This document introduces Microsoft Flow and provides an overview of its key features and capabilities. Flow allows users to automate business processes by creating workflows that connect to multiple data sources and services using an intuitive diagram interface. It succeeds SharePoint Designer workflows. The document explains how to get started with Flow by using templates or building workflows from scratch. It also describes the basic structure of a Flow, including triggers, actions, conditions, and parallel branches. Resources for learning more about Flow are provided.
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SPSSD: Make Your Life Easier with Microsoft Flow
1. Make Your Life Easier
with Microsoft Flow
Work less,
Do more
#SPSSD
4. Why Microsoft Flow?
Automate business processes (and others!)
Create Flows using multiple services and data sources
Intuitive diagram-based interface
Successor to SharePoint Designer Workflows
Have you tried
Flow?
7. Or start from scratch
Or start from a
SharePoint list or
library, or OneDrive
for Business
Watch for terminology
in Flow templates:
Lists have Items
Libraries have Files
Or from a
selected file,
item, or
folder
8. Plus! Common Data Service and
On-Premises Data Gateway
Connectors for nearly 200
services
Used by both PowerApps and Flow
flow.Microsoft.com
NOTE: Some services
are labeled as Premium
(e.g. Salesforce, CDS)
Where do
you
work?
11. Start with a Trigger
Examples:
When a new item is created in
a SharePoint list or library
When a new tweet is posted
containing a particular term
Flow button on a mobile device
Triggered from a PowerApp
On a schedule
12. Perform Actions
Examples:
Create a SharePoint item or
CDS record
Post a tweet
Send a mobile notification
Interact with PowerApps
Use the Modern Approvals
experience
Set a delay
31. Pricing
As of September 2017
Also see: https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/#plan-feature-table
Also: Flow Free
(750 runs, 15-
minute checks)
32. Resources
http://flow.Microsoft.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors
Flow Community (forums, blogs)
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-
Flow-Community/ct-p/FlowCommunity
On my blog (sandyu.com):
Flow resources: http://wp.me/p15tM8-tW
All Flow posts: https://sandyu.com/tag/flow/
Twitter list:
https://twitter.com/SandyU/lists/powerapps-flow
Submit ideas for new features to
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas
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Editor's Notes
#9: Add "Recently Added & Updated" per June update
#23: Save As
Available for Team Flows also as of late June
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