1. Microsoft Flow: The Glue in Office 365
Donald Donais
September 11th, 2019
Microsoft Flow: The Glue in Office 365
Michelle Gilbert

2. Agenda

3. User Group Goal / Objectives
Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint surrounding technologies
Educate user group members about SharePoint and surrounding technologies
Transfer knowledge within the community
Communicate best practices
Introduce new products / solutions

4. MNSPUG Sponsors Dedicated Sponsors SharePoint User Group Support
Sponsorships Levels:
Gold Sponsorship - $500
Silver Sponsorship - $250
Avtex (
Microsoft (
SharePoint User Group Support
Wrox Press ( O’Reilly (

5. MN SharePoint Users Group Website
SharePoint Resource Documents
SharePoint Resource links
RSS Feeds
Meeting Schedule
Past User Group Presentations
Past User Group Recordings
Sponsorship Information

6. Social Networking
Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings…
Post Job Posting on the Jobs Discussion page
Twitter tags and #MNSPUG
Yammer – Minnesota SharePoint Users Group

7. Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting Ongoing Schedule
October 9th, 2019 – TBD
Microsoft Technology Center, Bloomington, MN
Check for updates!
Ongoing Schedule
2nd Wednesday of every month
9:00 to 11:30 am
Microsoft Technical Center – Edina

8. Local and Online Events
Collab 365 SharePoint Summit – September 10th – Online
MN Microsoft 365 User Group – October MTC
Microsoft Business Applications Virtual Summit – October Online
Microsoft Ignite – November 4th – Orlando, FL
SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities – November 16th
SharePoint Fest Chicago – December 9th – Chicago, IL
Anything Else?

9. Speaker

10. Michelle Gilbert MG
MN365 Twin Cities User Group: Twitter: LinkedIn: Microsoft Flow Community Blogger: MGLovesFlow Flow-Community-Blog/bg-p/FlowBlog
Teams Technical Specialist at Microsoft | Vice President MN M365 User Group | Former MVP

11. Break

12. News and Updates

13. PowerApps SharePoint Delegation Improvements
Posted 08/14/2019
Delegation of complex SharePoint objects
Person
Choice
No longer subject to limits (500 – 2000 records)
Still NOT delegable
DateTime
Date
More Information:

14. SharePoint Framework v 1.9.1
Posted 08/14/2019
Features
Library components GA
WebPack 4
Minor changes for Teams SDK
Fixed issues with online workbench in v 1.9
More Information:

15. Enhanced user experiences for content management
Posted 08/15/2019
Rollout – Target Release late August 2019
New Document Management Actions in Flow
Check-out
Check-in
Activity Highlights in the File Hover Card
Bulk Approvals
More Information:

16. PowerApps – New With Function
Posted 08/16/2019
Help with complex formulas
Simplify large formulas
Named sub-formulas
More Information:

17. Mac Files On-Demand Update
Posted 08/16/2019
Rollout
Start – mid-September for clients v
Follow up – OneDrive enterprise update v
Enabling Files On-Demand by default
Admins can enable or disable
Message Center:

18. Fix issue with Canvas app web links
Posted 08/20/2019
Problem with passing parameters through web links
Section of the URL needs changing
Second “?” replace with “&”
Validating a permanent fix
Deployed to all customers this week
Message Center:

19. OneDrive as default save location
Posted 08/21/2019
Rollout
Monthly Channel – already rolled out
Semi-Annual Channel – rolling out in September
Worldwide – January 2020
OneDrive is the default save location for Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Admins can control via Group Policy
Users can change
Default local location
Disable new save experience
Message Center:

20. Microsoft Forms Recommendations
Posted 08/22/2019
Rollout
Start – Standard Release in September
Complete – worldwide end of September
Forms will recommend previously used questions
GCC Excluded
Message Center:

21. Automatic Phishing Detection in Microsoft Forms Update
Posted 08/24/2019
Rollout
Start – mid-September for enterprise in-org forms
Enabled by default
Admins can change from global Forms settings
Public forms “Anyone with the link can respond”
Design time
Look for suspicious phishing content (password)
Automatically blocked
Sharing
Response collection
Can be unblocked by removing suspicious questions
Repeated offenders
Block sharing capabilities
Global Admins notified through Message Center notifications (daily)
Can also unblock
Not available for GCC
Message Center:

22. Microsoft Whiteboard Posted 08/26/2019 Rollout
Start – end of September
Complete – end of November
Microsoft Whiteboard for Web Generally Available
Support easy sharing of boards from Surface Hub
Disable Whiteboard via tenant-level switch
GCC Excluded
Message Center:

23. PowerApps SetFocus Function
Posted 08/26/2019
On an action
Set the cursor to a specific control
Used with controls
Button
Icon
Image
Label
TextInput
Limitations
Control on same screen
Control needs to be enabled
Cannot be used with
A control in a Gallery
Edit form control
Inside a component
More Information:

24. Yammer uses your Office profile
Posted 08/27/2019
Rollout
Start – last September
Complete – worldwide end of October
No longer a standalone Yammer profile
Syncs information from Azure AD
Message Center:

25. New web parts coming to SharePoint
Posted 08/28/2019
New web parts
Button
Call to Action
World Clock
Updated web parts
Weather
Hero
News
Highlighted Content
roll-ups of missed SharePoint news
More Information:

26. Office 365 Video self-service migration
Posted 08/28/2019
Rollout
Start – end of September
Complete – end of November
Migrate to Microsoft Stream
Self-service migration wizard
Accessible from banner at top of Office 365 Video portal
Migrate EVERYTHING
Review content before all users access
Office 365 Video becomes inaccessible
If you choose not to migrate, Microsoft will eventually
Admins
Office 365 Video Admins
Office 365 Global Admins
Message Center:

27. Licensing Updates for Flow & PowerApps
Posted 08/29/2019
Effective October 1, 2019
Connectors moving from Standard to Premium
SQL
Azure
Dynamics 365
Flow trigger limits removed
Message Center:

28. New Developer Tenant Features
Posted 08/29/2019
Members of Office 365 Developer Program
Sign up for M365 E5 dev subscription
Replaces E3 dev subscription
Now includes EMS
Renewals
Every 90 days
Except VS Pro and Ent subscribers exist for valid subscriptions
Working to enable existing members to move from E3 to E5
More Information:

29. Microsoft Teams – Meet Now
Posted 08/30/2019
Rollout
Start – mid-September
GCC – mid-October
Complete – worldwide end of November
Start ad hoc private meetings
Calendar tab
Desktop
Browser
Enabled by Default
Change AllowPrivateMeetNow in Meeting Policy
Not available in Mobile
Message Center:

30. Facebook Office 365 connector retirement
Posted 08/30/2019
Retired as of September 4, 2019
Services
Microsoft Teams
SharePoint Online
Yammer
Office 365 Groups
Flow/PowerApps/Logic Apps
Message Center:

31. Planner Priority Field
Posted 08/30/2019
Rollout
Start – end of August
Complete – worldwide early September
New Priority Field
Low
Medium
Important
Urgent
Users can group by priority
Message Center:

32. Teams meeting recording tab
Posted 08/30/2019
Rollout
Start – end of August 2019
Complete – worldwide early September
New tab under ‘My Content’ > ‘Meetings’
Available for plans that include BOTH Stream and Teams
Excludes GCC-High or DoD
Message Center:

33. PowerApps and Flow for GCC High
Posted 08/30/2019
Rollout
Start – late September 2019
Dynamics 365
Microsoft 365
Office 365
Complete – worldwide end of December 2019
US government requirements
FedRAMP High
CJIS
ITAR
Will be enabled by default for all users
Message Center:

34. What’s new in Microsoft Teams – August 2019
Posted 08/30/2019
Chat & Collaboration
Focus Time
Calling & Meetings
Whiteboarding with Team Rooms
Meetings First to Skype for Business Server
Audio Conferencing via Direct Routing for GCC High and DoD
Developer
Personal apps on mobile (preview)
More Information:

35. SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop – August 2019
Posted 09/06/2019
Site Swap
Joining Hubs can be performed by site owners
Comments on non-Office files
Direct links to individual PowerPoint slides
Popular around me
Activity Highlights in the File Hover Card
Yammer mobile app updates
Microsoft To-Do “List groups”
Next Month
Document Management actions for Flow
Recommendations web part for pages and news
More Information:

36. Site Swap Posted 09/06/2019 Rollout Start - Early September
Completed - October 2019
Rollout method
Expanding to 10,000 licenses or less
Advise with over 10,000 licenses in future announcement
Admins swap root site for another site
SPO Management Shell v
Invoke-SPOSiteSwap
Root site will be “archived”
Message Center:

37. Managing Sharing for Site Owners
Posted 09/07/2019
Rollout
Start – mid-September
Complete – worldwide end of September
No new settings with this change, just new location
Advanced Sharing > Site Permissions Panel
Modernization
Site Permissions Panel > Change Sharing Settings
Message Center:

38. Office Apps Sensitivity Labeling
Posted 09/09/2019
Rollout – Start in September
Office 365 Monthly Channel
Office 365 Targeted Update
Support for Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels
Excel
Outlook
PowerPoint
Word
Excludes GCC
Message Center:

39. OneDrive Podcast Posted 09/10/2019
Sync Up - New Podcast from the OneDrive team
Episode 1 – “Files, Files, Files”
More Information:

40. Closing

41. Thanks for coming! Last But Not Least Please Fill Out Evaluations
Participants Eval
Today’s Presenters:
Michelle Gilbert