[Automation Kit - Feature]: Power Automate Desktop support ALM Accelerator

[Grant-Archibald-MS]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Ensure that projects that contain Power Automate Desktop solutions can be deployed using the ALM Accelerator

Describe the solution you'd like

Solutions that are deployed via the ALM Accelerator have the ability to provide the following:

• Use out of the box Azure DevOps / git source control to compare versions of Desktop Flows with side by side compare
• Run user defined validation rules
• Define deployment settings for machine / machine group connections, environment variables and ownership
• Automatically register deployed Power Automate Workflow with Main Automation Solution to reduce manual steps to meter the Automation Solution ROI

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Additional context?

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AB#545

[Grant-Archibald-MS]

Validate that a power automate desktop is deployed successfully as part of a solution.

Checks:

1. Allows for configuration of Machine or Machine Group connection for each target environment
2. Cloud flows that call the desktop flow are enabled

[Grant-Archibald-MS]

Key actions:

1. After unpack the solution if a PAD flow exists. Extract the Robin Script definition and place into a separate file to source code comparision between versions.
2. Regular Expression Rules as part of the build. Define a set of RegEx rules with Warning or Error. If there is a match then WARN or fail the build.