1. FLOW 101
Power BI User Group

2. AGENDA Introduction Business Application Platform
Microsoft Flow Basics
Microsoft Flow Mobile & IoT
Microsoft Flow for Admins
Roadmap & Licensing

3. INTRODUCTION

4. INTRODUCTION Daniel Laskewitz 31 years old Works at Sogeti
Microsoft MVP (Business Applications)
Big Ajax-fan

5. BUSINESS APPLICATION PLATFORM

6. Business Application Platform

7. MICROSOFT FLOW BASICS

8. MICROSOFT FLOW Democratizes automation and workflow
Modernize and extend on-premises applications
Enable governance through approvals
Deeply integrated into other Microsoft Applications

9. AUTOMATED FLOWS

10. BUSINESS PROCESS FLOWS

11. AUTOMATED FLOWS
Starts with an event or trigger Performs any number of actions Can have conditional logic Can call other workflows

12. Microsoft Flow anatomy
Trigger – the event that kicks off the flow
Actions – what the flow does

13. TRIGGERS Run manually based on user action From dedicated Flow button
From other apps – PowerApps, SharePoint…
Run on a schedule
From every minute to 4am on Saturdays
Run based on an event that happens in a cloud or on-premises service

14. ACTIONS Any number of steps that run after the trigger
Connect to any cloud service or via the on-prem data gateway
HTTP action
Some actions may not even use connections – just manipulate data locally

15. Templates Easy way to get started Much like IFTTT recipes
Collections of templates
Organizational collection coming soon

16. DEMO: FLOW TEMPLATE

17. CONNECTORS Many connectors (200+) A lot of them are free
Even on-premises

18. INTEGRATIONS Integrations are available in lots of Microsoft products:
SharePoint Online
Dynamics 365
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Excel (coming soon)

19. CO-AUTHORING Work together with your colleagues on a Flow
Embed connections
Users, groups and SharePoint lists/libraries

20. APPROVALS Create approvals for processes HR IT
Approval center (web & mobile)
Reassignment
Timeout approvals

21. DEMO: HOLIDAY REQUEST

22. MICROSOFT FLOW MOBILE & IOT

23. MICROSOFT FLOW – MOBILE
Create new flows
Grant approvals
Get push notifications
Monitor flow activity
Discover buttons
Use button widgets

24. MICROSOFT FLOW – BUTTONS
Easy to trigger on-demand Flows
Add them as widgets on your phone
Share buttons as run-only
Use device signals (location, time etc)

25. DEMO: COGNITIVE SERVICES

26. MICROSOFT FLOW – INTERNET OF THINGS
Flic
Bt.tn
Brandable
Connect through bluetooth, WiFi or 3/4G

27. MICROSOFT FLOW FOR ADMINS

28. MICROSOFT FLOW FOR ADMINS
Admin Center
Environments
Data policies (see image)
User licenses
Quotas
PowerShell module

29. ROADMAP & LICENSING

30. FLOW ROADMAP Q2/Q3 Calendar 2018 Next User Experience
Built-in guidance for debugging actions and conditions
AppSource for company-wide app sharing
Customized From and attachments in Modern Approvals
Office 365 Integration
Microsoft Teams trigger and integration
“In-the-box” review Flows in SharePoint Online
SharePoint Online Content Publishing approvals
Enhanced SharePoint Online field types support
Office client integration
Compliance
Support for GDPR compliance
Data residency within the UK cloud geo
US Government cloud deployment
IT Pro, Admin and Developer
Sandbox environments
User Experience
Leverage device signals on mobile devices
Use a HTML rich text editor to build s
Office 365 Integration
Enhanced SharePoint Online integration
Enhanced Microsoft Teams integration
Enhanced Office client integration
Compliance
Data residency in newly launched cloud geos
IT Pro, Admin, and Developer
Azure functions integration
Additional admin and governance capabilities
Additional ALM capabilities

31. FLOW LICENSING Flow for O365 / D365 Flow P1 Flow P2 2.000 runs
5-minute checks
Flow P1
4.500 runs
3-minute checks
Premium connectors
Flow P2
2.000 runs
5-minute checks
runs
1-minute checks
Premium connectors
Business Process Flows
All admin capabilities

32. FLOW RESOURCES Flow Blog: http://aka.ms/flowblog
Flow Documentation:
Flow Pricing:
Flow Community:
Flow resources by Matt Wade:
Contact details Daniel
LinkedIn:
Blog:
Twitter: