RPA Software Licenses: How to License Your Software – Microsoft Case Microsoft developed the following Specialty licenses for RPA software licenses in conjunction with its Power Automate platform to address the licensing issues of RPA software and meet the growing number of end-users adopting RPA for their businesses:
Microsoft 365 E3 / A3 Unattended License This license allows the use of the M365 E3 suite on a single physical or virtual instance of the Robotic Process Automation system, says Automation service providers. This is required if the bot accesses or utilizes any M365 E3 applications and is operating autonomously. With attended RPA plans for each user, Power Automate The license can be used to create unlimited flows by running an attended RPA bot on a workstation, in addition to automating legacy applications by using RPA and AI. Added unattended RPA to Power Automate Provides the ability for a bot to operate autonomously, i.e. without the requirement for a user to be obeying. Unattended bots can be installed on a local or remote desktop or in another virtual environment. Power Automate per user with attended RPA or Power Automate per-flow plans can be added to the Power Automate platform for unattended RPA. Power Automate unattended bot add-ons are licensed by the bot. One unattended bot is required per instance of a single process - multiple unattended add-ons can be used simultaneously.