Power Automate flows that take the manual steps out

Approvals, alerts, filing, and handoffs between the systems you already use. Built in your tenant, with a custom connector only where Microsoft’s stop.

  • Runs on Microsoft 365
  • Scoped before we build
  • Documented handover
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From a simple approval
to a full handoff

We start with the connectors you already have. A custom connector or API is the next step, not the first one.

01

Power Automate flows

Cloud flows that remove the repeated clicks, triggered by a form, a file, an email, or a clock.

  • Automated, scheduled, and instant flows
  • SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, and Excel
  • Errors and retries handled on purpose
  • Service accounts, not personal logins
  • Notes your team can follow later
02

Approvals

Leave, purchases, documents, and exceptions, routed to the right person and easy to see if they stall.

  • Approve in Teams, Outlook, or on a phone
  • Rules by amount, department, or type
  • A record of who decided what
03

Alerts and escalations

The person who needs to act gets a nudge before the deadline, and a manager hears about it if nobody does.

  • Teams and email notifications
  • Reminders ahead of a date
  • Escalation when a step sits still
04

Custom connectors

When Microsoft does not ship a connector for your system, we wrap its API so flows can call it safely.

  • REST APIs your system already exposes
  • Sign-in with OAuth or an API key
  • Shared across the tenant
05

Documents and signatures

Generate a document from a template, send it through the e-sign tool you already use, and file the signed copy in SharePoint.

  • Templates filled from the request
  • Status tracked in the flow
  • Signed file stored with the record
06

Reporting

Each flow can leave a trail, so volumes, delays, and failures are visible in SharePoint, Excel, or Power BI.

  • A scheduled summary by email or Teams
  • Failure alerts for the owner
  • A list you can report on later

What it looks like
on a real process

The shapes we automate most often. Yours will use your forms, your approvers, and your systems.

Purchase requests

BeforeA spreadsheet emailed around, then chased in inboxes.
AfterA form, approval by amount, and the requester told automatically.

Contracts

BeforePrinted, signed, scanned, and filed over several days.
AfterGenerated from a template, sent for signature, filed when it comes back.

New starters

BeforeHR writes separate emails to IT, facilities, and the manager.
AfterOne form starts accounts, equipment, Teams access, and a welcome note.

Invoices

BeforeDownloaded from email and typed into finance again.
AfterCaptured from the mailbox, checked, approved, and pushed on.

Renewal dates

BeforeA spreadsheet of dates someone has to remember.
AfterReminders before each date, escalating if they are missed.

Monthly numbers

BeforeSomeone spends a day pulling figures into a deck.
AfterThe figures are collected and sent on a schedule.

The tools
already on the desk

Standard connectors first. A custom one when the system you care about is not on this list.

SharePointTeamsOutlookExcelFormsPlannerDataversePower BIDynamics 365Your system’s API

From the walkthrough
to handover

1

Walk the process

We watch how the work happens today and mark where the hours go.

2

Design and price

A flow sketch and a fixed scope, including any premium licence the design needs.

3

Build and test

Built in your tenant and tried with real cases, including the ones that usually break.

4

Hand it over

Documentation and a short training so the flow is yours, not a black box.

When a product
already does this

Some processes are common enough that a Chronodat app is the shorter path. We will say so before quoting a custom flow.

Power Automate
questions

Do we need extra Power Automate licences?

Many flows run on the Power Automate included with Microsoft 365, using standard connectors such as SharePoint, Outlook, and Teams. Premium connectors, custom connectors, and some Dataverse work need a premium licence. We name that in the quote before you commit.

What can actually be automated?

Work that follows rules: approvals, onboarding checklists, filing a document, sending a reminder, and moving a record from one system to another. If a person follows the same steps every time, a flow can usually take those steps.

How long does an automation take?

A single approval can be a few days. A process that crosses several systems is often two to four weeks. The proposal has the timeline for your case.

Who looks after the flows afterwards?

Your team can. Everything is documented and runs on a service account, not someone’s personal login. If you want Chronodat to keep them healthy when Microsoft changes a connector, say so and we will include that.

What is a custom connector?

A reusable connection that lets Power Automate call a system Microsoft does not connect to out of the box. Once it is in the tenant, other people can use it in their own flows.

Which e-signature tools do you connect?

Whichever tool you already pay for, as long as it has a Power Automate connector or an API. The signed file is saved back to SharePoint with the request.

Show us the process
that still lives in email

Bring the spreadsheet or the inbox thread. We will tell you what a flow can take, and what should stay a human decision.

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