{"id":1439,"date":"2021-10-19T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kofrimpong.com\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2024-01-07T13:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T13:32:30","slug":"which-user-context-does-microsoft-power-automate-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kofrimpong.com\/which-user-context-does-microsoft-power-automate-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Which User Context does Microsoft Power Automate Run?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To answer this question, we need to know how the flow will be triggered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your flow is running on an automated trigger, then it will always run in the context of an owner of flow (The person who created the flow). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, for the manually triggered flows, such as Flow Button, Flows added to Power Apps, SharePoint \u201cFor a selected item\u201d and \u201cFor a selected file\u201d, the flow can be configured to run in the context of the user who starts it. <em>If the flow uses a premium connector then the person pressing the button needs to have a premium license.<\/em> For a flow to run in the context of the user who starts it, the person invoking the flow must provide their connection (credentials). 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