Tutorial · Acrobat Sign · Beginner

Your first Power Automate flow with Acrobat Sign (step by step)

Build a working flow that sends a PDF from OneDrive for signature and saves the signed copy back — the foundation for every Sign automation.

LevelBeginner
Time45 minutes
TopicAcrobat Sign

You'll need

  • A Microsoft 365 account with Power Automate
  • An Acrobat Sign account that can send agreements
  • A test PDF in OneDrive

1. Create the connection

  1. Go to make.powerautomate.com → Connections → New connection.
  2. Search for Adobe Acrobat Sign and sign in with your Sign account. Choose your data centre region if prompted.
  3. Create OneDrive for Business and Office 365 Outlook connections the same way.

2. Start an instant flow

  1. Create → Instant cloud flow, name it Send test agreement, choose Manually trigger a flow.
  2. Add inputs: Text Signer email, Text Agreement name.

3. Get the PDF

  1. Add OneDrive for Business → Get file content using path and choose your test PDF.

4. Upload and send

  1. Add Adobe Acrobat Sign → Upload a document and get a document ID. File name = your PDF name; File content = output of the previous step.
  2. Add Create an agreement from an uploaded document and send for signature. Document ID = from upload; Agreement name = trigger input; Participant email = trigger input; Signature type = ESIGN.
  3. Save and Test → Manually. Check your inbox as the signer.

5. Save the signed copy (second flow)

Create an automated flow triggered by When an agreement workflow is completed successfully. Add the Sign action that gets the signed agreement PDF, then OneDrive → Create file in a Signed folder named after the agreement.

File name expression
concat(triggerOutputs()?['body/agreement/name'], ' - signed.pdf')

6. What to do next

Swap OneDrive for a SharePoint library with status columns, add an approval before sending, and add error handling — see the SharePoint contract workflow.

Tips

  • Expressions referencing the trigger body vary by connector version — use the dynamic content picker first, then switch to expressions.
  • Test with your own email as the signer before involving customers.