Microsoft: Acquires robotic process automation platform Softomotive
- Softomotive currently has about 9,000 customers around the world
- Softomotive’s WinAutomation platform will be freely available to Power Automate users with what Microsoft calls an RPA attended license in Power Automate
- In Power Automate, Microsoft will also use Softomotive’s tools to enable a number of new capabilities
- Until now, Power Automate did not feature any desktop automation tools
- It’ll also build Softomotive’s connectors for applications from SAP, as well as legacy terminal screens and Java
- The two companies did not disclose the financial details of the transaction
