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Productivity activities

Last updated Feb 19, 2026

Quickstarts – Classic activities

Overview​

The following are links to step-by-step instructions on how to use the Microsoft 365 classic activities. These guides help you create a working sample of the different activities so that you can verify the connection to your Microsoft 365 application and get familiar with the input/output datatypes.

Quickstart

Description

By completing the steps in this guide, you'll have an automation sequence that does the following:

  1. Establishes a connection to your registered Microsoft 365 application ( Microsoft Office 365 Scope ).
  2. Finds an existing folder in your OneDrive to store a new workbook ( Find Files and Folders ).
  3. Creates a new workbook in the found OneDrive folder ( Create Workbook ).
  4. Adds a new sheet to the newly created workbook ( Add Sheet ).
  5. Tells you when the workbook and sheet have been created, ( Message Box ) activity.
  6. Tests that your new sheet was added ( Get Sheets and Write Line ).

After completing the steps in this guide, you'll have an automation sequence that does the following:

  1. Establishes a connection to your registered Microsoft 365 application ( Microsoft Office 365 Scope ).
  2. Creates a new folder in your OneDrive to store a new workbook ( Create Folder ).
  3. Creates a new workbook in the new folder ( Create Workbook ).
  4. Renames the default "Sheet1" in the new workbook ( Rename Sheet ).
  5. Builds a new DataTable object to write to the worksheet ( Build Data Table ).
  6. Writes the created DataTable to the worksheet ( Write Range ).
  7. Verifies the Write Range activity by reading back the values ( Read Range and Output Data Table ).

After completing the steps in this guide, you'll have an automation sequence that does the following:

  1. Establishes a connection to your registered Microsoft 365 application ( Microsoft Office 365 Scope ).
  2. Creates a new folder in your OneDrive to store a new workbook ( Create Folder ).
  3. Uploads a file to the new folder ( Upload File ).
  4. Gets the file uploaded file metadata ().
  5. Verifies the results of the Upload File and Get Item activities by sending you an email that includes a link to your uploaded file ( Send Mail ).

After completing the steps in this guide, you'll have an automation sequence that does the following:

  1. Establishes a connection to your registered Microsoft 365 application ( Microsoft Office 365 Scope ).
  2. Searches for and returns emails that match your search query ( Get Mail ).
  3. Moves the retrieved email to a different folder ( Move Mail ).
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