What is Connection and Connection References in Microsoft Power Automate ?

This video demonstrates the differences while establishing connections using connectors in Microsoft Power Automate.

⭐ Connection
✔️Connection connect to services
✔️Connections contains all the required info to connect to a service (E.g. Outlook, Dataverse, SharePoint)
✔️Connections are not solution aware (hence can’t participate in ALM process)
✔️Connections can’t be shared with other users directly
✔️Flow Owners however can see the shared connections

⭐ Connection References
✔️Connection references reduces the maintenance overhead
✔️Connection reference holds a reference to the shared connection instead of direct connection
✔️Advisable to use Connection references instead of connections
✔️Changing a connection reference is centrally accomplished unlike changing connection individually
✔️A cloud flow can have multiple connection references
✔️Advisable to have one connection reference within a solution for any service to be accessed
✔️Connection references can be used in multiple flows
✔️Connection references are solution aware
✔️Connection References can be added from a solution
✔️You can share connection references with Service Principal

Girish Uppal explains the subtle difference between connection and connection references in Microsoft Power Automate.

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