,250 Moderator on at
    Hi @Bhairav,
     
    There is no need for a remote desktop. If you are already using a virtual machine, that will suffice. Simply switch the running mode to unattended, enter your machine credentials, and then log out from the configured system.
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    eetuRobo Profile Picture
    4,484 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Power Automate Desktop Unattended run needs some kind of workstation (with windows operating system) to run.
    It cannot do the work without one. Think of RPA as just a robotic version of you. If you want use programs in your desktop you need a workstation for that.
     
    Normally windows allows only one active user session at a time. If you have Windows Server or Windows Pro/Enterprise then you can have concurrent user sessions.

    In attended mode the RPA takes control of your workstation and does the work on the desktop that you are attending. Unattended just needs the workstation to not be attended by anyone so no one should be logged into it.
     
    So if you don't want to get dedicated machine for the RPA bot then you can use your own machine. But that means you have to be logged out from the user when your flow triggers the unattended run (unless you are using enterprise version of windows or windows server). And also the machine cannot be turned off. So if the flow starts at night you need to have the machine powered on (but logged out) so the RPA can work at the machine.

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