Microsoft Flow is a great workflow automation tool, but most likely PowerShell is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Flow. In this session I will show how to integrate Microsoft Flow in PowerShell scripts and vice-versa and to highlight the benefits that this provide. This demo-heavy session will feature a lot of PowerShell code and live demos which demonstrates how Microsoft Flow can be leveraged to automate frequently recurring tasks.

1. Using Microsoft Flow for IT Professionals
Jaap Brasser
@jaap_brasser

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3. Agenda
Why PowerShell?
What is Microsoft Flow
PowerShell & Flow
Demos
Questions

5. What is
Microsoft
Flow

6. Connectors

7. Flow
Templates

8. Why Microsoft Flow?
Use connectors to get data
Create triggers based on this data
Build workflows
Integrate and combine different services

10. Demo Summary
• Flow.Microsoft.com
• Create and modify from template
• Create a custom flow

12. Demo Summary
• Export flow
• Zipped json files in package
• Import flow
• Select connectors upon Import

13. Flow packages
Packaged
as zip
Manifest files
APIs
Connections
Definition

14. What are webhooks
A webhook transfers data over HTTP
Create triggers based on this data
Build workflows
Integrate and combine different services
Methods: Get & Post

16. Encryption!

17. Demo Summary
• Created a Flow with webhook
• Write payload to disk
• Viewed what was delivered
• Transferred binary content
• Created binary file from content

18. Request
Flow

19. Request
Limits

20. Runtime
Limits

22. Demo Summary
• Created a form in Forms
• Created a flow with a trigger
• Added advanced condition
• Take action based on condition

23. Advanced
conditions

25. Demo Summary
• Install Data gateway
• Create connection online
• Run a watcher locally
• Create button enabled flow
• Monitor and restart flow agent

26. Data Gateway sources
SQL Server
SharePoint
Oracle
Informix
Filesystem
DB2

27. Gateway
Port
Configuration

28. Summary
Use cases of Microsoft Flow
Microsoft Flow templates
Took a look at connectors
Created workflows
Ran PowerShell triggered by Flow

29. Questions?

30. References
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/gateway-reference
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/guided-learning/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/use-expressions-in-conditions
• https://github.com/jaapbrasser/events
• https://www.jaapbrasser.com