Outlook Intermediate Lesson 8: Power Automate Flows for Email

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Power Automate (included in most Microsoft 365 business plans) runs in the cloud, works with the new Outlook and keeps running when your PC is off.

Flow 1: save invoice attachments to OneDrive

make.powerautomate.com > Create > Automated cloud flow.
Trigger: When a new email arrives (V3), Include Attachments: Yes, Only with Attachments: Yes, Subject Filter: invoice.
Action: Apply to each Attachments > Create file (OneDrive for Business), folder /Invoices, File name: formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy-MM-dd') plus the attachment name, File content: attachment content.

Trigger with From = your manager or top client > Post message in a chat to yourself. You see it even in a meeting.

Trigger on subject “PO” > Add a row into a table in an Excel file on OneDrive: date, sender, subject. A live order log without copying.

💡 Start from templates (search “save attachments” in Power Automate) and adjust. Check the flow’s run history the first few days.

Build Flow 1 with a test mail containing “invoice” and an attachment, and check OneDrive.

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