{"id":125625,"date":"2024-10-10T07:37:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/?post_type=power-automate&#038;p=125625"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:40:16","slug":"work-and-automate-simultaneously-with-picture-in-picture-in-power-automate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/work-and-automate-simultaneously-with-picture-in-picture-in-power-automate\/","title":{"rendered":"Work and automate simultaneously with picture-in-picture in Power Automate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditionally, attended automation takes over users\u2019 mouse, keyboard, and screen, halting their current activity. Picture-in-Picture in Power Automate for desktop lets you run attended desktop flows within a virtual window that mirrors your desktop. It allows multitasking, improves user experience, and increases productivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You no longer need to wait for the flow to finish before continuing your work! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Work and Automate Simultaneously with Picture-in-Picture in Power Automate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/K05O8-v_00g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To execute in picture-in-picture mode from the Power Automate console, select your flow, open the command bar, and click on <strong>Run in picture-in-picture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-1.webp\" alt=\"To execute in picture-in-picture mode from the Power Automate console, select your flow, open the command bar, and click on Run in picture-in-picture.\" class=\"wp-image-125629 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-1.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-2.webp\" alt=\"Image of picture in picture after running the flow in Power Automate\" class=\"wp-image-125630 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-2.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternatively, enable the <strong>Run in picture-in-picture<\/strong> flow property to ensure your flow always operates in this mode when initiated locally via the console or its Run URL.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-3.webp\" alt=\"Enable the Run in picture-in-picture flow property to ensure your flow always operates in this mode\" class=\"wp-image-125631 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-3.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initiate a desktop flow from a cloud flow using picture-in-picture mode. Use the <strong>Run a flow built with Power Automate for desktop<\/strong> cloud action, set <strong>Run Mode<\/strong> to <strong>Attended<\/strong>, and in the Advanced parameters, choose <strong>Attended Mode<\/strong> as <strong>Picture-in-picture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-4.webp\" alt=\"enable the Run in picture-in-picture flow property to ensure your flow always operates in this mode\" class=\"wp-image-125632 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-4.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To troubleshoot a desktop flow with picture-in-picture, enable this option in the designer and run your tests. This helps confirm the flow will work seamlessly in production.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-5.webp\" alt=\"Enable desktop flow in the picture in picture designer and run your tests.\" class=\"wp-image-125633 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-5.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To supervise the flow executions in picture-in-picture mode, navigate to desktop flow runs in the portal and apply a filter by run mode.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-6.webp\" alt=\"To supervise the flow executions in picture-in-picture mode, navigate to desktop flow runs in the portal and apply a filter by run mode.\" class=\"wp-image-125634 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/picture-in-pic-blog-image-6.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get started, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K05O8-v_00g\">watch a demo<\/a> of the feature and check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=2251123\">official product documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture-in-Picture in Power Automate for desktop lets you run attended desktop flows within a virtual window that mirrors your desktop. 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