When the connection is established successfully, the machine settings will display the following fields regarding the machine: Power Automate will use this environment to run all the triggered desktop flows. If the machine hasn't been registered yet, a message will prompt you to select a machine-running environment.

Your machine should be automatically registered in the currently selected environment. Sign in to Power Automate machine runtime. During installation, make sure you've checked the Install the machine-runtime app to connect to the Power Automate cloud portal option. If you already have the latest version, skip this step. Install the latest version of Power Automate on your device. If you don't have permission to register machines in that environment or want to use another environment, update the environment manually. Your machine is automatically registered on the currently selected environment in Power Automate for desktop.

Before registering a machine to run desktop flows from cloud flows, ensure the machine is secured and the machine's admins are trusted.

To register your machine and use the machine management features, your Power Platform environment must have a version of the MicrosoftFlowExtensionsCore solution that is greater than or equal to 1.2.4.1.Direct connectivity isn't available for machines running Windows 10 Home or Windows 11 Home.If you currently use an earlier version, update to the latest.

Direct connectivity is only available for Power Automate 2.9 or later.

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