Introduction to Microsoft Flow

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1 Introduction to Microsoft Flow Office 365 DevDays 上海 Tom Jebo & Tarun Chopra

2 What is Microsoft Flow? What can it do for me and my coworkers? What are some out of box capabilities in Microsoft Flow? Approvals, Buttons, more. Can I build something custom? Agenda I want to share my flow Advanced capabilities Admin capabilities, Grow up, more. How do I get Microsoft Flow?

3 Most business integration challenges today are met with a single solution

4 People

5 Microsoft Flow What is it and how can it help me?

6 Microsoft Flow helps non-developers work smarter by automating workflows across services Get notifications Copy files Collect data Automate approvals

7 What makes up a Microsoft Flow? Example: Notification Microsoft Flow Trigger the event that kicks off the flow: manually on a schedule on an event in the cloud Actions what the flow does Can use data from the trigger

8 Connect to cloud and on premises data Over 170 out of the box connectors with new connectors every week Use Custom Connectors to connect to any custom REST endpoint Connect to on-premises data using gateways

9 Templates help users get started

10 Verticals for various professions

11 Verticals for various professions

12 Automate advanced scenarios with multiple steps, branching conditions, scheduling, looping, and more.

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16 Product walkthrough

17 Build flows from scratch Sending an Exchange when a new file is added in OneDrive Authenticate to your OneDrive account. Select folder to monitor Authenticate to your O365 account. Build Subject and Body Specify Send To address and additional properties (optional): From, CC, BCC and Importance Choose to include properties from previous step (OneDrive file) to improve relevance

18 Build an approval flow from scratch Demonstration

19 What more can I do with Microsoft Flow?

20 Manage your flow Microsoft Flow Details View and edit title and description Turn flow on and off Export it See flow runs details View run history

21 Collaborate with your co-workers Co-Authoring Many authors can edit a flow, not just a single owner If the original author leaves the company the flow continues to function

22 Create buttons and share them What are buttons? Easy way to trigger on demand flows with a push of a button! Buttons widget on phone and in the Microsoft Flow app Physical buttons with Flic and Bttn Sharing buttons Make buttons available to your co-workers to automate their tasks

23 Create buttons and then share them What are buttons? Easy way to trigger on demand flows with a push of a button! Buttons widget on phone and in the Microsoft Flow app Physical buttons with Flic and Bttn Sharing buttons Make buttons available to your co-workers to automate their tasks

24 What if I am an admin or a developer?

25 Admin center Environment administration Create and manage your organization s environments Lifecycle management of flows Manage roles and role membership View license and quota information Data Loss Protection Control how data flows within your organization Set policies for classification of services Local agility, central control Allow teams control over their environment and still have centralized control

26 Build a connector to feature on Microsoft Flow OR custom to your company Connect to your own services Any REST end-point Custom connectors within an organization Scoped to a company Partner with Microsoft Flow and PowerApps to build first class connectors for your services Showcase your hero scenarios using templates and explore co-marketing opportunities with Microsoft

27 Grow up to Logic Apps Microsoft Flow is good for simple integrations and empowering users to do integrations without going through devs + IT However, sometimes IT / devs need to take over when the Microsoft Flow gets too advanced or becomes businesscritical Any Microsoft Flow can be converted to a Logic App

28 How do I get Microsoft Flow? Anyone can sign up for free with their personal, work or school Included for free with most Office 365 and Dynamics 365 application SKUs Can be purchased by an individual or an admin 90 free trial available Also included with Dynamics 365 Plans 1 and 2 and PowerApps Plans 1 and 2

29 What s happened in the last six months? Microsoft Flow Q Updates New modernized approval experiences Trigger flows from physical buttons Diet designer and new getting started experiences Team flows general availability Trigger buttons from widgets on ios or Android Control-flow improvements like parallels and error handling Manage flows, licenses, quotas in the Admin center SharePoint Document library integration Windows Phone Support Convert the columns for tables or lists Build and submit your own connectors New Community Plan and Office 365 F1 Plan Dozens of new connectors Microsoft Flow Q Updates Import and Export Use expressions in actions Grow up to Azure Logic apps OneDrive for Business integration More SharePoint column/file metadata support Reshare buttons and collect lists, s or files Download full run history to Excel Compliance certifications (e.g. ISO, SOC, HIPAA etc ) Microsoft Flow collections gallery Power BI analytics integration (First release only) Office 365 security & compliance center audit logs Custom connectors for on-premises APIs Dozens of new connectors

30 Roadmap (highlights) H2 Calendar 2017 Export/import Microsoft Flows across environments In-the-box review Microsoft Flows for SharePoint Online Use Microsoft Flow for Content Publishing approvals for SharePoint Online Publishing sites Utilize people, choice, attachment and multi-values in your Microsoft Flows for SharePoint Online In-context Microsoft Flow support in Dynamics 365, OneDrive and Teams Usage analytics for Microsoft Flows Microsoft Flow activity included in Office 365 audit logs UK deployment Calendar 2018 Use a HTML rich text editor to build s Guides for debugging actions and conditions Government cloud deployment ALM Sandbox environments ALM Move or copy across environments Support for GDPR compliance Leverage device signals (e.g. Location) with Microsoft Flows on mobile devices Include Microsoft Flows in AppSource Azure functions integration

31 Q&A

32 Thank you Office 365 DevDays