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Academy of digital automation

Develop the skills to analyze, redesign, and automate processes using RPA, BPM, Power Platform, integrations, AI agents, and digital operations platforms.

Academic approach

Comprehensive training to transform business processes and operations

The academy brings together process analysis, low-code automation, RPA, BPM, APIs, artificial intelligence, governance, and automation architecture.

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Progressive pathway

Progress from process fundamentals to enterprise automation architecture.

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Hands-on automation

Build solutions with Power Automate, Power Apps, RPA, APIs, and integration platforms.

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Applied AI

Training covers classification, extraction, assistants, copilots, and intelligent agents.

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Enterprise governance

Topics include security, control, operations, measurement, scalability, and change management.

Professional pathway

Build your profile from automation practitioner to enterprise automation architect

Develop skills in analysis, development, integration, engineering, and automation architecture.

Specialize in RPA or Power Platform before advancing to automation engineering and enterprise architecture.
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Automation practitioner

Process, improvement, and automation fundamentals.

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RPA specialist

Automate repetitive tasks using software robots.

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Power Platform specialist

Applications, workflows, copilots, and low-code solutions.

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Automation engineer

Integrations, APIs, orchestration, AI, and operations.

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Enterprise automation architect

Governance, architecture, scalability, and transformation.

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Learning plan

Six courses covering the digital automation pathway

Each course can be taken independently or as part of a stackable certification.

Course 1

Process and automation fundamentals

24 hoursEntry levelOnline or in person

An introduction to process analysis, opportunity identification, future-state design, and automation feasibility assessment.

  • Processes and tasks suitable for automation
  • AS-IS and TO-BE mapping
  • Feasibility criteria
  • Impact–effort matrix
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Course 2

Power Automate and Power Apps

36 hoursSpecializationLab

Create low-code applications and workflows to digitize processes, capture data, and automate decisions.

  • Canvas apps
  • Automated workflows and approvals
  • Microsoft 365 integration
  • Copilot and AI Builder
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Course 3

Robotic process automation

36 hoursSpecializationLab

Design and build software robots to automate repetitive tasks in desktop and web applications.

  • Robot design
  • Desktop automation
  • Exception handling
  • Orchestration and monitoring
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Course 4

Process and API integration

40 hoursEngineeringProject

Integrate business systems using APIs, webhooks, connectors, services, and orchestration platforms.

  • REST APIs and JSON
  • Webhooks and connectors
  • Application integration
  • Security and error handling
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Course 5

Intelligent automation with AI

40 hoursAdvanced engineeringProject

Incorporate generative AI, classification, document extraction, assistants, and agents into automated processes.

  • Intelligent document processing
  • Classification and extraction
  • Copilots and assistants
  • Agents and autonomous workflows
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Course 6

Enterprise automation architecture

44 hoursArchitectureFinal project

Design operating models, governance, centers of excellence, and scalable enterprise automation architectures.

  • Operating model and center of excellence
  • Governance and security
  • Automation portfolio
  • Architecture and scalability
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Professional credentials

Five certifications aligned with professional roles

Credentials validate knowledge, technical practice, and the ability to design, build, and govern automation solutions.

AP

Automation practitioner

Validates fundamental knowledge of processes, improvement, automation selection, and design.

Requires: Course 1 and a scenario-based exam.
RP

RPA specialist

Demonstrates the ability to design, develop, test, and operate software robots.

Requires: Courses 1 and 3 and a practical lab.
PP

Power Platform specialist

Certifies the creation of applications, workflows, approvals, and low-code solutions.

Requires: Courses 1 and 2 and a project.
AE

Automation engineer

Validates integration, orchestration, intelligent automation, and solution operations.

Requires: Courses 2, 3, 4, and 5 and a project.
AA

Enterprise automation architect

Certifies the ability to design automation architecture, governance, and enterprise operating models.

Requires: The complete pathway and a final project defense.
Technology ecosystem

Tools and platforms used during training

The academy takes a vendor-neutral approach and uses current technologies to develop transferable skills.

Power Automate
Power Apps
UiPath
Automation Anywhere
Blue Prism
n8n
Make
Zapier
Azure Logic Apps
REST APIs
AI Builder
Copilot Studio
Hands-on learning

Labs and projects that demonstrate competency

Activities can be adapted to each organization's technology architecture and platforms.

Lab 01

Automation discovery

Identify and prioritize candidate processes using feasibility criteria.

Lab 02

Low-code application and workflow

Build a solution with Power Apps, Power Automate, and approvals.

Lab 03

Desktop robot

Automate a repetitive task with validation, exception handling, and logging.

Lab 04

API integration

Connect systems, transform data, and handle errors securely.

Lab 05

AI-enabled process

AI-assisted classification, extraction, and decision-making.

Lab 06

Center of excellence

Design governance, roles, metrics, controls, and an automation portfolio.

Capstone project

Design an end-to-end enterprise automation solution

The final project integrates process analysis, redesign, an application or robot, integration, AI, monitoring, security, and governance.

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1. Assess and select the process
2. Design the current and future states
3. Build the automation
4. Integrate AI, testing, and monitoring
5. Present and defend the project

Entry profile

  • Professionals in operations, processes, technology, quality, finance, or customer service.
  • Process analysts, developers, administrators, and consultants.
  • Basic knowledge of business processes and digital tools.
  • Experience with logic, data, or integrations is recommended for engineering courses.

Graduate profile

  • Automation practitioner, RPA specialist, Power Platform specialist, automation engineer, or architect.
  • Responsible for automation analysis, design, development, and operations.
  • Designer of low-code solutions, robots, integrations, and AI-enabled processes.
  • Consultant in operational transformation, governance, and enterprise automation.
Frequently asked questions

Key information before you start

No. Each course can be taken independently. The full pathway is required only for the Enterprise Automation Architect certification.
No. Training combines Power Platform, RPA tools, integration platforms, and artificial intelligence solutions.
Not for the introductory courses. Integration, intelligent automation, and architecture modules require logic, data handling, and technical concepts.
Training and certification are managed separately. You may take the assessment after the course or at a later date.
Yes. Labs, tools, processes, and the final project can be adapted to the organization's architecture, licenses, and priorities.

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