Keep business automations running when their owner leaves

Identify what depends on the person

A workflow may be owned by the business in name while relying on one person’s account connections. Before offboarding, inventory the automations they maintain and arrange an administrator-led handover. Do not share their password as a workaround.

Build an ownership inventory

Record workflow purpose, business owner, administrator, connected services, schedule, exception destination and maintenance notes. For an illustrative enquiry flow, check who receives failure alerts as well as who owns the form. A flow that keeps running silently can still lose its reviewer.

Test the supported handover

Microsoft documents orphaned flow management, but transfer options depend on the workflow and environment. Have the administrator follow the platform’s supported process. Verify the successor can inspect runs and that connections use approved business access. Test with a sample event before removing old access according to your offboarding plan.

Microsoft describes identifying orphaned flows and assigning ownership. Microsoft: flows when an owner leaves

Budget for continuity

Measure time needed to identify undocumented dependencies and restore missing ownership. Include inventory, transfer testing and periodic maintenance in the project cost. Exovara can prepare the register and handover checklist with your administrator. Completion means a named successor has tested the workflow and knows how to stop it, not merely that files were copied.

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