Did you know that Flow can connect to and access data from any public facing RESTFul API in the world ? Microsoft Flow has made major impact in automating the tasks on cloud, and custom APIs plays an essential role to connect your service with Microsoft Flow.In this session, I will be providing a brief overview on Microsoft Flow and demonstrate how Flow can easily automate your tasks, how to build custom Connectors to connect your service and extend the functionality. I will cover implementing the Flow actions, composing a Swagger, authentication options, creating connections to add in Flow using Azure and Visual Studio.

1. Custom Connectors for Microsoft Flow
- Your service is my command !

2. Agenda
Overview Custom Connector Flow Shows Q&A

3. Dipti Chhatrapati

4. Microsoft Flow – I am The Genie !
Helping business users to automate workflow tasks
Supporting 130 cloud services and various readymade available templates
Business Application platform on top of the logic apps in AZURE
Talk to any RESTful services through Custom Connector
Union of Trigger, conditions and Actions
Own admin center and Mobile App
Connecting on-premises data via Gateways

5. What’s More I do/have ?
Nested Conditions and loops
Composing string variables
Adding comments to the step and Scopes
Buttons and Approval Flows
Mobile Flow App
Team flows ability, Copying and manually run a flow, turn on/off feature
Advanced flow customization
Build flows with HTML Tables, CSVs and insert steps anywhere

6. Custom Connectors Integration
Custom Connectors
 RESTful APIs
 Hosted anywhere
 Various Authentications
Swagger documentation
 Hosting information
 Authentication detail
 Input/output parameters
 Actions
Create Web API
Setup an
Authentication
Create a
Swagger file
Register
Custom
Connector
Make a
connection
with Web API
Use Actions
and Parameters

7. Custom Connectors and Azure AD
https://webapi.azurewebsites.net
1. Web API App
2. Web API - Custom Connector- App
Custom Connector
Secures
Secures
Get access token
Calls Web API

8. Flow Shows
Show – I
1. Creating Web API using Visual Studio
2. Installing the Swagger Package
3. Setting up Azure AD Authentication
4. Creating a Swagger Documentation
Show – 2
1. Registering Custom Connector for Muhimbi PDF Service
2. Connecting with Muhimbi PDF Service
3. Creating a Flow in designer with on-premises data

9. Voice Of Customers Flow In SharePoint

10. My Limitation !
I can have up to 50 flows each,15 custom Connectors,
20 connections per Custom Connector and 100
connections total.
External Connection throttling may fail the flow
Too many environments are difficult for users across
your organization to share resources.
Flows cannot write to Lookup, Choice, People and
Groups, and Taxonomy fields in SharePoint lists.

11. What will I bring NEXT ?
Support for images, attachments, and multi-value fields
Approval histories/custom options
Custom input form for approver
Flows for selected items in SharePoint
Power BI Reporting
Publishing the flow within the organization and custom groups in DLP

12. Reference Links
Microsoft Flow Documentation – URL
Custom Connector registration – URL
Muhimbi Swagger file and REST API – URL
Inspiration Of The Week – Flow Demo - URL
Swagger RESTful API Specification – URL
Understanding Gateways – URL
Understanding AAD Authentication - URL

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